# Get the Historical Tag Path from the Tag Path

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81\
**Created:** [July 16, 2022, 5:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/get-the-historical-tag-path-from-the-tag-path/61981 "2022-07-16T17:27:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![lrose](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/lrose/32/62724_2.png) [@lrose](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lrose)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2022, 7:38am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/get-the-historical-tag-path-from-the-tag-path/61981/2 "2022-07-17T07:38:19Z")

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Here you go:

> [@Get historical path from tagpath](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/get-historical-path-from-tagpath/59128/10):
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> from com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common import QualifiedPath, WellKnownPathTypes qp = QualifiedPath.Builder() .set(WellKnownPathTypes.HistoryProvider, "provider") .setDriver("driver") .setTag("path/to/tag") .build() .toString() Doesn’t really buy you much over joining the string parts together yourself.

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