# browseTags

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/browsetags/9638>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [February 2, 2015, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/browsetags/9638 "2015-02-02T17:36:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![CPowell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a183cd/32.png) [@CPowell](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/CPowell)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/browsetags/9638/1 "2015-02-02T17:36:57Z")

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When I use system.tag.browseTags(), I can find out if it is a UDT with .isUDT.  
.type gives me ‘UDT\_INST’.  
.dataType gives me ‘Int4’

Is there a way to get the name Parent UDT returned?

Cheers,  
Chris

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**Author:** ![Pat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@Pat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Pat)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 7:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/browsetags/9638/2 "2015-02-02T19:54:10Z")

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You could perform a system.tag.read() once you found a UDT to get the Parent Type

`
system.tag.read("MyTag.udtParentType").value`

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**Author:** ![CPowell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a183cd/32.png) [@CPowell](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/CPowell)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/browsetags/9638/3 "2015-02-02T20:02:31Z")

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Thanks Pat!

That works perfectly!!