# How to get remote tag provider name within a transaction group

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**Created:** [April 27, 2023, 6:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-get-remote-tag-provider-name-within-a-transaction-group/72980 "2023-04-27T18:02:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![David\_Anderson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@David\_Anderson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/David_Anderson)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 6:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-get-remote-tag-provider-name-within-a-transaction-group/72980/1 "2023-04-27T18:02:19Z")

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How can I get the name of the remote tag provider within a transaction group. I drag the desired tags from the browser onto the project grid (from 1 of many providers)...

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Those tags may come from a specific tag provider, so how can I use that provider name as another column?

any comments welcome 🙂

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**Author:** ![andrew.marano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e95f7d/32.png) [@andrew.marano](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andrew.marano)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 2:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-get-remote-tag-provider-name-within-a-transaction-group/72980/2 "2023-05-01T14:17:35Z")

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The easiest way is to create a memory tag with the tag provider name as it's value. Add this memory tag to the transaction group. It will show up as a column indicating the tag provider every time the transaction group is fired. Not very robust, but simple.

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-get-remote-tag-provider-name-within-a-transaction-group/72980/3 "2023-05-01T14:28:16Z")

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The most robust way is to create an expression item that is the constant string you wish to save to the DB. A transaction group is not restricted to getting data from a single tag provider, or even using a tag provider at all, so the value of the constant is up to you.