# Access to 'Description' aspect of Rockwell plc tag

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [January 31, 2025, 5:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/access-to-description-aspect-of-rockwell-plc-tag/101685 "2025-01-31T17:26:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 2:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/access-to-description-aspect-of-rockwell-plc-tag/101685/21 "2026-05-07T14:32:34Z")

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That could be done, in theory. We don't have that attribute at any time, ever, though. As Phil mentioned, Rockwell does not make this attribute available in any documented way.

edit: ah I think I see which comment you're responding to. Yes - speaking strictly in OPC UA terms, the OPC UA `Description` attribute _could_ be mapped the Ignition `Documentation` tag property at drag and drop time, and only if doing it via drag and drop. That may happen once there's some kind of `system.opcua.readAttribute` function, but probably not before it, because there being no story at all about how to update that attribute value doesn't really work.

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