# Nested Each With Access To Outer Context
**URL:** https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/nested-each-with-access-to-outer-context/5984
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [July 29, 2014, 6:13am UTC](https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/nested-each-with-access-to-outer-context/5984 "2014-07-29T06:13:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@kylecoberly](https://discuss.emberjs.com/u/kylecoberly)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2014, 6:13am UTC](https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/nested-each-with-access-to-outer-context/5984/1 "2014-07-29T06:13:21Z")
I need to nest two #each loops and access a controller property on the inner loop.
In Handlebars:
```
{{#with controller as self}}
{{#each someArray}}
{{#each anotherArrayInsideTheOtherOne}}
{{somePropertyOnTheItem}}
{{self.somePropertyOnTheController}}
{{/each}}
{{/each}}
{{/with}}
```
The first #each renders correctly, the nested #each does not. If I remove the #with block and use #each-in loops, the same thing happens. If I remove the #with-as block and use #each loops, it works correctly but I don’t have access to the property on the controller.
What gives?
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### Author:  [@mmun](https://discuss.emberjs.com/u/mmun)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2014, 7:43am UTC](https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/nested-each-with-access-to-outer-context/5984/2 "2014-07-29T07:43:07Z")
Use `{{#each item in items}} ... {{/each}}` to preserve the outer context.
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### Author:  [@jasonmit](https://discuss.emberjs.com/u/jasonmit)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2014, 8:05am UTC](https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/nested-each-with-access-to-outer-context/5984/3 "2014-07-29T08:05:13Z")
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### Author:  [@kylecoberly](https://discuss.emberjs.com/u/kylecoberly)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2014, 2:41pm UTC](https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/nested-each-with-access-to-outer-context/5984/4 "2014-07-29T14:41:31Z")
So, some puzzle pieces I forgot to add: I’m using ember data and the relationships aren’t embedded (which I think is the problem). [Updated Fiddle](http://jsfiddle.net/NQKvy/1219/) (thanks @jasonmit!!!).
To get the fiddle to work, I had to set async to true for the 1:M relationship. It’s strange that this is only a problem when using a #with block or an #each-in loop as @mmun suggested. I’ll try it on my actual code this afternoon and report back.