# Need some ideas to start a project

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**Created:** [January 15, 2023, 7:50am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/need-some-ideas-to-start-a-project/68600 "2023-01-15T07:50:26Z")\
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Hello, and welcome!

This is a pretty open topic. Just a couple of thoughts... well three... five at most...

- Tag structure. Use similar naming /folder structures / UDTs. In my example, we're organized by line number (3425, 3426...). When we need data we pull it by line. Read up in indirect tags, and you'll be a pro.  

- Document, document, document. Tags, db tables and columns. Perhaps flocharts for operations or data flows. The [Useful Tools thread](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/useful-tools-thread/34614) may be of help.

- Since you're new to Ignition, I'll suggest going through [Inductive University](https://www.inductiveuniversity.com/)'s free training courses.

- Use the forum. We have a lot of talented users here, and while we can be pedantic or sometimes downright annoying, we are-- as an old instructor of mine would say-- a veritable cesspool of information. 🙂

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