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title: Dot-walking to data in related tables
description: Dot-walking provides access to fields on related tables from a form, list, or script.
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# Dot-walking to data in related tables

Dot-walking provides access to fields on related tables from a form, list, or script.

If the current table contains a reference to another table, any field on the referenced table can be accessed using dot-walking.

Dot-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.

-   **[Dot-walking examples](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-user-interface/dot-walking-examples.md)**  
Access 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.

**Parent Topic:**[Common UI elements](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-user-interface/p_CommonUIElements.md)