# \[IGN-14944\]Multi Instance Wizard 8.3 **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** perspective\ **Created:** [November 19, 2025, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-14944-multi-instance-wizard-8-3/112273 "2025-11-19T15:30:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Brian\_Reardon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/848f3c/32.png) [@Brian\_Reardon](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Brian_Reardon)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-14944-multi-instance-wizard-8-3/112273/1 "2025-11-19T15:30:29Z")
With the multi instance wizard pre 8.3 you had the ability to create multiple instances that did not follow a set pattern by separating with with commas. Has this functionality been lost with 8.3? If I am overlooking something please let me know, but if that is the case it feels like a downgrade to the tool. ---
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 4:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-14944-multi-instance-wizard-8-3/112273/2 "2025-11-19T16:52:03Z")
It looks like this was a use case that we didn't cover, unfortunately. You can provide an arbitrary list of values for a **parameter** , but not for the actual base UDT instance names. I'll get a ticket filed internally - the remake of this system is a lot more pluggable so this should be a pretty easy lift. ---
**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:** [November 19, 2025, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-14944-multi-instance-wizard-8-3/112273/3 "2025-11-19T16:56:04Z")
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**Author:** ![bschroeder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bschroeder/32/13260_2.png) [@bschroeder](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bschroeder)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-14944-multi-instance-wizard-8-3/112273/4 "2025-11-19T17:08:55Z")
100% agree. ---
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-14944-multi-instance-wizard-8-3/112273/5 "2025-11-19T17:13:40Z")
To be fair (this edge case aside) it got a _lot_ better in 8.3 🤷 May be worth a second look for smaller use cases. Granted it's not going to end up as ultimately flexible as Phil's tool. ---
**Author:** ![Brian\_Reardon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/848f3c/32.png) [@Brian\_Reardon](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Brian_Reardon)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 7:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-14944-multi-instance-wizard-8-3/112273/6 "2025-11-19T19:02:14Z")
Thank you! I just noticed since that was a use case that we used a lot within our company. I appreciate the response. ---
**Author:** ![Brian\_Reardon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/848f3c/32.png) [@Brian\_Reardon](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Brian_Reardon)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 7:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-14944-multi-instance-wizard-8-3/112273/7 "2025-11-19T19:24:27Z")
Agreed! I like what I have seen so far in the last two weeks since I went to 8.3. This was just something I ran across. Thanks for all IA does! ---
**Author:** ![michael.flagler](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/michael.flagler/32/26272_2.png) [@michael.flagler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michael.flagler)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 11:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-14944-multi-instance-wizard-8-3/112273/8 "2026-03-04T23:57:59Z")
Just came searching to see if anyone else had mentioned this regression. I use the multi-instance wizard for this exact case more than I do for actually creating sequential tags. I have a lot of tags that don't follow a pattern, but when I need to create 4-5 tags of the same type this was always the fastest way to just put in the prefix for my tags then use the comma separated suffixes for the pattern to generate the ones I needed. ---
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 12:46am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-14944-multi-instance-wizard-8-3/112273/9 "2026-03-05T00:46:09Z")
No further movement on it internally - it's going to get added, but no timeline on when. ---
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2026, 11:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-14944-multi-instance-wizard-8-3/112273/10 "2026-08-25T23:08:59Z")
This is \[1\] available in 8.3.9; the wizard now offers a 'list of names' pattern option for the base tag names that allows you to insert arbitrary elements. * * * 1. finally