# OPC UA Enum Data Type

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-ua-enum-data-type/35108>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [May 28, 2020, 8:38am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-ua-enum-data-type/35108 "2020-05-28T08:38:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![anon55648468](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@anon55648468](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/anon55648468)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 8:38am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-ua-enum-data-type/35108/1 "2020-05-28T08:38:21Z")

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Hi guys, this is probably just a restriction from the opc ua source but i thought i would check here. I am trying to read tags from the OPC Server but they are returning an Enum Data Type with lots of associated data

 ![enumdata](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/8/85e047f2915e1ff2ee1c78535eac056de1afeb6c.png)

Is there a way to pull just the value when creating an ignition tag?

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 12:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-ua-enum-data-type/35108/2 "2020-05-28T12:02:06Z")

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EnumValueType is a structure that’s supposed to be used to describe the human-readable representation of an enum value. That somebody used it to model a value that should be an enumeration was a mistake in building that server’s address space.

I don’t know if there’s any way to pull a value out of it… what version of Ignition are you using?

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**Author:** ![anon55648468](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@anon55648468](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/anon55648468)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 1:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-ua-enum-data-type/35108/3 "2020-05-28T13:21:54Z")

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Thanks Kevin, I suspected as much! I am current using ignition v8.0.7

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-ua-enum-data-type/35108/4 "2020-05-28T14:47:45Z")

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I think 8.0.12 or 8.0.13 will turn this value into a Document like happens with non-builtin structures.

I’d try to figure out why you’re even subscribing to this value in the first place and if you should be though.