# Is there a function to show historical tag values for chosen datetime?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-function-to-show-historical-tag-values-for-chosen-datetime/74887>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81, perspective\
**Created:** [June 12, 2023, 6:34am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-function-to-show-historical-tag-values-for-chosen-datetime/74887 "2023-06-12T06:34:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![jiyoung\_hwang1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc79bd/32.png) [@jiyoung\_hwang1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jiyoung_hwang1)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 6:34am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-function-to-show-historical-tag-values-for-chosen-datetime/74887/1 "2023-06-12T06:34:34Z")

</div>

Is there a function that can make it appear on the screen of that time when you choose the time of the past history?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![justinedwards.jle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/justinedwards.jle/32/37854_2.png) [@justinedwards.jle](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/justinedwards.jle)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 6:37am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-function-to-show-historical-tag-values-for-chosen-datetime/74887/2 "2023-06-12T06:37:30Z")

</div>

This question seems a little ambiguous; could you elaborate? ...or perhaps provide an illustration of the expected result?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![jiyoung\_hwang1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc79bd/32.png) [@jiyoung\_hwang1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jiyoung_hwang1)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 6:43am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-function-to-show-historical-tag-values-for-chosen-datetime/74887/4 "2023-06-12T06:43:53Z")

</div>

For example

Can you show the temperature value of the screen that was conducted at 1 p.m. on June 11, 2023?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![justinedwards.jle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/justinedwards.jle/32/37854_2.png) [@justinedwards.jle](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/justinedwards.jle)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 6:45am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-function-to-show-historical-tag-values-for-chosen-datetime/74887/5 "2023-06-12T06:45:46Z")

</div>

[https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/system.tag.queryTagHistory](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/system.tag.queryTagHistory)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![jiyoung\_hwang1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc79bd/32.png) [@jiyoung\_hwang1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jiyoung_hwang1)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 6:45am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-function-to-show-historical-tag-values-for-chosen-datetime/74887/6 "2023-06-12T06:45:58Z")

</div>

![1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/6/d/6dbf4832c8ab9f1f74e94427ed1cca91f21bd86e.jpeg)  
The attached photo is the contents of another program, so can you make the past value come out as shown in this attached photo?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 8:18am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-function-to-show-historical-tag-values-for-chosen-datetime/74887/7 "2023-06-12T08:18:32Z")

</div>

There is the [Perspective Historical Playback](https://inductiveautomation.com/exchange/108/overview) project on the Ignition Exchange that may be of interest.