diff --git a/meta_configurator/src/components/dialogs/csvimport/importCsvUtils.ts b/meta_configurator/src/components/dialogs/csvimport/importCsvUtils.ts
index c4a916f0..9d2cf233 100644
--- a/meta_configurator/src/components/dialogs/csvimport/importCsvUtils.ts
+++ b/meta_configurator/src/components/dialogs/csvimport/importCsvUtils.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
 } from '@/components/dialogs/csvimport/delimiterSeparatorUtils';
 import {type CsvError, parse} from 'csv-parse/browser/esm';
 import type {JsonSchemaType} from '@/schema/jsonSchemaType';
+import {identifyArraysInJson} from "@/utility/arrayPathUtils";
 
 export function requestUploadFileToRef(resultString: Ref<string>, resultTableName: Ref<string>) {
   const {open, onChange} = useFileDialog();
@@ -152,18 +153,7 @@ export function userStringToIdentifier(input: string, cutExtension: boolean = fa
 
 // note that this function does not look for a table within a table
 export function detectPossibleTablesInJson(json: any, path: Path = []): Path[] {
-  const tables: Path[] = [];
-  for (const key in json) {
-    if (json.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
-      const newPath = path ? [...path, key] : [key];
-      if (Array.isArray(json[key])) {
-        tables.push(newPath);
-      } else if (typeof json[key] === 'object' && json[key] !== null) {
-        tables.push(...detectPossibleTablesInJson(json[key], newPath));
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  return tables;
+  return identifyArraysInJson(json, path, false, true);
 }
 
 export function detectPropertiesOfTableInJson(json: any, tablePath: Path): string[] {
diff --git a/meta_configurator/src/components/panels/defaultPanelTypes.ts b/meta_configurator/src/components/panels/defaultPanelTypes.ts
index aa502277..67b1c1bb 100644
--- a/meta_configurator/src/components/panels/defaultPanelTypes.ts
+++ b/meta_configurator/src/components/panels/defaultPanelTypes.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import GuiEditorPanel from '@/components/panels/gui-editor/GuiEditorPanel.vue';
 import SchemaDiagramPanel from '@/components/panels/schema-diagram/SchemaDiagramPanel.vue';
 import DebugPanel from '@/components/panels/debug-panel/DebugPanel.vue';
 import AiPromptsPanel from '@/components/panels/ai-prompts/AiPromptsPanel.vue';
+import ListAnalysisPanel from './list-analysis/ListAnalysisPanel.vue';
 
 export const panelTypeTextEditor: PanelTypeDefinition = {
   getComponent: () => CodeEditorPanel,
@@ -39,6 +40,14 @@ export const panelTypeAiPrompts: PanelTypeDefinition = {
   name: 'aiPrompts',
 };
 
