# Project with a specific TagProvider

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/project-with-a-specific-tagprovider/98789>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Tags:** designer, ignition81\
**Created:** [November 19, 2024, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/project-with-a-specific-tagprovider/98789 "2024-11-19T15:56:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![tamerplc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d78d45/32.png) [@tamerplc](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tamerplc)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2024, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/project-with-a-specific-tagprovider/98789/1 "2024-11-19T15:56:43Z")

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Can we Only Assigned specific project to specific TagProvider? .. I would like Only Project(A) able to access to TagProvider(A) only from designers .

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**Author:** ![kvane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kvane/32/22228_2.png) [@kvane](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kvane)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2024, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/project-with-a-specific-tagprovider/98789/2 "2024-11-19T16:17:43Z")

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Tag Providers have Tag Read Permissions built into their default settings on the Gateway. That would be the simplest way to limit who can write, read or edit tags. Although it would not be based around project security it would use Gateway Identity Provider Security Levels.

> **[Tag Providers | Ignition User Manual](https://www.docs.inductiveautomation.com/docs/8.1/platform/tags/tag-providers#standard-tag-provider-1)**
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> At the highest level of Tag configuration is the Tag Provider. A provider is a Tag database (a collection of Tags) and a name. An Ignition Gateway can have any number of Tag Providers, and therefore the name is used to distinguish which provider a...

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2024, 4:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/project-with-a-specific-tagprovider/98789/3 "2024-11-19T16:21:46Z")

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> [@tamerplc](#):
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> designers

You cannot meaningfully prevent someone who has access to the Designer from accessing other gateway resources.