# How to create a tag in code?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-create-a-tag-in-code/3383>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [October 3, 2011, 11:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-create-a-tag-in-code/3383 "2011-10-03T23:08:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@Robert](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Robert)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 11:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-create-a-tag-in-code/3383/1 "2011-10-03T23:08:22Z")

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Can I create a client tag from a script?

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**Author:** ![Carl.Gould](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/carl.gould/32/7262_2.png) [@Carl.Gould](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Carl.Gould)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 11:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-create-a-tag-in-code/3383/2 "2011-10-14T23:36:34Z")

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There isn’t a scripting call for this. Through the module API it is possible…

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**Author:** ![Robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@Robert](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Robert)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 3:26am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-create-a-tag-in-code/3383/3 "2011-10-15T03:26:34Z")

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ok so I’m not missing something in the manual.