# Extracting values from a Materal Schedule View

**URL:** <https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/extracting-values-from-a-materal-schedule-view/7469>\
**Category:** Lists-Logic\
**Created:** [November 12, 2016, 7:37pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/extracting-values-from-a-materal-schedule-view/7469 "2016-11-12T19:37:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![LucaMIR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/58956e/32.png) [@LucaMIR](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/LucaMIR)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2016, 7:37pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/extracting-values-from-a-materal-schedule-view/7469/1 "2016-11-12T19:37:07Z")

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Hello,  
I have to extract Areas and Volumes of some materials to an excel table. I have those materials spread in several categories (walls, generic models, floors). The material takeoff view gives me already the total values I need into the parameters Material: Area & Material: Volume). I’m filtering the elements by Material: Mark.  
My problem is not to write it to excel, but first of all, to make Dynamo read them.  
Could someone advise me?

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**Author:** ![Thomas\_Mahon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/thomas_mahon/32/64209_2.png) [@Thomas\_Mahon](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Thomas_Mahon)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2016, 7:54pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/extracting-values-from-a-materal-schedule-view/7469/2 "2016-11-12T19:54:09Z")

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If what you mean is, you want to view and process the Schedule data as strings/numbers using Dynamo before exporting to Excel, you can try Schedule.GetScheduleData from bimorphNodes package. You can select the Schedule view using either a string name or View selection node from the OOTB Revit library:

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**Author:** ![LucaMIR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/58956e/32.png) [@LucaMIR](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/LucaMIR)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2016, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/extracting-values-from-a-materal-schedule-view/7469/3 "2016-11-13T14:27:47Z")

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It worked perfectly! Thanks!