Retrieve System Name

Hello Dynamo Community,
any idea why I can’t retrieve the system name of the elements?

It looks like you have two parameters named “System Name”. This is going to cause problems, like Dynamo returning the parameter with no value instead of the builtin parameter you’re looking for.

You can use the API to get the builtin parameter or you can use some logic to filter out both parameters and use the one that actually has a value. Either way, you really shouldn’t use parameters with duplicate names for this reason.

Thanks for your advice, I tried with API and also filtered out both parameters, but in the end it didn’t find a value for either parameter.

Hi @m.nagykovacs,

You can use the Get SystemType Graphics node of the Genius Loci package.
Not sure if it is the rigth property you need.

Thanks for the help, I solved it this way in the end, because I needed the System Name of the elements.

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You’d have to figure out why the Get Built In Parameter node is erroring. Either something isn’t setup correctly within the node itself, or one of your inputs is incorrect.

You have nothing selected for the Get BipParameter Name so it’s returning null.

Using the name of both parameters doesn’t change what the node will return. As you figured out, you need to get the value from the parameters themselves.

I didn’t t select Get BipParameter Name because there is no displayed parameter name that I could select. This node doesn’t work for me in a new template project either, same as the Get Built In Parameter node.