# Enable valueChanged eventScript using system.tag.getConfiguration

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/enable-valuechanged-eventscript-using-system-tag-getconfiguration/105182>\
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**Created:** [April 16, 2025, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/enable-valuechanged-eventscript-using-system-tag-getconfiguration/105182 "2025-04-16T16:08:03Z")\
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Is there a way to enable an eventScript that exist on a tag via script? I've tried using the system.tag.getConfiguration method but I keep getting an error stating 'Bad\_Unsupported - The target path cannot accept children tags'.

Does anyone happen to have an example or have been able to successful accomplish this?

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path = "[METERS]TEST\_ENABLE"

# Get current tag configuration

```python
config = system.tag.getConfiguration(path, True)[0]
scriptEnabled = eventScripts[0]['enabled']=True 
system.tag.configure(path, [config], "o")

```

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> [@Transistor](#):
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Please see [Wiki - how to post code on this forum](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/wiki-how-to-post-code-on-this-forum/77831).

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```python
config = system.tag.getConfiguration(path, True)[0]
scriptEnabled = eventScripts[0]['enabled']=True
system.tag.configure(path, [config], "o")

```

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**Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/enable-valuechanged-eventscript-using-system-tag-getconfiguration/105182/6 "2025-04-16T16:48:46Z")

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Your script is referencing an undefined variable. It should be something like:

```python
config = system.tag.getConfiguration(path,True)[0]['eventScripts']
config[0]['enabled'] = True
system.tag.configure(path,[config],'o')

```

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**Author:** ![alainia.spencer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@alainia.spencer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/alainia.spencer)\
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Ahhh good catch. I actually had it written out quite a few ways and forgot to update the variable. It still throws an error, even when I correct the variable name.

[Error\_Configuration("java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Error converting non dictionary object to tag edit.")

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You'll have to show your script as written when the error was produced.

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```python
path = "[METERS]TEST_ENABLE"

config = system.tag.getConfiguration(path,True)[0]['eventScripts']
config[0]['enabled'] = True
system.tag.configure(path,[config],'o')

```

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There's a slight mismatch between `system.tag.getConfiguration` and `system.tag.configure` in that the latter expects the path supplied to be the folder in which to work, where the former will enumerate a folder if given a folder, but returns a single-entry list if given a path to an actual tag.

Change the path supplied to `system.tag.configure` to exclude the leaf tag name.

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**Author:** ![alainia.spencer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@alainia.spencer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/alainia.spencer)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 7:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/enable-valuechanged-eventscript-using-system-tag-getconfiguration/105182/11 "2025-04-16T19:42:16Z")

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Thank you!

Now I am getting a KeyError on 'eventScripts'.

```python
path = "[METERS]ENABLE_SCRIPT/TEST_ENABLE
basePath = "[METERS]ENABLE_SCRIPT"

config = system.tag.getConfiguration(path,True)[0]['eventScripts']
config[0]['enabled'] = True
system.tag.configure(basePath,[config],'o')

```

Here is the config that is returned.

{u'tags': [{u'path': TEST\_ENABLE, u'tagType': AtomicTag, u'name': u'TEST\_ENABLE', u'eventScripts': [{u'eventid': u'valueChanged', u'script': u'\tsystem.perspective.print("HI")', u'enabled': False}], u'valueSource': u'memory'}], u'path': [METERS]ENABLE\_SCRIPT, u'tagType': Folder, u'name': u'ENABLE\_SCRIPT'}

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**Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/enable-valuechanged-eventscript-using-system-tag-getconfiguration/105182/12 "2025-04-16T20:00:59Z")

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Got a working example, thanks for the help!

```python
tagObject = {
	'eventScripts':[{
		"eventid": "valueChanged",
		"script": "\t test",
		"enabled":True
	}],
	'name':'scriptTagTest'
 
}
 
basePath= '[Cochina]'
system.tag.configure(basePath, [tagObject],'m')

```