# Multistate indicator

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/multistate-indicator/17313>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [March 10, 2018, 6:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/multistate-indicator/17313 "2018-03-10T18:35:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![jshaffer09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@jshaffer09](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jshaffer09)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2018, 6:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/multistate-indicator/17313/1 "2018-03-10T18:35:26Z")

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I am changing the state of a multistate indicator with a button from green to red. But if I change it to red and close the screen and open it back up it is green again? Is there a way to fix this?

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**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:** [March 10, 2018, 11:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/multistate-indicator/17313/2 "2018-03-10T23:09:40Z")

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Try using a client tag to store the status of the multistate indicator.

You can use this in a similar way to a global variable. It will retain its status across windows and until the client closes. Being a client tag it doesn’t affect other clients running simultaneously.

If you want one client to affect all the others then create a System / Gateway tag.