# Better way to create a lot of UDTs at once?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/better-way-to-create-a-lot-of-udts-at-once/16028>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [November 16, 2017, 8:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/better-way-to-create-a-lot-of-udts-at-once/16028 "2017-11-16T20:41:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![tordvd](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/tordvd/32/11525_2.png) [@tordvd](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tordvd)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 8:22am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/better-way-to-create-a-lot-of-udts-at-once/16028/8 "2020-03-19T08:22:00Z")

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Here is another tread regarding the same.

> [@Mass import of UDT tags via simple csv and script (example)](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mass-import-of-udt-tags-via-simple-csv-and-script-example/28439):
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> There are SO many posts in here regarding tag imports, csv formats, xml schema, and the issues regarding them, so I figured I would post a very simple solution that was born out of my own issues with tag imports. The problem with the legacy csv import is that it is quite un-intuitive when it comes to the format when you are trying to write parameter values and tag values (overrides) along with the tag. The format becomes multi-line and somewhat cryptic. The issue with using xml is that unless…

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