Editing Tag Name Pulled from OPC Tag in Expression Tag

[Joe_Alcide]

Hi! I'm trying to modify a tag name I'm pulling from an OPC Tag. The Tag returns the string "XX\AT_P7". I want to make a new expression tag that just keeps the "AT_P7". I tried using the replace function but I keep getting errors, any help would be appreciated, thanks!

[pturmel]

You already asked this over here:

Indirect OPC Tag Reading

Hello! I would like to be able to indirection in an OPC Tag, is there any way to do this? I have another OPC tag that is reading a tag path across the OPC to Ignition (XX\AT_P7), I want to then be able to have another OPC tag in Ignition in which I can use that tag path and read a parameter from that tag. Any ideas? Any help would be appreciated! I also have a dumber question. If that the path on that other OPC tag is XX\AT_P7, how can I remove the XX. I tried using the Replace function in an …

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