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title: "Datasource Field Value"
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# Datasource Field Value

### General

This type of placeholder can be used to access the values of a [Datasource](/release34/docs/introduction-to-datasources) field in an [Expression](/release34/docs/introduction-to-mail-and-deploy-expressions). The placeholder always returns a [List](/release34/docs/list) of all values of the [Datasource](/release34/docs/introduction-to-datasources) field that are compatible with the current selection within the data model.

          NOTE

          

The [Data Types](/release34/docs/introduction-to-data-types) of the values returned from the [Datasource](/release34/docs/introduction-to-datasources) depend on the field type within the datasource and the values returned (e.g. for a Qlik Sense field that contains text values, values of type [String](/release34/docs/string) will be returned).

### Syntax

The syntax for this type of placeholder is:

          Datasource Field Value Placeholder Syntax

          

[Datasource].[<datasource_name>].[Field].[<field_name>]

### Examples

Let's suppose there is a [Datasource](/release34/docs/introduction-to-datasources) named *Sales Data* that has a field named *Sales Rep Name* that contains the names of sales representatives. Let's further suppose that the data model has been filtered to only return one value of *Sales Rep Name: David Laychak*; The following example accesses that field:

          Datasource Field Value Placeholder Example

          

"Hello " & [Datasource].[Sales Data].[Field].[Sales Rep Name]

The expression will return *Hello David Laychak* when evaluated at runtime.