# How to create / append bulk tooltips via script with json export?

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**Created:** [August 18, 2021, 7:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-create-append-bulk-tooltips-via-script-with-json-export/50072 "2021-08-18T19:40:59Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 19, 2021, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-create-append-bulk-tooltips-via-script-with-json-export/50072/4 "2021-08-19T16:30:53Z")

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You can do it with `jq` (a downloadable command-line executable designed to manipulate JSON):  
`walk( if type == "object" and .valueSource == "opc" then .tooltip = "TagName: \(.name) \(.opcItemPath)" else . end)`  
[https://jqplay.org/s/Pe6T7qNEFY](https://jqplay.org/s/Pe6T7qNEFY)

I mostly copied this snippet from here:

> <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53145680/jq-recursively-update-values-for-certain-elements/53145829#53145829>

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