# Badly exporting tags in Ignition 7.9

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/badly-exporting-tags-in-ignition-7-9/61402>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition79\
**Created:** [June 30, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/badly-exporting-tags-in-ignition-7-9/61402 "2022-06-30T17:30:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Matias\_Zamora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Matias\_Zamora](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matias_Zamora)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/badly-exporting-tags-in-ignition-7-9/61402/1 "2022-06-30T17:30:11Z")

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Hi everyone!

Trying to export tags in xml format from ignition 7.9 with UDTs, i have noticed that this does not get all my data type parameters.

I can’t found an explanation to this and its critical in order to bulk tags from and to Ignition to reduce the development time.

I hope you can help me with this issue.

Regards!

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**Author:** ![vec](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/vec/32/30636_2.png) [@vec](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/vec)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 6:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/badly-exporting-tags-in-ignition-7-9/61402/2 "2022-06-30T18:32:54Z")

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With tag export/import only the values that are not equal to the default values are needed.  
If the value isn’t exported it is equal the the default value in the UDT definition.

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**Author:** ![Matias\_Zamora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Matias\_Zamora](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matias_Zamora)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 7:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/badly-exporting-tags-in-ignition-7-9/61402/3 "2022-06-30T19:00:52Z")

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“If the value isn’t exported it is equal the the default value in the UDT definition.” This is true but not for all my cases, in fact, the mayority of my cases have the explicit value specified. A few don’t but i don’t know why.

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**Author:** ![vec](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/vec/32/30636_2.png) [@vec](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/vec)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/badly-exporting-tags-in-ignition-7-9/61402/4 "2022-07-01T15:30:45Z")

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A possibility is that the value is specified in the UDT as a binding to a parameter.  
The value of the parameter would change but not the underlying binding

Posting an example of what you are seeing would be helpful