# MemoryTag - valueChange does not trigger

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/memorytag-valuechange-does-not-trigger/88503>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81\
**Created:** [April 8, 2024, 9:52am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/memorytag-valuechange-does-not-trigger/88503 "2024-04-08T09:52:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![lrose](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/lrose/32/62724_2.png) [@lrose](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lrose)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 12:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/memorytag-valuechange-does-not-trigger/88503/3 "2024-04-08T12:00:45Z")

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> [@bkarabinchak.psi](#):
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> Prints are never going to be viewable.

They're viewable you just have to know where to look.

> [@Event Configuration Print Out to debug](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/event-configuration-print-out-to-debug/60091/5):
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> It's complicated slight_smile Starting from most local to least... In the script console, print will log directly to the output buffer on the right hand side. system.util.getLogger() will log to the named 'Output Console' Designer window. Bonus: A script invoked from here using system.util.invokeAsync will print to the regular output console, not the buffer on the right hand side. Anywhere else in the designer (except Perspective), print and system.util.getLogger will log to the 'Outpu…

> [@bkarabinchak.psi](#):
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> instead of making the valueChanged on the tag directly

This point can not be overstated here. This script, particularly with the number of blocking calls, is inappropriate as a tag valueChanged event script.

All of that being said, I see nothing syntactically incorrect about this script, which leads me to what information leads you to believe the script isn't executing?

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