# Getting OPC Display Name without Browsing

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/getting-opc-display-name-without-browsing/89829>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** scripting\
**Created:** [May 2, 2024, 2:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/getting-opc-display-name-without-browsing/89829 "2024-05-02T14:06:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Drew\_Hitchcock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Drew\_Hitchcock](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Drew_Hitchcock)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 2:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/getting-opc-display-name-without-browsing/89829/1 "2024-05-02T14:06:39Z")

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Does anyone know of a good way of getting a display name without running a browse via system.opc.browse (or browseSimple)? My available inputs are opcItemPath and opcServer.

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/getting-opc-display-name-without-browsing/89829/2 "2024-05-02T14:09:27Z")

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Hmm, I don't think this is possible any other way. The only time the DisplayName attribute is read is during a browse, and there isn't a way to read anything but the Value attribute via scripting.

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**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 2:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/getting-opc-display-name-without-browsing/89829/3 "2024-05-02T14:10:45Z")

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For the ignorant among us, what is an "OPC display name"?

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**Author:** ![Drew\_Hitchcock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Drew\_Hitchcock](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Drew_Hitchcock)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 2:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/getting-opc-display-name-without-browsing/89829/4 "2024-05-02T14:12:28Z")

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It's an attribute of the OPC tag available on the OPC server containing a string alias for the tag, accessible by running a method on a system.opc.browse output

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**Author:** ![Drew\_Hitchcock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Drew\_Hitchcock](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Drew_Hitchcock)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2024, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/getting-opc-display-name-without-browsing/89829/5 "2024-05-29T15:53:06Z")

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Can this be a feature? Can y'all add a function in system.opc or maybe system.tag to return a single OPCBrowseTag object, or something similar, when given an opcItemPath and opcServer or the path to an Ignition OPC tag?