# Getting value from tag's ExtendedProperties without iterating

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/getting-value-from-tags-extendedproperties-without-iterating/19916>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** scripting\
**Created:** [October 1, 2018, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/getting-value-from-tags-extendedproperties-without-iterating/19916 "2018-10-01T18:00:03Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 1, 2018, 7:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/getting-value-from-tags-extendedproperties-without-iterating/19916/4 "2018-10-01T19:07:39Z")

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> [@Binding to Custom Component Methods](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/binding-to-custom-component-methods/19245/12):
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> Thanks for the tips. I also need some parameters that are on the UDT tag for some calculations. Currently, I use a script that extracts the ExtendedProperties as follows: path = "%s.ExtendedProperties" % udtPath props = system.tag.read(path) if props.value is not None: for prop in props.value: if prop.getProperty().name.lower() == parameterName.lower(): return prop.value break Anyone know how I can get these directly from indirect binding? The only idea I can think of is to get all …

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