# Can't select OPC Server in New Tag properties **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [April 7, 2020, 11:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cant-select-opc-server-in-new-tag-properties/33760 "2020-04-07T23:20:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ali.Etezadkhah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b19c9b/32.png) [@Ali.Etezadkhah](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ali.Etezadkhah)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 11:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cant-select-opc-server-in-new-tag-properties/33760/1 "2020-04-07T23:20:35Z")
Hi, I’m trying to follow along with the training videos for Ignition 8. The video is recorded with version 7.9, but the steps should be similar to 8. [https://www.inductiveuniversity.com/videos/about-modbus-addressing/8.0](https://www.inductiveuniversity.com/videos/about-modbus-addressing/8.0) At 40 seconds in, the user opens the drop down menu for the OPC Server tag propert and selects “Ignition OPC-UA Server”, which is the only option. In version 8, I can click on the pencil icon to get a list of available servers. I select “Ignition OPC UA Server” and hit “Commit”, but the OPC Server property box remains blank. ![opc1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/b/b4e551e3c83eec492d9a662a3675b8a786d0ee5a.png) ![opc2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/d/dadbb922bf62c82700cb553c9fe64ca665c177f3.png) ![opc3](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/5/56c6b7e4eea855416a2bf690b4a2462009792eff.png) ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 11:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cant-select-opc-server-in-new-tag-properties/33760/2 "2020-04-07T23:21:11Z")
This dialog is just fundamentally broken right now. I know we’ve got a ticket for it somewhere. Just type the OPC server name in for now. Make sure you realize that it is “Ignition OPC UA Server” on a fresh install and there’s no dash like in the video. ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 11:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cant-select-opc-server-in-new-tag-properties/33760/3 "2020-04-07T23:28:30Z")
FWIW, the original idea here was that users would select a tag and then it would populate both the OPC Server and OPC Item Path properties. Unfortunately selecting just a server is broken and this UI is confusing, so we’re going to go back to just having a dropdown list of servers for this. ---
**Author:** ![jespinmartin1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jespinmartin1/32/57175_2.png) [@jespinmartin1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jespinmartin1)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 3:31am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cant-select-opc-server-in-new-tag-properties/33760/4 "2020-04-08T03:31:52Z")
I’ve been facing this since Ignition 8 was released. Just open the pencil, right click on “Ignition OPC-UA Server” and ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/1/1b8ccdbd21826217e1487de19cd843dd229629a6.png) then paste it in field and thats’s it ---
**Author:** ![Ali.Etezadkhah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b19c9b/32.png) [@Ali.Etezadkhah](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ali.Etezadkhah)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 3:46am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cant-select-opc-server-in-new-tag-properties/33760/5 "2020-04-08T03:46:51Z")
Thank you for your responses. I thought I was doing something wrong.