# Creating View Templates Dropdown input with Data-Shapes

**URL:** <https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/creating-view-templates-dropdown-input-with-data-shapes/56382>\
**Category:** Revit\
**Tags:** data-shapes\
**Created:** [October 20, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/creating-view-templates-dropdown-input-with-data-shapes/56382 "2020-10-20T14:45:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![ggqstjkowyukzqircn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/ggqstjkowyukzqircn/32/105002_2.png) [@ggqstjkowyukzqircn](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/ggqstjkowyukzqircn)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/creating-view-templates-dropdown-input-with-data-shapes/56382/1 "2020-10-20T14:45:53Z")

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Hi All,

I’m trying to make a dropdown input with Data-Shapes to select a view template but are not able to get the view templates in the dropdown.

I found a video with a node called **ViewTemplate.GetViewTemplates** that should do the trick, but are not able to find the source of that package.

 ![grafik](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/8/c/8c81b25aa6993de7c7d695ecde6716d7db389f0c.jpeg)

Does anyone knows the source of that node or another solution to get the view templates in the Data-Shapes node DropDown Data?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![blsalvio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@blsalvio](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/blsalvio)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 2:02am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/creating-view-templates-dropdown-input-with-data-shapes/56382/2 "2020-10-21T02:02:02Z")

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hi @ggqstjkowyukzqircn,

please check this [view\_templates.dyn](https://forum.dynamobim.com/uploads/short-url/fZePQdzQkeCeFg93k7vGy9fpINv.dyn) (9.9 KB) .

 ![vt](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/3/e/3e628a82c42d675316f0ea3018e7e34347c784b8.png)

-biboy

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**Author:** ![ggqstjkowyukzqircn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/ggqstjkowyukzqircn/32/105002_2.png) [@ggqstjkowyukzqircn](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/ggqstjkowyukzqircn)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 6:29am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/creating-view-templates-dropdown-input-with-data-shapes/56382/3 "2020-10-21T06:29:58Z")

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Many thanks @blsalvio!

Works perfect!