# How to export tags with OPC-UA **URL:** \ **Category:** Module Development\ **Created:** [April 10, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-export-tags-with-opc-ua/6202 "2013-04-10T17:12:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@Robert](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Robert)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-export-tags-with-opc-ua/6202/1 "2013-04-10T17:12:16Z")
A (very) quick search of the forums failed to answer my question. What do I have to do to allow my tags (created via module (in-memory I think)) to be exported via the OPC-UA server? ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-export-tags-with-opc-ua/6202/2 "2013-04-10T17:13:17Z")
How are you creating these tags? Is your module a driver or no? ---
**Author:** ![Robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@Robert](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Robert)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 9:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-export-tags-with-opc-ua/6202/3 "2013-04-10T21:54:10Z")
It creates DB tags internally and then drives them. I don’t think it was created as a driver. ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 9:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-export-tags-with-opc-ua/6202/4 "2013-04-10T21:57:17Z")
Well a tag provider and a driver for the UA server are totally different beasts, so you really only have two options: 1. Write a driver module. 2. I think Kyle Chase created a driver that exposes SQLTags as OPC-UA tags, but I’m not sure if it has been maintained or not. You also need to be careful because you can easily get into a reference loop if you then create SQLTags out of those tags… ---
**Author:** ![Robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@Robert](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Robert)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 10:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-export-tags-with-opc-ua/6202/5 "2013-04-10T22:18:43Z")
By driver, do you mean abstractTagDriver? We are using sqlTagManger. ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 10:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-export-tags-with-opc-ua/6202/6 "2013-04-10T22:23:00Z")
AbstractTagDriver is one option. A driver is anything that implements the Driver interface. ---
**Author:** ![Robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@Robert](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Robert)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 10:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-export-tags-with-opc-ua/6202/7 "2013-04-10T22:26:30Z")
Ok thanks ---
**Author:** ![Kyle\_Chase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kyle\_Chase](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kyle_Chase)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 12:06am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-export-tags-with-opc-ua/6202/8 "2013-04-14T00:06:41Z")
This might work as well Robert [viewtopic.php?f=88&t=8015](http://www.inductiveautomation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=88&t=8015) ---
**Author:** ![Robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@Robert](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Robert)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-export-tags-with-opc-ua/6202/9 "2013-04-14T17:01:47Z")
Thanks Kyle.