diff --git a/analyses/org.eclipse.tracecompass.incubator.scripting.core/src/org/eclipse/tracecompass/incubator/scripting/core/analysis/AnalysisScriptingModule.java b/analyses/org.eclipse.tracecompass.incubator.scripting.core/src/org/eclipse/tracecompass/incubator/scripting/core/analysis/AnalysisScriptingModule.java
index 3db87d904..3fbfe46fc 100644
--- a/analyses/org.eclipse.tracecompass.incubator.scripting.core/src/org/eclipse/tracecompass/incubator/scripting/core/analysis/AnalysisScriptingModule.java
+++ b/analyses/org.eclipse.tracecompass.incubator.scripting.core/src/org/eclipse/tracecompass/incubator/scripting/core/analysis/AnalysisScriptingModule.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 import org.eclipse.ease.modules.WrapToScript;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.Nullable;
+import org.eclipse.tracecompass.incubator.scripting.core.trace.TraceScriptingModule;
 import org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.core.analysis.IAnalysisModule;
 import org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.core.event.ITmfEvent;
 import org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.core.event.ITmfEventField;
@@ -35,8 +36,9 @@
  * provider</a> with script-defined entries and arrows (javascript)</li>
  * <li><a href="../doc-files/basicAnalysis.js">A basic analysis</a> building an
  * state system and showing its data in a time graph (javascript)</li>
- * <li><a href="../doc-files/basicAnalysis.py">Same basic analysis as before,</a>
- * building an state system and showing its data in a time graph, in python</li>
+ * <li><a href="../doc-files/basicAnalysis.py">Same basic analysis as
+ * before</a>, building a state system and showing its data in a time graph, in
+ * python</li>
  * </ul>
  *
  * @author Geneviève Bastien
@@ -76,7 +78,11 @@ public class AnalysisScriptingModule {
      *            The name of the field to fetch
      * @return The field value object, or <code>null</code> if the field is not
      *         found
+     * @deprecated This method has been moved to the
+     *             {@link TraceScriptingModule#getEventFieldValue(ITmfEvent,
+     *             String)} class.
      */
+    @Deprecated
     @WrapToScript
     public @Nullable Object getFieldValue(ITmfEvent event, String fieldName) {
 
diff --git a/analyses/org.eclipse.tracecompass.incubator.scripting.core/src/org/eclipse/tracecompass/incubator/scripting/core/trace/TraceScriptingModule.java b/analyses/org.eclipse.tracecompass.incubator.scripting.core/src/org/eclipse/tracecompass/incubator/scripting/core/trace/TraceScriptingModule.java
index b24b47928..e7816b0c9 100644
--- a/analyses/org.eclipse.tracecompass.incubator.scripting.core/src/org/eclipse/tracecompass/incubator/scripting/core/trace/TraceScriptingModule.java
+++ b/analyses/org.eclipse.tracecompass.incubator.scripting.core/src/org/eclipse/tracecompass/incubator/scripting/core/trace/TraceScriptingModule.java
@@ -25,12 +25,14 @@
 import org.eclipse.tracecompass.incubator.internal.scripting.core.trace.Messages;
 import org.eclipse.tracecompass.incubator.internal.scripting.core.trace.ScriptEventRequest;
 import org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.core.event.ITmfEvent;
+import org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.core.event.ITmfEventField;
 import org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.core.exceptions.TmfTraceException;
 import org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.core.project.model.TmfTraceImportException;
 import org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.core.project.model.TmfTraceType;
 import org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.core.project.model.TraceTypeHelper;
 import org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.core.trace.ITmfTrace;
 import org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.core.trace.TmfTraceManager;
+import org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.core.trace.TmfTraceUtils;
 
 /**
  * Scripting modules to open and manipulate traces
@@ -176,4 +178,30 @@ public Iterator<ITmfEvent> getEventIterator(@Nullable ITmfTrace trace) {
         trace.sendRequest(scriptEventRequest);
         return scriptEventRequest.getEventIterator();
     }
+
+    /**
+     * A wrapper method to get the value of an event field. If the field itself
+     * does not exist, it will try to resolve an aspect from the trace the event
+     * is from.
+     *
+     * @param event
+     *            The event for which to get the field
+     * @param fieldName
+     *            The name of the field to fetch
+     * @return The field value object, or <code>null</code> if the field is not
+     *         found
+     */
+    @WrapToScript
+    public @Nullable Object getEventFieldValue(ITmfEvent event, String fieldName) {
+
+        final ITmfEventField field = event.getContent().getField(fieldName);
+
+        /* If the field does not exist, see if it's a special case */
+        if (field == null) {
+            // This will allow to use any column as input
+            return TmfTraceUtils.resolveAspectOfNameForEvent(event.getTrace(), fieldName, event);
+        }
+        return field.getValue();
+
+    }
 }