# Creating / Connecting tags in a S7-1200 Siemens PLC

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**Created:** [October 29, 2011, 7:33am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/creating-connecting-tags-in-a-s7-1200-siemens-plc/3524 "2011-10-29T07:33:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![SWD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@SWD](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/SWD)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 7:33am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/creating-connecting-tags-in-a-s7-1200-siemens-plc/3524/1 "2011-10-29T07:33:04Z")

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Hello, Just starting out w/ Ignition. Is there a specific format for the tag path when connecting to a  
siemens s7-1200 that may be different from a s7-300?

thanks for any / all help

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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:** [October 29, 2011, 2:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/creating-connecting-tags-in-a-s7-1200-siemens-plc/3524/2 "2011-10-29T14:51:45Z")

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There shouldn’t be. Are you running into problems addressing certain tags?

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**Author:** ![SWD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@SWD](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/SWD)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 10:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/creating-connecting-tags-in-a-s7-1200-siemens-plc/3524/3 "2011-10-29T22:42:54Z")

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Yes, tags not being displayed in OPC browser. Do I need to bring the tags into the SQLServer 1st?  
thanks

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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:** [October 29, 2011, 11:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/creating-connecting-tags-in-a-s7-1200-siemens-plc/3524/4 "2011-10-29T23:46:22Z")

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Siemens tags don’t show up in the OPC browser; they need to be addressed by hand in SQLTags. Most people speed this up by defining them in a CSV file in the SQLTags format and importing them.

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**Author:** ![SWD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@SWD](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/SWD)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2011, 1:39am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/creating-connecting-tags-in-a-s7-1200-siemens-plc/3524/5 "2011-10-30T01:39:09Z")

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Thank you … appreciate the information.