# Custom Tag Names in UDT Instance **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** ignition81\ **Created:** [July 8, 2022, 11:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/custom-tag-names-in-udt-instance/61700 "2022-07-08T23:43:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Flux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e47c2d/32.png) [@Ryan\_Flux](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ryan_Flux)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2022, 11:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/custom-tag-names-in-udt-instance/61700/1 "2022-07-08T23:43:48Z")
I’m looking to create a UDT where nested memory tag names can be customized per instance. For the instance, the name property appears to be greyed out and doesn’t have an option for attaching a parameter. Is there a way to do this? Would nesting UDT’s be helpful here? ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/5/d/5d55539353c9959df6eb47523704bd845c13f269.png) ---
**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:** [July 9, 2022, 1:26am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/custom-tag-names-in-udt-instance/61700/2 "2022-07-09T01:26:41Z")
> [@Ryan\_Flux](#): > > tag names can be customized per instance Nope, sorry. For some things, UDTs are not the answer. ---
**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 12:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/custom-tag-names-in-udt-instance/61700/3 "2022-07-10T12:14:30Z")
However you could use a custom field instead to store the name of the tag, or a dataset tag with a lookup