{"revision":"c10276e953456835cdbb1f3a60d58ae1980be353","document":{"id":42056,"path":"platform-user-interface/c_DotWalking.md","title":"Dot-walking to data in related tables","bundle":null,"doc_type":null,"release":"australia","body":"\n# Dot-walking to data in related tables\n\nDot-walking provides access to fields on related tables from a form, list, or script.\n\nIf the current table contains a reference to another table, any field on the referenced table can be accessed using dot-walking.\n\nDot-walking references a field by building a chain of field names separated by dots \\(periods\\). For instance, **incident.assigned\\_to.company** references the company of the user assigned to an incident. The recommended limit for chain length is three levels.\n\n-   **[Dot-walking examples](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-user-interface/dot-walking-examples.md)**  \nAccess fields on a related table from a form, list, or script by dot-walking. This topic includes examples of the different ways that you can dot-walk.\n\n**Parent Topic:**[Common UI elements](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-user-interface/p_CommonUIElements.md)\n\n"}}