# How to see what is writing to a memory tag

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**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:** ![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…

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