# Export tags to XML

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/export-tags-to-xml/10239>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [July 17, 2015, 10:07am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/export-tags-to-xml/10239 "2015-07-17T10:07:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![zxcslo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/zxcslo/32/61610_2.png) [@zxcslo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zxcslo)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 10:07am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/export-tags-to-xml/10239/1 "2015-07-17T10:07:17Z")

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In the changelog for new 7.7.5 version stays:  
SQLTags Added Functionality Tags are now sorted before being exported to XML.

I tried, but… I don’t see any sorting… tags are still in ‘random’ order…  
On what criteria they should be sorted? Tag name, OPCItemPath,…?

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**Author:** ![zxcslo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/zxcslo/32/61610_2.png) [@zxcslo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zxcslo)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 9:37am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/export-tags-to-xml/10239/2 "2015-07-21T09:37:28Z")

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OK, so nobody noticed that… 24 views of my post… hmm…  
😕 ![:scratch:](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/1X/76d1620bec252bfac07050c889ff5a91dc8a9c25.gif ":scratch:")