# Access data/tag value from Ignition to HTML

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/access-data-tag-value-from-ignition-to-html/59727>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [May 18, 2022, 1:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/access-data-tag-value-from-ignition-to-html/59727 "2022-05-18T13:59:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![JR7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4da419/32.png) [@JR7](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JR7)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2022, 1:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/access-data-tag-value-from-ignition-to-html/59727/1 "2022-05-18T13:59:56Z")

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Hi All,

Is it possible to read tag values from ignition to HTML?

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2022, 2:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/access-data-tag-value-from-ignition-to-html/59727/2 "2022-05-18T14:02:31Z")

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You’ll have to be more precise about what you’re trying to accomplish.

In a broad interpretation, yes, because that’s what Perspective is doing when you show a tag value on a screen.