# Does the raw or scaled value of a tag get stored in the Historian?

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**Category:** Ignition\
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**Created:** [April 21, 2022, 6:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/does-the-raw-or-scaled-value-of-a-tag-get-stored-in-the-historian/58711 "2022-04-21T18:38:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shawn\_Rieger](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/shawn_rieger/32/46336_2.png) [@Shawn\_Rieger](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Shawn_Rieger)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 6:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/does-the-raw-or-scaled-value-of-a-tag-get-stored-in-the-historian/58711/1 "2022-04-21T18:38:11Z")

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I’m curious when scaling a tag value, does the raw or scaled value get historized? I was reading through the documentation and it wasn’t super clear.

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**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/does-the-raw-or-scaled-value-of-a-tag-get-stored-in-the-historian/58711/2 "2022-04-21T18:51:09Z")

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The scaled value.

You should be able to check by running a query on the database using the appropriate SQL query tool.

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**Author:** ![Shawn\_Rieger](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/shawn_rieger/32/46336_2.png) [@Shawn\_Rieger](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Shawn_Rieger)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/does-the-raw-or-scaled-value-of-a-tag-get-stored-in-the-historian/58711/3 "2022-04-21T18:55:00Z")

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Thank you!