# Best practice

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-practice/8791>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [July 27, 2014, 6:00am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-practice/8791 "2014-07-27T06:00:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![mokam2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@mokam2](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mokam2)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2014, 6:00am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-practice/8791/1 "2014-07-27T06:00:35Z")

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Hello every one.  
I’m new here and it my first topic i think.  
I need to use mutisate display and i have a choice between using sql for my states or using directly multistate display.  
I need to design many templates and before i start i need to know the best choice.  
Thanks for your help.

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**Author:** ![nmudge](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nmudge/32/3394_2.png) [@nmudge](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nmudge)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2014, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-practice/8791/2 "2014-07-27T13:55:54Z")

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Hi mokam2,

Welcome to the forum. What do you mean by, “directly multistate display”?

Often states are driven by SQL queries or SQLTags. Generally I perfer using SQLTags but it depends.