# Ignition 8 help **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [October 21, 2019, 1:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-help/29240 "2019-10-21T13:13:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dylanscully01123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@dylanscully01123](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dylanscully01123)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 1:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-help/29240/1 "2019-10-21T13:13:45Z")
Hi, I am new to ignition and I’m getting stuck on some small things. I’m hoping to find someone who is willing to help me through minor hang ups I’m having on a more one-to-one basis. The questions I have are simple and should be easy to work through. I am using ignition 8. Thank you ---
**Author:** ![dkhayes117](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/dkhayes117/32/68344_2.png) [@dkhayes117](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dkhayes117)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-help/29240/2 "2019-10-21T13:24:56Z")
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**Author:** ![dylanscully01123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@dylanscully01123](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dylanscully01123)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 1:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-help/29240/3 "2019-10-21T13:49:34Z")
When making an instance of my UDT I am able to set the instance’s name and the individual tag paths, but the tag names themselves arent editable. Im in read/write mode. ![Screenshot_2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/1/1e6cde08db4b8bfab6139aa0a21ac3006454cf46.png) ---
**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:** [October 21, 2019, 1:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-help/29240/4 "2019-10-21T13:52:40Z")
You can’t add or remove tags, or otherwise change structure in a UDT instance - the point of a UDT is to have a known organized set of tags and names. You can only override certain properties - signified by the green circle, such as what you have on the OPC Item Path property. ---
**Author:** ![witman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d2c977/32.png) [@witman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/witman)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-help/29240/5 "2019-10-21T14:59:28Z")
> [@dylanscully01123](#): > > I am able to set the instance’s name [...], but the tag names themselves arent editable. As @paul-griffith notes, this is by design. If you want to change the tag names inside a UDT, you change those _on the UDT definition_ and it changes them on all UDT instances. ---
**Author:** ![Rendi.Yohanes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Rendi.Yohanes](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Rendi.Yohanes)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-help/29240/6 "2019-10-21T16:06:31Z")
Maybe you can share a bit more what you are trying to accomplish? The point of UDT is to have kind of a template for a tag. For example, you can have a Motor UDT. The instance name can be the motor tag name, and internally it can have multiple signals: running, trip, etc., which is common for all motors.