---
title: "Get Column Value from Row"
url: https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/sdk/ios/v2/cloud-scale/data-store/column-value-from-row/
description: "You can retrieve a specific column's value in a row in a Data Store table."
last_updated: 2025-11-19T15:07:41Z
service: Cloud Scale
type: general
related_links:
  - name: "Data Store"
    url: /en/cloud-scale/help/data-store/introduction
  - name: "Records"
    url: /en/cloud-scale/help/data-store/records
  - name: "Columns"
    url: /en/cloud-scale/help/data-store/columns
  - name: "Get Metadata of Columns - API"
    url: /en/api/code-reference/cloud-scale/data-store/get-all-columns-metadata/#GetAllColumnsMetadata
---

# Get Column Value from Row

You can retrieve a specific column's value in a row in a [Data Store](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/cloud-scale/help/data-store/introduction) table. That is, if you require the value of the column 'Employee ID' alone for in a row, you can retrieve it using this operation.

You can execute this operation in three ways, as shown below.

The `<ROW_INSTANCE>` used in all the code sections below is the instance defined in the [Row Instance page](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/sdk/ios/v2/cloud-scale/data-store/create-new-row-instance).

### If you know the data type of the column:

```bash
let data : <T> = try <ROW_INSTANCE>.getValue(forKey: "<columnName>")
```

**Parameters**:

* `T`: Datatype of the expected value
* `columnName`: Name of the column for that needs to be fetched

A sample code snippet is shown below:

```bash
ZCatalystApp.shared.getDataStoreInstance().getTableInstance(id: 1096000000002071).getRow(id: 1096000000002845) {( result ) in
//Replace this with your Table ID and ROWID
switch result{
  case .success ( let row) :
   do{
    let data : String =  try row.getValue(forKey: "EmpID") as! String
    print(data)
   }
  catch{
   print("Error occured")
  }
 case .error( let error ) :
  print( "Error occurred >>> \( error )" )
 }
}

```

### If you don't know the data type of the column:

```bash
let data : <T>? = <ROW_INSTANCE>.getValue(forKey: "<columnName>")
```

**Parameters**:

* `T`: Datatype of the expected value
* `columnName`: Name of the column for that needs to be fetched

A sample code snippet is shown below:

```bash
ZCatalystApp.shared.getDataStoreInstance().getTableInstance(id: 1096000000002071).getRow(id: 1096000000002845) {( result ) in
//Replace this with your Table ID and Row ID
switch result{
  case .success ( let row) :
   let data :String? = row.getValue(forKey: "EmpID")
   print(data)
  case .error( let error ) :
   print( "Error occurred >>> \( error )" )
 }
}

```

### Without using getValue():

```bash
let data : <T>? = <ROW_INSTANCE>[ "<columnName>" ]
```

**Parameters**:

* `T`: Datatype of the expected value
* `columnName`: Name of the column for that needs to be fetched

```bash
ZCatalystApp.shared.getDataStoreInstance().getTableInstance(id: 1096000000002071).getRow(id: 1096000000002845) {( result ) in
//Replace this with your Table ID and Row ID
switch result{
  case .success ( let row) :
   let data :String? = row[ "EmpID" ]
   print(data)
  case .error( let error ) :
   print( "Error occurred >>> \( error )" )
 }
}

```