---
title: sourceItem
framework: fileprovider
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: fileprovider/nsfileprovidertestingcreation/sourceitem
---

# sourceItem

A description of the item stored at the source.

## Declaration

```swift
var sourceItem: NSFileProviderItem { get }
```

## See Also

### Accessing the Operation’s Data

- [targetSide](fileprovider/nsfileprovidertestingcreation/targetside.md)
- [domainVersion](fileprovider/nsfileprovidertestingcreation/domainversion.md)