---
title: "Get Data"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/SCAFS/477599872/Get%20Data"
format: markdown
---
> Macro (aura-html)

## Parameters

| **Name** | **Required** | **Migratable to Cloud?** | **Default Value** | **Description** |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| name (Field Name) | Yes | No |  | The name of the field.<br>> ℹ️ The name must be unique.<br>Can be a field path:<br>- For non-repeating data, `<Field Name>`
- For the Group Data macro, `<Group Name>.<Field Name>`
- for repeating data, such as a Table Data or Repeating Data macro, `<Group Name>.<Row Number>.<Field Name>`, where `<Row Number>` equals `0` for the first row.<br>See the example under the *Notes *section later on the page. |
| format (Display Format) | Optional | No |  | The number format (e.g., `#,##0.00`) or date format (e.g., `dd MMM yyyy`) for parsing the value.<br>> ℹ️ The parameter is ignored for data types other than number or date. |
| separator | Optional | No |  | If the item/key points to a list of results, the type of separator to display between each item.<br>The separator can be one of the following:<br>- **bracket **-** **square brackets (`[ ]`) surrounding each item
- **brace **-** **braces (`{ }`) surrounding each item
- **comma **-** **a comma (`,`) between each item
- **parent **-** **parentheses (`( )`) surrounding each item
- **pipe **-** **a pipe (`|`) between each item
- **newline **-** **a line break after each item
- **"custom"** -** **any character you want specified between quotes. |
| custom separator | Optional | No |  | Describes what you want to use as a separator.<br>> ℹ️ Only used when the **separator** parameter is set to **custom**. |

## Editor view

![image](media://5eb36185-b819-4b54-82dc-22ae698633a5)

## Notes

#### Accessing non-repeating data

```
{text-data:text}{text-data}
  
{get-data:text}{get-data}
```

#### Accessing Group Data macro data

```
{group-data:group}
 {text-data:text}{text-data}
{group-data}
 
{get-data:group.text}{get-data}
```

#### Accessing Table Data or Repeating Data macro data

```
{table-data:table}
 || Table ||
 | {text-data:text}{text-data} |
{table-data}
 
{repeating-data:repeat}
 {text-data:text1}{text-data}
{repeating-data}
 
{get-data:table.0.text}To access first row of table.text{get-data}
 
{get-data:repeat.1.text1}To access second row of repeat.text{get-data}
```

> 📝 Unlike [Report Info](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/REPS/pages/472915000), this macro can tell when it is inside a Scaffolding [Table Data](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SCAFS/pages/477600119) macro or [Repeating Data](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SCAFS/pages/477600134) macro, and it accesses locally stored properties within the repeating section.

## Related pages

> Macro (contentbylabel)