# Lazy reference filter in table **URL:** \ **Category:** Q&A\ **Created:** [4 August 2020 14:46 UTC](https://community.ofelia.com/t/lazy-reference-filter-in-table/10325 "2020-08-04T14:46:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mike\_1989256](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@mike\_1989256](https://community.ofelia.com/u/mike_1989256)\ **Post date:** [4 August 2020 14:46 UTC](https://community.ofelia.com/t/lazy-reference-filter-in-table/10325/1 "2020-08-04T14:46:41Z")
Hello, I am trying to fill a table with document list data that i gathered from a BDM api call. The object retrieved is a document having a lazy reference on the object person. I would like to display the person's name of each document in that table. I can't use the variables in the UI to get the lazy reference value because each row has his own lazy reference. In the Column keys section of the UI table, i can't use the filters as following :  document.person.name  could you help me display the child object's information of each row? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/community_bonitasoft/original/2X/6/6b7b18c0478f2645369e82e009b65e3b97f2cc12.svg) [@system](https://community.ofelia.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [6 August 2020 13:49 UTC](https://community.ofelia.com/t/lazy-reference-filter-in-table/10325/2 "2020-08-06T13:49:08Z")
Hi, are you able to deploy the person in the API call "-d=person"? ---
**Author:** ![Pierre-yves\_Monnet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@Pierre-yves\_Monnet](https://community.ofelia.com/u/Pierre-yves_Monnet)\ **Post date:** [8 August 2020 20:02 UTC](https://community.ofelia.com/t/lazy-reference-filter-in-table/10325/3 "2020-08-08T20:02:21Z")
Hello, You can use the REST API CONTEXT: it will do exactly what you look for. [http://community.ofelia.com/project/restapicontext](http://community.ofelia.com/project/restapicontext) Have a look at this video, you will have an explanation. [https://youtu.be/Vohnf9b12pU](https://youtu.be/Vohnf9b12pU) Maybe I have to do a video only dedicated to this aspect? Best, ---
**Author:** ![mike\_1989256](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@mike\_1989256](https://community.ofelia.com/u/mike_1989256)\ **Post date:** [7 August 2020 09:57 UTC](https://community.ofelia.com/t/lazy-reference-filter-in-table/10325/4 "2020-08-07T09:57:47Z")
Hello, I didn't understand clearly your response. Do you mean to have the API call in the UI as follows : ../API/bdm/businessData/com.bpm.document?q=getListById&p=0&c=99&f=1=3&d=person  ? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/community_bonitasoft/original/2X/6/6b7b18c0478f2645369e82e009b65e3b97f2cc12.svg) [@system](https://community.ofelia.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [7 August 2020 11:14 UTC](https://community.ofelia.com/t/lazy-reference-filter-in-table/10325/5 "2020-08-07T11:14:11Z")
Yes, that is what I meant, adding &d=person. As a disclaimer, I have to say that I'm not very good at bdm api calls since I don't know the api. For the "person" part, I usually check the response of the api without deploy and then I try to deploy on the necessary field. ---
**Author:** ![mike\_1989256](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@mike\_1989256](https://community.ofelia.com/u/mike_1989256)\ **Post date:** [7 August 2020 11:24 UTC](https://community.ofelia.com/t/lazy-reference-filter-in-table/10325/6 "2020-08-07T11:24:26Z")
even by adding the &d=person, no results are shown. here is the API response for the call without the &d parameter : [     {         "persistenceId": 2,         "persistenceId\_string": "2",         "persistenceVersion": 0,         "persistenceVersion\_string": "0",         "creationDate": "2020-08-07T11:17:28.582208Z",         "prefix": "A B",         "links": [             {                 "rel": "person",                 "href": "/API/bdm/businessData/com.bpm.document/2/person"             }         ]     } ] ---
**Author:** ![system](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/community_bonitasoft/original/2X/6/6b7b18c0478f2645369e82e009b65e3b97f2cc12.svg) [@system](https://community.ofelia.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [7 August 2020 12:22 UTC](https://community.ofelia.com/t/lazy-reference-filter-in-table/10325/7 "2020-08-07T12:22:21Z")
I looked at the documentation for 7.11 and I found this https://documentation.bonitasoft.com/bonita/7.11/variables#toc1. It talks about a way to retrieve the information from a lazyRef, but only for one business data. I don't know if there is a way to retrieve the information for all of them... Also, if you are using the Bonita 7.11, there is a feature that let's you autogenerate the form of the data model by drag and dropping an BDM object name. (I think it was introduced in 7.11)