# GetChild Method

## Overloads

| [GetChild(String)](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/May2026/Subsystems/NetSDKAPIref/Content/Qlik.Engine.GenericObject.GetChild.htm#Qlik_Engine_GenericObject_GetChild_System_String_) |  | Returns the type of the object and the corresponding handle. |
| --- | --- | --- |

[](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/Subsystems/NetSDKAPIref/Content/Qlik.Engine.GenericObject.GetChild.htm) [](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/Subsystems/NetSDKAPIref/Content/Qlik.Engine.GenericObject.GetChild.htm)

## GetChild(String)

Returns the type of the object and the corresponding handle.

### Declaration

```

          public GenericObject GetChild([QixName("qId")] string id)
    
  
```

### Parameters

| Type | Name | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| System.String | id | Identifier of the object. |

### Returns

| Type | Description |
| --- | --- |
| [GenericObject](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/May2026/Subsystems/NetSDKAPIref/Content/Qlik.Engine.GenericObject.htm) |  |

### Implements

[IGenericObject.GetChild(String)](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/May2026/Subsystems/NetSDKAPIref/Content/Qlik.Engine.IGenericObject.GetChild.htm#Qlik_Engine_IGenericObject_GetChild_System_String_)