# Get tag( value and timestamp) of selected tag in text field

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/get-tag-value-and-timestamp-of-selected-tag-in-text-field/42870>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [February 2, 2021, 8:02am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/get-tag-value-and-timestamp-of-selected-tag-in-text-field/42870 "2021-02-02T08:02:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![prasath.t](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@prasath.t](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/prasath.t)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 8:02am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/get-tag-value-and-timestamp-of-selected-tag-in-text-field/42870/1 "2021-02-02T08:02:22Z")

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Please let me know how to get the value of a tag and timestamp from a text field that had tag path in it. I want to fetch the tag path from text field and want to show the tag value and timestamp in another text field component.

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**Author:** ![lachguerabdallah](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/lachguerabdallah/32/25558_2.png) [@lachguerabdallah](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lachguerabdallah)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 8:31am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/get-tag-value-and-timestamp-of-selected-tag-in-text-field/42870/2 "2021-02-02T08:31:06Z")

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using indirect tags.  
for the timestamp add to the path ‘.Timestamp’