# ElementsGetParameter

**URL:** <https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/elementsgetparameter/65747>\
**Category:** Packages\
**Tags:** rhythm\
**Created:** [July 2, 2021, 5:27am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/elementsgetparameter/65747 "2021-07-02T05:27:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![\_Vijay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/_vijay/32/91307_2.png) [@\_Vijay](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/_Vijay)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2021, 5:27am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/elementsgetparameter/65747/1 "2021-07-02T05:27:03Z")

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Hi @john_pierson ,

ʳʰʸᵗʰᵐ|Elements.GetParameterValueByNameTypeOrInstance not picking the reporting parameter. any thoughts?

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**Post date:** [July 2, 2021, 1:03pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/elementsgetparameter/65747/2 "2021-07-02T13:03:09Z")

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What does the Element.Parameters node show for both the instance and the type?

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**Author:** ![john\_pierson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/john_pierson/32/191977_2.png) [@john\_pierson](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/john_pierson)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2021, 2:04pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/elementsgetparameter/65747/3 "2021-07-02T14:04:20Z")

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> [@\_Vijay](#):
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> any thoughts?

Use the OOTB parameter if you _ **know** _ that you are wanting to retrieve instance parameters.

The Rhythm node will iterate through the parameters (in order of ElementId) and since you can have more than one parameter with the same name, it can be retrieving other parameters.