# "Bad Quality" tag in designer

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bad-quality-tag-in-designer/60901>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition79\
**Created:** [June 17, 2022, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bad-quality-tag-in-designer/60901 "2022-06-17T17:43:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Israel\_Martinez\_Morr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@Israel\_Martinez\_Morr](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Israel_Martinez_Morr)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2022, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bad-quality-tag-in-designer/60901/1 "2022-06-17T17:43:40Z")

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IN THE QUICKCLIENT MY TAGS ARE SHOWN AS GOOD BUT IN THE DESIGNER THEY ARE SHOWN AS BAD AND THE VALUE BECOMES NULL.  
why does that happen?

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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:** [June 18, 2022, 4:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bad-quality-tag-in-designer/60901/2 "2022-06-18T16:03:53Z")

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{ Please don’t [shout](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_caps). }

The most common reason is an OPC server that doesn’t support subscriptions properly. Setting the tag group to OPC reads instead of subscribing is a work-around. (Better to fix the OPC server if possible, though.)