# \[Bug-13662\] \[vision\] tag paths containing ampersands

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-13662-vision-tag-paths-containing-ampersands/24238>\
**Category:** Ignition Early Access\
**Created:** [April 18, 2019, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-13662-vision-tag-paths-containing-ampersands/24238 "2019-04-18T16:28:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![code\_skin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@code\_skin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/code_skin)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-13662-vision-tag-paths-containing-ampersands/24238/1 "2019-04-18T16:28:35Z")

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In Ignition 7 the tag browser rejected folder names containing **&**.  
In Ignition 8 the tag browser allows folders to use this character but system.tag.write\* fails because of illegal character.

Is it possible to allow the use of ampersands in tag paths?

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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:** [April 18, 2019, 5:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-13662-vision-tag-paths-containing-ampersands/24238/2 "2019-04-18T17:05:21Z")

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> [@code\_skin](#):
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> In Ignition 8 the tag browser allows folders to use this character

I would call this a bug.

> [@code\_skin](#):
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> Is it possible to allow the use of ampersands in tag paths?

Please don't. The more names diverge from language identifier rules the more corner cases will blow up.

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**Author:** ![ggross](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/ggross/32/12668_2.png) [@ggross](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ggross)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2019, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-13662-vision-tag-paths-containing-ampersands/24238/3 "2019-04-23T19:56:43Z")

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Allowing ampersands looks to be an oversight on our part and a ticket has been opened to correct it. In 8.0 you can create a folder with an ampersand but you won’t be able to edit a folder name to include an ampersand in the current release. The intention is for ampersands to not be allowed in Tag Folder names.

Garth

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**Author:** ![awalker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/awalker/32/6874_2.png) [@awalker](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/awalker)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-13662-vision-tag-paths-containing-ampersands/24238/4 "2019-05-09T15:24:22Z")

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This issue was fixed in the 8.0.2 nightly build that was uploaded today (5/9).