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ASF GitHub Bot commented on ARROW-1684: --------------------------------------- Github user wesm commented on the issue: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/1207 If you pass `a.list.item` instead of `a` it should work. I opened https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-1684 ARROW-1684 about improving the usability of this API for nested columns > [Python] Simplify user API for reading nested Parquet columns > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: ARROW-1684 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-1684 > Project: Apache Arrow > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: Python > Affects Versions: 0.7.1 > Reporter: Wes McKinney > Labels: pull-request-available > Fix For: 0.8.0 > > > It is not necessarily intuitive for users to have to specify the complete > path to the leaf in the Parquet schema. See > https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/1207 -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.4.14#64029)