diff --git a/DetectorDescription/DDCMS/interface/DDFilteredView.h b/DetectorDescription/DDCMS/interface/DDFilteredView.h
index d8faa534e0a3e..c3fc4873e7527 100644
--- a/DetectorDescription/DDCMS/interface/DDFilteredView.h
+++ b/DetectorDescription/DDCMS/interface/DDFilteredView.h
@@ -163,6 +163,11 @@ namespace cms {
     template <typename T>
     T get(const std::string&, const std::string&) const;
 
+    //! convert an attribute value from SpecPar
+    //  without passing it through an evaluator,
+    //  e.g. the original values have no units
+    std::vector<double> get(const std::string&, const std::string&) const;
+
     std::string_view getString(const std::string&) const;
 
     //! return the stack of sibling numbers which indicates
diff --git a/DetectorDescription/DDCMS/interface/DDSpecParRegistry.h b/DetectorDescription/DDCMS/interface/DDSpecParRegistry.h
index 84eb0ed63e27f..e3cbda77a203b 100644
--- a/DetectorDescription/DDCMS/interface/DDSpecParRegistry.h
+++ b/DetectorDescription/DDCMS/interface/DDSpecParRegistry.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ namespace cms {
   struct DDSpecPar {
     std::string_view strValue(const std::string&) const;
     bool hasValue(const std::string& key) const;
+    bool hasPath(const std::string& path) const;
     double dblValue(const std::string&) const;
 
     template <typename T>
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ namespace cms {
     DDPaths paths;
     DDPartSelectionMap spars;
     DDVectorsMap numpars;
+    std::string_view name;
   };
 
   using DDSpecParMap = tbb::concurrent_unordered_map<std::string, DDSpecPar>;
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ namespace cms {
     void filter(DDSpecParRefs&, std::string_view, std::string_view) const;
     void filter(DDSpecParRefs&, std::string_view) const;
     std::vector<std::string_view> names() const;
+    std::vector<std::string_view> names(const std::string& path) const;
     bool hasSpecPar(std::string_view) const;
     const DDSpecPar* specPar(std::string_view) const;
 
diff --git a/DetectorDescription/DDCMS/plugins/test/DDTestSpecParsFilter.cc b/DetectorDescription/DDCMS/plugins/test/DDTestSpecParsFilter.cc
index d0396c9f1a84a..673c7ae1995dd 100644
--- a/DetectorDescription/DDCMS/plugins/test/DDTestSpecParsFilter.cc
+++ b/DetectorDescription/DDCMS/plugins/test/DDTestSpecParsFilter.cc
@@ -37,7 +37,11 @@ void DDTestSpecParsFilter::analyze(const Event&, const EventSetup& iEventSetup)
   LogVerbatim("Geometry") << "DDTestSpecParsFilter::analyze: " << m_tag << " for attribute " << m_attribute
                           << " and value " << m_value;
   LogVerbatim("Geometry") << "DD SpecPar Registry size: " << registry->specpars.size();
-
+  std::cout << "*** Check names in a path:\n";
+  std::vector<std::string_view> namesInPath = registry->names("//ME11AlumFrame");
+  for (auto i : namesInPath) {
+    std::cout << i << "\n";
+  }
   DDSpecParRefs myReg;
   if (m_value.empty())
     registry->filter(myReg, m_attribute);
@@ -60,6 +64,12 @@ void DDTestSpecParsFilter::analyze(const Event&, const EventSetup& iEventSetup)
       }
     }
   });
+  std::cout << "*** Check names in a path after filtering:\n";
+  for (auto it : myReg) {
+    if (it->hasPath("//ME11AlumFrame")) {
+      std::cout << it->name << "\n";
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 DEFINE_FWK_MODULE(DDTestSpecParsFilter);
diff --git a/DetectorDescription/DDCMS/src/DDFilteredView.cc b/DetectorDescription/DDCMS/src/DDFilteredView.cc
index 2211eaebb08d9..d22578c53ddc1 100644
--- a/DetectorDescription/DDCMS/src/DDFilteredView.cc
+++ b/DetectorDescription/DDCMS/src/DDFilteredView.cc
@@ -391,6 +391,15 @@ std::vector<std::string> DDFilteredView::get<std::vector<std::string>>(const str
     return std::vector<std::string>();
 }
 
+std::vector<double> DDFilteredView::get(const string& name, const string& key) const {
+  std::vector<std::string> stringVector = get<std::vector<std::string>>(name, key);
+  std::vector<double> doubleVector(stringVector.size());
+  std::transform(stringVector.begin(), stringVector.end(), doubleVector.begin(), [](const std::string& val) {
+    return std::stod(val);
+  });
+  return doubleVector;
+}
+
 std::string_view DDFilteredView::getString(const std::string& key) const {
   assert(currentFilter_);
   assert(currentFilter_->spec);
diff --git a/DetectorDescription/DDCMS/src/DDSpecparRegistry.cc b/DetectorDescription/DDCMS/src/DDSpecparRegistry.cc
index 6cdff853abb90..011265033f9b8 100644
--- a/DetectorDescription/DDCMS/src/DDSpecparRegistry.cc
+++ b/DetectorDescription/DDCMS/src/DDSpecparRegistry.cc
@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ bool DDSpecPar::hasValue(const string& key) const {
     return false;
 }
 
