# \[8.1.25\] system.tag.browse not browsing recursively in vision client tags

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81, vision\
**Created:** [June 6, 2023, 9:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/8-1-25-system-tag-browse-not-browsing-recursively-in-vision-client-tags/74670 "2023-06-06T21:40:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 9:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/8-1-25-system-tag-browse-not-browsing-recursively-in-vision-client-tags/74670/1 "2023-06-06T21:40:16Z")

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I have a short script to reset values of about 78 vision client tags:.

```auto
def resetEntryData(buttonSelections):	
	dataTagPaths =[]
	dataTagValues = []
		
	startingPaths = []
		
	if buttonSelections[0]:
		startingPaths.append("[client]Entry/Line1")
			
	if buttonSelections[1]:
		startingPaths.append("[client]Entry/Line2")

	if buttonSelections[2]:
		startingPaths.append("[client]Entry/Line3")
		
	for path in startingPaths:
		for item in system.tag.browse(path, filter={"name": "*Piece*", "tagType": "AtomicTag", "recursive": True}).results:
			dataTagPaths.append(str(item['fullPath']))
			dataTagValues.append(0)
		
	if len(dataTagPaths) <= 0:
		return
		
	system.tag.writeBlocking(dataTagPaths, dataTagValues)
	return

```

However, instead of browsing recursively through the folder structure of the tags, system.tag.browse only returns the value of the folders/tags in the top level of the specified path.

I have also tried this with the path set to `"[client]"` and it behaves the same way.

I have tried removing all the other filter keys other than `"recursive"`, this does not seem to have any effect either.

I have tested this both in client and in the scripting console with the same result.

the general tag folder layout is:

```auto
[client]
| -Entry
    | - Line1 (folder)
        | - Tag1
        | - Tag2
        | - Folder1
            | - Tag3
            | - Tag4
        | - Folder2
            | - Tag5
            | - Tag6

```

with folders `'Line2'` and `'Line3'` having the same layout as shown here with `'Line1'`

Checking `system.tag.browse` when the path is set to `"[client]Entry/Line1"` and the same filter as specified in the above code, the results are only `[tag1, tag2, folder1, folder2]` when it should be `[tag1, tag2, tag3, tag4, tag5, tag6]`

Testing with the same filter keys defined but in a global tag provider (path set to `"[default]folder"`) results in the function properly going through all levels of subfolders and returning all the tags matching the name.

Am I setting a filter value wrong or is browsing recursively broken for vision client tags?

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 9:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/8-1-25-system-tag-browse-not-browsing-recursively-in-vision-client-tags/74670/2 "2023-06-06T21:51:47Z")

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> [@ryan.white](#):
>
> is browsing recursively broken for vision client tags?

Probably this.

I bet the legacy browseTags function works, though:  
[https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC79/system.tag.browseTags](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC79/system.tag.browseTags)

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**Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 10:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/8-1-25-system-tag-browse-not-browsing-recursively-in-vision-client-tags/74670/3 "2023-06-06T22:00:18Z")

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That can't be used to browse client tags according to the documentation

edit: Yeah, I get a "tag provider 'client' could not be found" error