# Editing Tag Name Pulled from OPC Tag in Expression Tag

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/editing-tag-name-pulled-from-opc-tag-in-expression-tag/96377>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** scripting\
**Created:** [September 24, 2024, 3:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/editing-tag-name-pulled-from-opc-tag-in-expression-tag/96377 "2024-09-24T15:27:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 3:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/editing-tag-name-pulled-from-opc-tag-in-expression-tag/96377/2 "2024-09-24T15:31:50Z")

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You already asked this over here:

> [@Indirect OPC Tag Reading](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/indirect-opc-tag-reading/96373):
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> 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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