# OSI Pi clients/access to Ignition tags

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/osi-pi-clients-access-to-ignition-tags/85782>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [February 15, 2024, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/osi-pi-clients-access-to-ignition-tags/85782 "2024-02-15T18:24:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![msteele](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/msteele/32/77889_2.png) [@msteele](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/msteele)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/osi-pi-clients-access-to-ignition-tags/85782/1 "2024-02-15T18:24:56Z")

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Has anyone found a good solution to get real-time tag data to a OSI Pi client without using Ignition's OPC-UA server?

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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:** [February 15, 2024, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/osi-pi-clients-access-to-ignition-tags/85782/2 "2024-02-15T18:26:39Z")

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What's wrong with using OPC UA? It's probably the only feasible option for anything more than serving up a handful of tags e.g. over WebDev (assuming PI has some kind of web services connector).