# Is there a way to set read only for remote tag providers?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-set-read-only-for-remote-tag-providers/117424>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [October 12, 2026, 2:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-set-read-only-for-remote-tag-providers/117424 "2026-10-12T14:10:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![travisaggiebrown](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/travisaggiebrown/32/85824_2.png) [@travisaggiebrown](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/travisaggiebrown)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2026, 2:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-set-read-only-for-remote-tag-providers/117424/1 "2026-10-12T14:10:42Z")

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I'm trying to set up a gateway for reporting so I need it to be read only so that users can't change tag values but can read them.

it seems that there is a read only option on the opc-ua server but that doesn't seem to affect the remote tag providers. according to the documentation there is a read only option for tag providers but not remote tag providers aggravatingly. I tried setting all the zones to not have write permission, but it seems I'm still able to write to tags on perspective views.

I was wondering if anyone had dealt with something similar and may have some pointers?

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**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:** [October 12, 2026, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-set-read-only-for-remote-tag-providers/117424/2 "2026-10-12T14:29:01Z")

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Make sure you're configuration of zones/security is on the gateway for the source tag provider.

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**Author:** ![travisaggiebrown](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/travisaggiebrown/32/85824_2.png) [@travisaggiebrown](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/travisaggiebrown)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2026, 2:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-set-read-only-for-remote-tag-providers/117424/3 "2026-10-12T14:41:15Z")

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that was indeed the problem, much appreciated