# Drag and drop tags from OPC browser to remote tag provider does not work

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/drag-and-drop-tags-from-opc-browser-to-remote-tag-provider-does-not-work/34090>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [April 21, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/drag-and-drop-tags-from-opc-browser-to-remote-tag-provider-does-not-work/34090 "2020-04-21T18:49:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![isaias.berhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e68b1a/32.png) [@isaias.berhe](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/isaias.berhe)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/drag-and-drop-tags-from-opc-browser-to-remote-tag-provider-does-not-work/34090/1 "2020-04-21T18:49:00Z")

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I have Ignition version 8.0.7. I have tried to drag and drop tags from OPC browser to Ignition tag browser which is on a remote provider (gateway 7.9.12). It doesnt work. This is a scaled out architecture where you have a front end gateway (that hosts screens) and a backend server that hosts the tags. Please advise how to overcome this issue.

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**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:** [April 21, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/drag-and-drop-tags-from-opc-browser-to-remote-tag-provider-does-not-work/34090/2 "2020-04-21T20:00:07Z")

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The OPC items need to be in the same gateway as the origin of the remote tag provider. You probably need to open a designer pointed at that gateway to use drag-and-drop.

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**Author:** ![isaias.berhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e68b1a/32.png) [@isaias.berhe](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/isaias.berhe)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 8:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/drag-and-drop-tags-from-opc-browser-to-remote-tag-provider-does-not-work/34090/3 "2020-04-21T20:35:51Z")

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@pturmel I alreday have the remote provider (version 7.9) to be the default tag provider in my project designer (version 8). I am wondering if this issue is due to version incompatibility. i cant even edit tags or view UDT definitions. Its a read only mode let alone drag and drop from OPC browser.

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**Author:** ![jingocv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/858c86/32.png) [@jingocv](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jingocv)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2020, 2:13am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/drag-and-drop-tags-from-opc-browser-to-remote-tag-provider-does-not-work/34090/4 "2020-04-22T02:13:21Z")

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You can try it this way, create a OPC Tag, use its ‘Edit…’ function instad of 'Browse OPC’and bind to the corresponding OPC tag to see if it can have an effect  
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