# Deployment mode tag definition

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/deployment-mode-tag-definition/114125>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [February 23, 2026, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/deployment-mode-tag-definition/114125 "2026-02-23T14:35:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![dmcwilliam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@dmcwilliam](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dmcwilliam)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 11:59am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/deployment-mode-tag-definition/114125/7 "2026-03-10T11:59:38Z")

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To expand on this topic slightly we are looking to do something similar and have different tags for our production and dev environments. Basically we would have the tags configured as memory tags in the dev environment and as OPC tags in the production environment, seeing as we don’t have the field equipment connected for dev.

Is there a way to import tag definitions for each deployment mode through the tag importer on the designer or does this have to be manually overridden using the json files? It seems whenever I do an import there it always imports to core regardless of the mode that the gateway is started in.

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