# com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.script.LegacyClientTagUtilities

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/com-inductiveautomation-ignition-client-script-legacyclienttagutilities/30476>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition80\
**Created:** [December 5, 2019, 7:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/com-inductiveautomation-ignition-client-script-legacyclienttagutilities/30476 "2019-12-05T19:07:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![jacksone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/aca169/32.png) [@jacksone](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jacksone)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 7:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/com-inductiveautomation-ignition-client-script-legacyclienttagutilities/30476/1 "2019-12-05T19:07:06Z")

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So after upgrading to Ignition 8, I have noticed that python script errors are now reporting com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.script.LegacyClientTagUtilities…  
I am just curious if this is now legacy, is there something replacing this? Is this legacy because vision will eventually be phased out in favor of perspective?  
Should I start rewriting now?  
Maybe it always said that and I just didn’t notice…

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**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:** [December 5, 2019, 7:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/com-inductiveautomation-ignition-client-script-legacyclienttagutilities/30476/2 "2019-12-05T19:11:03Z")

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You’re reading into it too much.

Many of the tag-related functions were deprecated and replace with new versions to better match the new tag system. The old utilities got put into a class called “Legacy…”

So it’s not really anything to do with Vision or Perspective, but rather just rewriting your scripts to use the new tag-related functions.

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**Author:** ![jacksone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/aca169/32.png) [@jacksone](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jacksone)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/com-inductiveautomation-ignition-client-script-legacyclienttagutilities/30476/3 "2019-12-09T20:03:01Z")

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Thank you
