# How to see what is writing to a memory tag

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-see-what-is-writing-to-a-memory-tag/71510>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81\
**Created:** [March 23, 2023, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-see-what-is-writing-to-a-memory-tag/71510 "2023-03-23T16:38:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Brennan\_Joles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d2c977/32.png) [@Brennan\_Joles](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Brennan_Joles)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-see-what-is-writing-to-a-memory-tag/71510/1 "2023-03-23T16:38:58Z")

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Is there a way to see where a memory tag is getting its value from?

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**Author:** ![Matthew.gaitan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/59ef9b/32.png) [@Matthew.gaitan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matthew.gaitan)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-see-what-is-writing-to-a-memory-tag/71510/2 "2023-03-23T16:45:50Z")

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Do you have auditing enabled?

[https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Audit+Log+and+Profiles](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Audit+Log+and+Profiles)

You can also search the project for the tag name to see if it exists on any pages and then check those pages over to see if there's any tag writes / bidirectional bindings to your memory tag

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**Author:** ![Brennan\_Joles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d2c977/32.png) [@Brennan\_Joles](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Brennan_Joles)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-see-what-is-writing-to-a-memory-tag/71510/3 "2023-03-23T16:48:54Z")

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I do not have auditing setup. I guess that is the best way to see that information? Seems like it should be available when you edit the tag under the diagnostics. Would be a nice feature.

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**Author:** ![Matthew.gaitan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/59ef9b/32.png) [@Matthew.gaitan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matthew.gaitan)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-see-what-is-writing-to-a-memory-tag/71510/4 "2023-03-23T16:59:51Z")

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As far as I know, auditing is the easiest method, unless you wish to do manual searches.

Not sure if this is for vision, or perspective. But Perspective since 8.1.22 has a handy tool to inspect a view configuration that might help (if using perspective)

> [@(View) Configuration Explorer - a new tool for visualizing dynamic configuration in Perspective](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/view-configuration-explorer-a-new-tool-for-visualizing-dynamic-configuration-in-perspective/64183):
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> Available in last night’s nightly build and in the full release of 8.1.22 coming soon, the ‘Configuration Explorer’ tool. Opened on a particular view (or component of a view; more on that in a moment) this is a specific-to-Perspective tool that helps you visualize every dynamic piece of configuration in a particular view in one place. Quickly see all your bindings, scripts, or event handlers, and search within their raw configuration for any given string value. See something you need…