# Automatic IOT data collection by FTP

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/automatic-iot-data-collection-by-ftp/16845>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [February 2, 2018, 7:04am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/automatic-iot-data-collection-by-ftp/16845 "2018-02-02T07:04:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![PRAMANJ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pramanj/32/66935_2.png) [@PRAMANJ](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/PRAMANJ)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 5:51am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/automatic-iot-data-collection-by-ftp/16845/21 "2018-05-26T05:51:24Z")

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Ignition already has this feature to import tags from a CSV or XML file! Its a very basic feature already built in Ignition since very early versions such as that I have been using i.e. 7.6!

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**Author:** ![R.Alamsha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@R.Alamsha](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/R.Alamsha)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 11:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/automatic-iot-data-collection-by-ftp/16845/22 "2018-05-26T23:10:09Z")

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Sorry. The title was confusing/ I have changed it to “mass creation of tags and alarms in xml”. If you have any suggestions, please answer in that thread. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![PRAMANJ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pramanj/32/66935_2.png) [@PRAMANJ](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/PRAMANJ)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2018, 5:58am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/automatic-iot-data-collection-by-ftp/16845/23 "2018-05-27T05:58:27Z")

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No suggestions......

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