# Good method for UDT management

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/good-method-for-udt-management/85015>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective, ignition81\
**Created:** [January 31, 2024, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/good-method-for-udt-management/85015 "2024-01-31T14:52:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Matrix\_Engineering](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/matrix_engineering/32/19781_2.png) [@Matrix\_Engineering](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matrix_Engineering)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/good-method-for-udt-management/85015/12 "2024-01-31T17:13:25Z")

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Well here's how, not why not to:

> [@Export/Extract tag path for OPC tags based on scanclass](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/export-extract-tag-path-for-opc-tags-based-on-scanclass/40034):
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> Hi All I’m trying to export the tagpaths for multiple tags based on a particular scan class on my Ignition project. I tried to load the configuration file (config.idb) in MySQL lite and get it from there but no luck. I also tried to use scripting: system.tag.browseTags() to get the list of tags and sort according to the scan class but no luck there either. This is the code snippet that I ran as a project script: def tagpath(): tags = system.tag.browseTags(parentPath="", recursive=True) for …

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