# Get ignition version number in script

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/get-ignition-version-number-in-script/11931>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [July 14, 2016, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/get-ignition-version-number-in-script/11931 "2016-07-14T18:17:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![kwj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/838e76/32.png) [@kwj](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kwj)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/get-ignition-version-number-in-script/11931/1 "2016-07-14T18:17:38Z")

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Is there a scripting method to get the ignition version number? system.util doesn’t seem to have anything. Surely there is a way to do this?

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**Author:** ![Duffanator](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/duffanator/32/3560_2.png) [@Duffanator](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Duffanator)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/get-ignition-version-number-in-script/11931/2 "2016-07-14T18:24:09Z")

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There is a system tag for this. Read the value of the system tag

[System]Client/System/FPMIVersion