# Methods For Quickly Adding/Managing Several Tags To Historian **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [July 30, 2018, 7:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/methods-for-quickly-adding-managing-several-tags-to-historian/19020 "2018-07-30T19:18:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chuck.jonkman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/chuck.jonkman/32/5704_2.png) [@chuck.jonkman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/chuck.jonkman)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 7:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/methods-for-quickly-adding-managing-several-tags-to-historian/19020/1 "2018-07-30T19:18:13Z")
Does anyone have a method for adding tags to the historian and then managing them without having to go into each tag’s properties? I am using the XML import/export feature now. As far as I can see, tricks in XML editors is the best path but wanted to see what others are doing. ---
**Author:** ![brandon1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@brandon1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/brandon1)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 8:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/methods-for-quickly-adding-managing-several-tags-to-historian/19020/2 "2018-07-30T20:23:12Z")
Take a look at [system.tag.editTag](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC79/system.tag.editTag). There is an example of how to enable history on the tag using this method. ---
**Author:** ![chuck.jonkman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/chuck.jonkman/32/5704_2.png) [@chuck.jonkman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/chuck.jonkman)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2018, 7:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/methods-for-quickly-adding-managing-several-tags-to-historian/19020/3 "2018-07-31T19:14:13Z")
Great, thank you, I will give this a try.