# Is it possible to set \`History Enabled\` = \`true\` by default for new tags?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-it-possible-to-set-history-enabled-true-by-default-for-new-tags/39015>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [September 24, 2020, 10:22am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-it-possible-to-set-history-enabled-true-by-default-for-new-tags/39015 "2020-09-24T10:22:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![aamrc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@aamrc](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/aamrc)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2020, 10:22am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-it-possible-to-set-history-enabled-true-by-default-for-new-tags/39015/1 "2020-09-24T10:22:36Z")

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Hi,  
Using the Ignition Tag Historian.

Is it possible to make all new tags recorded to database by default with a `Storage Provider` of my choice?

At the moment I can only see a manual process on Ignition Designer.

Art

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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:** [September 24, 2020, 11:06am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-it-possible-to-set-history-enabled-true-by-default-for-new-tags/39015/2 "2020-09-24T11:06:39Z")

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There’s no way to do that, and there’d be problems. When you turn on history for a tag, you have to pick from among your storage providers and pick your recording criteria. There’s no one set of answers to that would make sense for all data types and tag types.