# Using the 'Name' of a view

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-the-name-of-a-view/80800>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [October 21, 2023, 9:38am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-the-name-of-a-view/80800 "2023-10-21T09:38:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-the-name-of-a-view/80800/3 "2023-10-21T17:01:52Z")

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And very good information here:

> [@Page path displayed in Perspective sessions](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/page-path-displayed-in-perspective-sessions/80318):
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> Hi For the purposes of debug I want to add a text field at the bottom of each of my views and sub views to quickly allow engineers working on the projects to find the correct page location (Project is very large with multiple views) I have added the text field that is only visiable while in a "debug" mode. Using the get page.prop.pageid function the display result in the designer is correct but in the session is a string of apparently random characters

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