# Pasting or importing default value into document memory UDT member

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pasting-or-importing-default-value-into-document-memory-udt-member/106864>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [May 30, 2025, 4:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pasting-or-importing-default-value-into-document-memory-udt-member/106864 "2025-05-30T16:03:53Z")\
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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:** [May 30, 2025, 4:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pasting-or-importing-default-value-into-document-memory-udt-member/106864/1 "2025-05-30T16:03:53Z")

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Has anyone found a viable technique to import JSON into the default value of a UDT member that's a memory tag of a document datatype?

For an instance, I could normally bidirectionally bind to a placeholder custom property in a view, then paste onto that property.

But to get document data into a UDT member's default itself? I'm struggling to find a viable way.  
Even the UDT's built-in value editor won't allow me to change the root type from object to array, nor will it allow me to paste on right click.

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**Author:** ![vtran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/779978/32.png) [@vtran](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/vtran)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pasting-or-importing-default-value-into-document-memory-udt-member/106864/2 "2025-05-30T16:10:15Z")

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if you right click on the tag and select `Edit (Raw)`, you can paste the json directly into `value` property

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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:** [May 30, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pasting-or-importing-default-value-into-document-memory-udt-member/106864/3 "2025-05-30T16:12:09Z")

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Ah, that works! With the addition that I had to manually create the `value` prop first when I was in the Edit Raw dialog. Create value, paste, apply, good to go.