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raw_value
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.. py:attribute:: raw_value

**domain**: server

**language**: python

:doc:`Field class </refs/server/field_api>`

Description
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Represents the data in a field object.

Use ``raw_value`` read only property to read data directly from the item dataset.
Other properties such as 
:doc:`value <at_value>`
and
:doc:`text <at_text>`
use convesion.
So the
:doc:`value <at_value>`
property converts the ``null`` value to ``0`` for the numeric fields. 

See also
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:doc:`Fields </programming/data/fields>`

:doc:`value <at_value>`

:doc:`text <at_text>`