# Can I just work with regular data objects?

**URL:** <https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/can-i-just-work-with-regular-data-objects/5870>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [July 9, 2014, 6:52pm UTC](https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/can-i-just-work-with-regular-data-objects/5870 "2014-07-09T18:52:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![JoshElias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JoshElias](https://discuss.emberjs.com/u/JoshElias)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 6:52pm UTC](https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/can-i-just-work-with-regular-data-objects/5870/1 "2014-07-09T18:52:39Z")

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I have a simple model:

```
{
  name: "foo",
  description: "bar
}

```

But when I get it using this.get(“model”) I get this Ember object I have no idea how to work with.

How can I iterate over the fields? How can I just work with the dictionary?

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**Author:** ![ulisesrmzroche](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.emberjs.com/ulisesrmzroche/32/11317_2.png) [@ulisesrmzroche](https://discuss.emberjs.com/u/ulisesrmzroche)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2014, 2:06pm UTC](https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/can-i-just-work-with-regular-data-objects/5870/2 "2014-07-10T14:06:13Z")

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[http://emberjs.com/guides/object-model/classes-and-instances/](http://emberjs.com/guides/object-model/classes-and-instances/) & [Introduction - Ember Data - Ember Guides](http://emberjs.com/guides/models/) should be helpful.

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**Author:** ![midd](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.emberjs.com/midd/32/196_2.png) [@midd](https://discuss.emberjs.com/u/midd)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2014, 3:06pm UTC](https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/can-i-just-work-with-regular-data-objects/5870/3 "2014-07-10T15:06:56Z")

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You can work with Ember objects as with plain object. Use for … in, or Ember.keys() to enumerate fields.