# C1.PivotEngine.PivotField.GetUniqueValues

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<h1 id="C1_PivotEngine_PivotField_GetUniqueValues_" data-uid="C1.PivotEngine.PivotField.GetUniqueValues*">GetUniqueValues Method
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<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Gets a list of unique values found in the data source for this field.</p>
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<h5 class="declaration">Declaration</h5>
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  <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public virtual List&lt;object&gt; GetUniqueValues()</code></pre>
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  <pre><code class="lang-vbnet hljs">Public Overridable Function GetUniqueValues() As List(Of Object)</code></pre>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.collections.generic.list-1">List</a>&lt;<a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object">object</a>&gt;</td>
      <td><p>A list of unique values found in the data source for this field.</p>
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<h5 id="C1_PivotEngine_PivotField_GetUniqueValues_remarks">Remarks</h5>
<div class="markdown level1 remarks"><p>This list is updated whenever the <a class="xref" href="C1.PivotEngine.C1PivotEngine.html">C1PivotEngine</a> traverses
the data to build the output table. Calling this method before the engine
builds the output table returns an empty collection.</p>
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