# Fundamental Question on Tag Paths in Easy Chart

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/fundamental-question-on-tag-paths-in-easy-chart/19340>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [August 21, 2018, 1:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/fundamental-question-on-tag-paths-in-easy-chart/19340 "2018-08-21T13:47:36Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/fundamental-question-on-tag-paths-in-easy-chart/19340/4 "2018-08-21T15:52:44Z")

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Thanks for the Clarification, PGriffith. I am going back and removing fully qualified Paths.

Can I use the [~] on the Tag Editor/Tag History page?

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I tried Leaving History Provider Blank, but it just turns off the History for Tag.

As for my Original Question on why Full Defined Paths were not working for me? I might have found something here

> [@Easy Chart won't display historical data](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-chart-wont-display-historical-data/18660/5):
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> Consider comparing the difference you get in the tagPens dataset when dragging and dropping the pen (doesn’t work) versus manually adding the pen in the customizer (does work). Feel free to show the two versions here (the text form of the datasets, from the dataset editor’s copy-to-clipboard button).

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