# Make UDT from existing folder structure

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/make-udt-from-existing-folder-structure/4151>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [March 14, 2012, 9:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/make-udt-from-existing-folder-structure/4151 "2012-03-14T21:58:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Greg.Buehler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecc23a/32.png) [@Greg.Buehler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Greg.Buehler)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 9:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/make-udt-from-existing-folder-structure/4151/1 "2012-03-14T21:58:10Z")

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Making UDTs by dragging from the OPC browser is awesome, but can we add the ability to create a UDT based on an existing folder structure?

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**Author:** ![Travis.Cox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Travis.Cox](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Travis.Cox)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 10:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/make-udt-from-existing-folder-structure/4151/2 "2012-03-14T22:01:01Z")

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You can do that right now. Just right click on your folder and select Create Datatype from Selected. Make sure you get the latest release candidate.

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**Author:** ![Greg.Buehler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecc23a/32.png) [@Greg.Buehler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Greg.Buehler)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 10:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/make-udt-from-existing-folder-structure/4151/3 "2012-03-14T22:03:13Z")

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Yup, was on an older release. 😊

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**Author:** ![Colby.Clegg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/colby.clegg/32/3282_2.png) [@Colby.Clegg](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Colby.Clegg)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 12:02am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/make-udt-from-existing-folder-structure/4151/4 "2012-03-15T00:02:03Z")

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ESP feature development! Slowly but surely, we are going to get ahead of you guys…

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**Author:** ![ISDProj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58956e/32.png) [@ISDProj](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ISDProj)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 12:32am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/make-udt-from-existing-folder-structure/4151/5 "2012-03-15T00:32:38Z")

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Hey Colby,  
So when will we see the “ESP” module released??

- it should write the entire project just by reading your thoughts 😆

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**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 4:03am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/make-udt-from-existing-folder-structure/4151/6 "2012-03-15T04:03:38Z")

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[quote=“ISDProj”]Hey Colby,  
So when will we see the “ESP” module released??

- it should write the entire project just by reading your thoughts 😆[/quote]

Gee, I hope not! I tried to think once, but nothing happened… 😆

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**Author:** ![Robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@Robert](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Robert)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 3:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/make-udt-from-existing-folder-structure/4151/7 "2012-03-15T15:17:30Z")

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Thinking is bad. It will get you into trouble. Don’t think.  
We will tell you you what to think.