# Displaying float from OPC with the same decimal places

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/displaying-float-from-opc-with-the-same-decimal-places/70521>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [March 2, 2023, 10:46am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/displaying-float-from-opc-with-the-same-decimal-places/70521 "2023-03-02T10:46:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![grzegorz.kaczmarczyk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/grzegorz.kaczmarczyk/32/24167_2.png) [@grzegorz.kaczmarczyk](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/grzegorz.kaczmarczyk)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 10:46am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/displaying-float-from-opc-with-the-same-decimal-places/70521/1 "2023-03-02T10:46:03Z")

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Hi,

Can you set OPC tag in Designer, to display the same amount of decimal places?

 ![float](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/2/6/26cd21d3e69bf5a863ca2c768df32e5a15205389.png)

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**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 10:50am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/displaying-float-from-opc-with-the-same-decimal-places/70521/2 "2023-03-02T10:50:27Z")

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Look at the format string property of the tag.  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/e/c/ec7ce80cdbea314edea96e2ea7acf725b7a66385.png)