+export const panelTypeListAnalysis: PanelTypeDefinition = {
+  getComponent: () => ListAnalysisPanel,
+  supportedModes: [SessionMode.DataEditor],
+  label: 'List Analysis',
+  icon: 'fa-solid fa-table',
+  name: 'listAnalysis',
+};
+
 export const panelTypeDebug: PanelTypeDefinition = {
   getComponent: () => DebugPanel,
   supportedModes: [SessionMode.DataEditor, SessionMode.SchemaEditor, SessionMode.Settings],
@@ -55,5 +64,6 @@ export function registerDefaultPanelTypes() {
   panelTypeRegistry.registerPanelType('guiEditor', panelTypeGuiEditor);
   panelTypeRegistry.registerPanelType('schemaDiagram', panelTypeSchemaDiagram);
   panelTypeRegistry.registerPanelType('aiPrompts', panelTypeAiPrompts);
+    panelTypeRegistry.registerPanelType('listAnalysis', panelTypeListAnalysis);
   panelTypeRegistry.registerPanelType('debug', panelTypeDebug);
 }
diff --git a/meta_configurator/src/components/panels/gui-editor/GuiEditorPanelJsonSchema.vue b/meta_configurator/src/components/panels/gui-editor/GuiEditorPanelJsonSchema.vue
index aae9ade3..d03bcbc1 100644
--- a/meta_configurator/src/components/panels/gui-editor/GuiEditorPanelJsonSchema.vue
+++ b/meta_configurator/src/components/panels/gui-editor/GuiEditorPanelJsonSchema.vue
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ function updateData(path: Path, newValue: any) {
             sortedProperties[key] = parentData[key];
           }
         });
-        // after adding properties from the schema in proper order, add the rest of the properties
+        // after adding properties from the schema in proper order, add the rest of the properties f
         dataKeys.forEach(key => {
           if (!schemaKeys.includes(key)) {
             sortedProperties[key] = parentData[key];
diff --git a/meta_configurator/src/components/panels/list-analysis/ListAnalysisPanel.vue b/meta_configurator/src/components/panels/list-analysis/ListAnalysisPanel.vue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..01018adf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta_configurator/src/components/panels/list-analysis/ListAnalysisPanel.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+<script setup lang="ts">
+import {SessionMode} from '@/store/sessionMode';
+import {computed, type ComputedRef, onMounted, ref, type Ref} from "vue";
+import {identifyArraysInJson} from "@/utility/arrayPathUtils";
+import type {Path} from "@/utility/path";
+import {getDataForMode} from "@/data/useDataLink";
+import SelectButton from 'primevue/selectbutton';
+import Button from 'primevue/button';
+import Column from 'primevue/column';
+import DataTable from "primevue/datatable";
+import ScrollPanel from "primevue/scrollpanel";
+import {jsonPointerToPathTyped, pathToJsonPointer} from "@/utility/pathUtils";
+import {
+  createItemsRowsFromJson,
+  formatJsonPointerAsPropertyName,
+  formatJsonPointerForUser
+} from "@/components/panels/list-analysis/listAnalysisUtils";
+import TreeTable from "primevue/treetable";
+
+const props = defineProps<{
+  sessionMode: SessionMode;
+}>();
+
+
+const data = getDataForMode(props.sessionMode);
+
+onMounted(() => {
+  updatePossibleArrays(data.data.value);
+});
+
+
+const possibleArrays: Ref<string[]> = ref([]);
+
+const selectedArrayPointer: Ref<string | null> = ref(null);
+const selectedArrayPath = computed(() => {
+  if (selectedArrayPointer.value == null) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  return jsonPointerToPathTyped(selectedArrayPointer.value);
+});
+
+
+const selectedArray: Ref<any | null> = computed(() => {
+  if (selectedArrayPath.value == null) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  return data.dataAt(selectedArrayPath.value);
+});
+
+
+
+const tableData: ComputedRef<null | { rows: any[], columnNames: string[] }> = computed(() => {
+  if (selectedArrayPath.value == null) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  const currentData = data.dataAt(selectedArrayPath.value);
+  return createItemsRowsFromJson(currentData);
+});
+
+const itemRows = computed(() => {
+  console.log("itemRows computed" + tableData.value?.rows);
+  return tableData.value?.rows;
+});
+
+
+// function to update the possible arrays based on the data
+function updatePossibleArrays(newData: any) {
+  possibleArrays.value = identifyArraysInJson(newData, [], true, true).map( (path: Path) => {
+    return pathToJsonPointer(path)
+  });
+  if (possibleArrays.value.length == 0) {
+    selectedArrayPointer.value = null;
+  } else if (possibleArrays.value.length == 1) {
+    selectedArrayPointer.value = possibleArrays.value[0];
+  } else {
+    // if there are multiple arrays, we do not change the selection
+  }
+
+  console.log("tableData " , tableData.value);
+}
+
+</script>
+
+<template>
+
+  <div >
+    <label class="heading">Array Analysis</label>
+    <Button label="Update Data" icon="pi pi-refresh" @click="updatePossibleArrays(data.data.value)" />
+    <div class="mt-3">
+      <div v-if="possibleArrays.length==0">
+        <b>No arrays available.</b>
+      </div>
+      <div v-else>
+        <label for="arrayPath">Select an array to analyze:</label>
+        <SelectButton v-model="selectedArrayPointer" :options="possibleArrays" />
+      </div>
+    </div>
+
+
+    <div v-if="tableData" >
+
+      <ScrollPanel style="width: 100%; height: 100%" aria-orientation="horizontal">
+
+      <DataTable :value="selectedArray" :paginator="true" :rows="20"
