# Absolute Path on Tag Import... Bug or Feature?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/absolute-path-on-tag-import-bug-or-feature/22024>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [January 21, 2019, 5:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/absolute-path-on-tag-import-bug-or-feature/22024 "2019-01-21T17:17:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![sbrannen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/sbrannen/32/3459_2.png) [@sbrannen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sbrannen)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 5:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/absolute-path-on-tag-import-bug-or-feature/22024/1 "2019-01-21T17:17:04Z")

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Greetings…

Just wondering why an absolute path does not seem to work when importing tags.

When I do a tag export, the resulting XML file has an empty path (below) and will import to the root folder… which is expected.  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/e/e98a36a7ca60f072765446bce5caba1779a17b3a.png)

But, if I edit the path to an absolute folder location, an import still dumps it all into the root folder… which is not expected.  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/b/bb1a2cee9ec058ac29cdbccd37fc5ee069eda0fc.png)

Do I have to add anything else to the absolute path to allow it to import correctly? Or is this just not something this import utility is capable.

As you were…  
Steve

Ignition: V7.9.9  
Java: 1.8.0\_181

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 5:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/absolute-path-on-tag-import-bug-or-feature/22024/2 "2019-01-21T17:28:21Z")

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I don’t think it will do it. The “root” of an import is the folder node selected at the time of import – absolute pathname support would break that expectation.

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**Author:** ![sbrannen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/sbrannen/32/3459_2.png) [@sbrannen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sbrannen)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/absolute-path-on-tag-import-bug-or-feature/22024/3 "2019-01-21T18:11:13Z")

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Well, bollocks! I think absolute and relative import/export should absolutely be supported. 😣  
Thanks…