diff --git a/wrapper/cccorelib/src/ScalarField.cpp b/wrapper/cccorelib/src/ScalarField.cpp
index 614dfa3..0938e5a 100644
--- a/wrapper/cccorelib/src/ScalarField.cpp
+++ b/wrapper/cccorelib/src/ScalarField.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class ScalarFieldView
 
     explicit ScalarFieldView(CCCoreLib::ScalarField &field, const py::slice &slice) : ScalarFieldView(field)
     {
+        applySlicing(slice);
     }
 
     py::object get_item(const py::object &index)
@@ -67,6 +68,8 @@ class ScalarFieldView
             }
             return result;
         }
+
+        throw py::index_error("Invalid index type");
     }
 
     void set_item(const py::object &index, const py::object &value)
@@ -132,6 +135,10 @@ class ScalarFieldView
         }
     }
 
+    size_t len() const {
+        return m_len;
+    }
+
     void applySlicing(const py::slice &slice)
     {
         size_t start, stop, step, len = 0;
@@ -156,7 +163,10 @@ class ScalarFieldView
 
 void define_ScalarField(py::module &cccorelib)
 {
-    py::class_<ScalarFieldView>(cccorelib, "ScalarFieldView").def("__getitem__", &ScalarFieldView::get_item);
+    py::class_<ScalarFieldView>(cccorelib, "ScalarFieldView")
+    .def("__len__", &ScalarFieldView::len)
+    .def("__getitem__", &ScalarFieldView::get_item, py::return_value_policy::reference_internal)
+    .def("__setitem__", &ScalarFieldView::set_item);
 
     py::class_<CCCoreLib::ScalarField, CCShareable, CCShareableHolder<CCCoreLib::ScalarField>>(cccorelib,
                                                                                                "ScalarField",
@@ -394,6 +404,7 @@ void define_ScalarField(py::module &cccorelib)
         .def("__setitem__",
              [](CCCoreLib::ScalarField &self, const py::object &index, const py::object &value)
              { return ScalarFieldView(self).set_item(index, value); })
+        .def("__len__", &CCCoreLib::ScalarField::currentSize)
         .def("__repr__",
              [](const CCCoreLib::ScalarField &self)
              { return std::string("<ScalarField(name=") + self.getName() + ")>"; });