+                 tableStyle="min-width: 50rem"
+                 showGridlines
+                 stripedRows
+                 removable-sort
+                 scrollable scrollHeight="flex"
+                 class="flex-grow"
+                 size="small"
+      >
+        <Column v-for="columnName in tableData.columnNames" :field="columnName" :header="columnName"  :sortable="true"/>
+      </DataTable>
+      </ScrollPanel>
+    </div>
+
+  </div>
+
+</template>
+
+<style scoped>
+
+.heading {
+  font-size: 24px; /* Make the text bigger */
+  font-weight: bold; /* Make the text bold */
+  text-align: center; /* Center the text horizontally */
+  display: block; /* Ensure the label behaves like a block element */
+  margin-bottom: 10px; /* Add some space below the label */
+}
+
+</style>
diff --git a/meta_configurator/src/components/panels/list-analysis/listAnalysisUtils.ts b/meta_configurator/src/components/panels/list-analysis/listAnalysisUtils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dfbcda44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta_configurator/src/components/panels/list-analysis/listAnalysisUtils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+import _ from 'lodash';
+import {dataAt} from "@/utility/resolveDataAtPath";
+import {jsonPointerToPathTyped} from "@/utility/pathUtils";
+
+export function createItemsRowsFromJson(itemsJson: any): { rows: any[], columnNames: string[] } {
+    const columnNames = collectItemColumnNames(itemsJson);
+
+    const rows = itemsJson.map((itemJson: any) => {
+        return createItemRow(itemJson, columnNames);
+    });
+
+    const columnNamesFormatted: string[] = Array.from(columnNames).map((columnName: string) => {
+        return formatJsonPointerForUser(columnName);
+    });
+
+    return { rows: rows, columnNames: columnNamesFormatted };
+}
+
+export function createItemRow(itemJson: any, columnNames: Set<string>): any {
+    const row: any = {};
+
+    for (const columnName of columnNames) {
+
+        const columnData = dataAt(jsonPointerToPathTyped(columnName), itemJson);
+
+        const formattedColumnName = formatJsonPointerAsPropertyName(columnName);
+        if (columnData !== undefined) {
+            row[formattedColumnName] = columnData;
+        } else {
+            row[formattedColumnName] = null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return row;
+}
+
+
+// collect all properties of the items, including nested properties
+function collectItemColumnNames(itemsJson: any): Set<string> {
+    const columnNames: Set<string> = new Set();
+
+    for (const itemJson of itemsJson) {
+        for (const itemProperty in itemJson) {
+            if (itemJson.hasOwnProperty(itemProperty)) {
+
+                // if it is an object: recursively collect all nested properties
+                if (_.isObject(itemJson[itemProperty])) {
+                    const nestedColumnNames = collectItemColumnNames([itemJson[itemProperty]]);
+                    nestedColumnNames.forEach((nestedColumnName: string) => {
+                        columnNames.add(`/${itemProperty}${nestedColumnName}`);
+                    });
+                } else {
+                    // if it is a simple property: add it to the list
+                    if (itemProperty !== undefined) {
+                        columnNames.add("/" + itemProperty);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return columnNames;
+}
+
+
+export function formatJsonPointerAsPropertyName(pointer: string): string {
+    // remove first slash and replace others by dot
+    return pointer.replaceAll("/", "");
+}
+
+export function formatJsonPointerForUser(pointer: string): string {
+    // remove first slash and replace others by dot
+    return pointer.substring(1).replaceAll("/", ".");
+}
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diff --git a/meta_configurator/src/utility/arrayPathUtils.ts b/meta_configurator/src/utility/arrayPathUtils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0ca19415
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta_configurator/src/utility/arrayPathUtils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+
+// note that this function does not look for a table within a table
+import type {Path} from "@/utility/path";
+
+export function identifyArraysInJson(json: any, path: Path = [], allowNestedArrays: boolean, onlyObjectArray: boolean): Path[] {
+    const arrayPaths: Path[] = [];
+
+
+    if (Array.isArray(json) && (!onlyObjectArray || json.length > 0 && typeof json[0] === 'object')) {
+        arrayPaths.push(path);
+        if (allowNestedArrays) {
+            // for each array element, recursively search for nested arrays
+            for (let i = 0; i < json.length; i++) {
+                arrayPaths.push(...identifyArraysInJson(json[i], [...path, i], allowNestedArrays, onlyObjectArray));
+            }
+        }
+
+    } else if (typeof json === 'object' && json !== null) {
+        // for each key, recursively search for nested arrays
+        for (const key in json) {
+            if (json.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
+                arrayPaths.push(...identifyArraysInJson(json[key], [...path, key], allowNestedArrays, onlyObjectArray));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    return arrayPaths;
+}
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