# 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, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/good-method-for-udt-management/85015/13 "2024-01-31T17:14:24Z")

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Here's Paul saying not to, but not why not to:

> [@Script to change the gateway device connection timeout](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/script-to-change-the-gateway-device-connection-timeout/72929/2):
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> If you can afford some downtime, you can change values in the IDB directly (it's just a SQLite database). Those values aren't safe to modify directly while the gateway is running, though.

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