+bool DDSpecPar::hasPath(const string& path) const {
+  auto result = std::find(std::begin(paths), std::end(paths), path);
+  if (result != end(paths))
+    return true;
+  else
+    return false;
+}
+
 template <>
 std::vector<double> DDSpecPar::value<std::vector<double>>(const string& key) const {
   std::vector<double> result;
@@ -70,7 +78,7 @@ double DDSpecPar::dblValue(const string& key) const {
 
 void DDSpecParRegistry::filter(DDSpecParRefs& refs, string_view attribute, string_view value) const {
   bool found(false);
-  for_each(begin(specpars), end(specpars), [&refs, &attribute, &value, &found](const auto& k) {
+  for_each(begin(specpars), end(specpars), [&refs, &attribute, &value, &found](auto& k) {
     found = false;
     for_each(begin(k.second.spars), end(k.second.spars), [&](const auto& l) {
       if (l.first == attribute) {
@@ -81,6 +89,7 @@ void DDSpecParRegistry::filter(DDSpecParRefs& refs, string_view attribute, strin
       }
     });
     if (found) {
+      k.second.name = k.first;
       refs.emplace_back(&k.second);
     }
   });
@@ -88,7 +97,7 @@ void DDSpecParRegistry::filter(DDSpecParRefs& refs, string_view attribute, strin
 
 void DDSpecParRegistry::filter(DDSpecParRefs& refs, string_view attribute) const {
   bool found(false);
-  for_each(begin(specpars), end(specpars), [&refs, &attribute, &found](const auto& k) {
+  for_each(begin(specpars), end(specpars), [&refs, &attribute, &found](auto& k) {
     found = false;
     for_each(begin(k.second.spars), end(k.second.spars), [&](const auto& l) {
       if (l.first == attribute) {
@@ -96,11 +105,21 @@ void DDSpecParRegistry::filter(DDSpecParRefs& refs, string_view attribute) const
       }
     });
     if (found) {
+      k.second.name = k.first;
       refs.emplace_back(&k.second);
     }
   });
 }
 
+std::vector<std::string_view> DDSpecParRegistry::names(const std::string& path) const {
+  std::vector<std::string_view> result;
+  for_each(begin(specpars), end(specpars), [&](const auto& i) {
+    if (i.second.hasPath(path))
+      result.emplace_back(i.first);
+  });
+  return result;
+}
+
 std::vector<std::string_view> DDSpecParRegistry::names() const {
   std::vector<std::string_view> result;
   for_each(begin(specpars), end(specpars), [&result](const auto& i) { result.emplace_back(i.first); });
diff --git a/DetectorDescription/DDCMS/test/DDFilteredView.cppunit.cc b/DetectorDescription/DDCMS/test/DDFilteredView.cppunit.cc
index 7d6d72c6a2262..4ec3ff8d0ce41 100644
--- a/DetectorDescription/DDCMS/test/DDFilteredView.cppunit.cc
+++ b/DetectorDescription/DDCMS/test/DDFilteredView.cppunit.cc
@@ -117,4 +117,20 @@ void testDDFilteredView::checkFilteredView() {
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT(i.compare(refsLongFL_[count]) == 0);
     count++;
   }
+
+  cout << "Get CSC upar parameters for ChamberSpecs_ME11 as a vector of strings:\n";
+  std::vector<std::string> cscsPars = fview.get<std::vector<std::string>>("ChamberSpecs_ME11", "upar");
+  for (auto const& i : cscsPars) {
+    std::cout << i << ", ";
+    count++;
+  }
+  std::cout << "\n";
+
+  cout << "Get CSC upar parameters for ChamberSpecs_ME11 as a vector of doubles:\n";
+  std::vector<double> upars = fview.get("ChamberSpecs_ME11", "upar");
+  for (auto const& i : upars) {
+    std::cout << i << ", ";
+    count++;
+  }
+  std::cout << "\n";
 }
diff --git a/DetectorDescription/DDCMS/test/python/testDDSpecParsFilter.py b/DetectorDescription/DDCMS/test/python/testDDSpecParsFilter.py
index ae6335ba94d88..844d79d782d12 100644
--- a/DetectorDescription/DDCMS/test/python/testDDSpecParsFilter.py
+++ b/DetectorDescription/DDCMS/test/python/testDDSpecParsFilter.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 process.test = cms.EDAnalyzer("DDTestSpecParsFilter",
                               DDDetector = cms.ESInputTag('','CMS'),
                               attribute = cms.untracked.string('MuStructure'),
-                              value = cms.untracked.string('MuonBarrelDT')
+                              value = cms.untracked.string('MuonEndcapCSC') ###'MuonBarrelDT')
                               )
 
 process.p = cms.Path(process.test)