# Pull History of Tag Path via Script Console (Perspective)

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pull-history-of-tag-path-via-script-console-perspective/63661>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [August 31, 2022, 10:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pull-history-of-tag-path-via-script-console-perspective/63661 "2022-08-31T22:41:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![jaspinall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a587f6/32.png) [@jaspinall](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jaspinall)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2022, 10:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pull-history-of-tag-path-via-script-console-perspective/63661/1 "2022-08-31T22:41:22Z")

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Hello There,

Is there anyway to pull the Historical values of a given tag-path via the Script Console, i.e bypassing the need to query the SQL DB?

Anything similar to system.tag.read(/x/x/x/x/x/) function?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![zacht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ea5d25/32.png) [@zacht](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zacht)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2022, 11:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pull-history-of-tag-path-via-script-console-perspective/63661/2 "2022-08-31T23:02:07Z")

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[system.tag.queryTagHistory](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/system.tag.queryTagHistory)

And a list of other scripting functions  
[System Functions](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/System+Functions)