# Global Template and Tag() function

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/global-template-and-tag-function/16174>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [November 30, 2017, 2:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/global-template-and-tag-function/16174 "2017-11-30T14:00:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![abishur](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/abishur/32/9096_2.png) [@abishur](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/abishur)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 2:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/global-template-and-tag-function/16174/1 "2017-11-30T14:00:18Z")

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Using Ignition 7.9.2

I suspect I’m missing something with global vs project scopes, but here’s my issue.

I have a global template, one of it’s properties is a string called “TagPath”, which is the path to the tag in Ignition. Some of the objects on the screen have a custom binding that uses a function like so:

tag({AlarmSymbol.TagPath}+"/SimEnable")

While this works fine on a regular template, it fails on the global template. I’ve tried to hard code the tag path in for testing but it also fails. Can anyone tell me what I missing?

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 2:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/global-template-and-tag-function/16174/2 "2017-11-30T14:46:03Z")

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Does that tagpath property include the provider name in brackets? I would expect that to be necessary for global resources.

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**Author:** ![abishur](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/abishur/32/9096_2.png) [@abishur](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/abishur)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 4:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/global-template-and-tag-function/16174/3 "2017-11-30T16:09:25Z")

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It didn’t but since it was using the default provider it ended up not making a difference.

However, checking that tip out caused me to realize that the SimEnable tag hadn’t been made quite right on the import and so instead of having a value of 0 or false, it has a value of NULL.

Toggling the tag on and off again clears up the issue, however there are HUNDREDS of these tags. When I highlight all the UDT instances and select edit tags, it only lets me edit the one UDT that I clicked on. Is there a way to edit a group of highlighted UDT instances such that I can set all their tag properties to true, and then back to false?