# Read Bad Disabled text from tag

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/read-bad-disabled-text-from-tag/71875>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [March 31, 2023, 4:08am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/read-bad-disabled-text-from-tag/71875 "2023-03-31T04:08:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![prasath.t](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@prasath.t](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/prasath.t)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 4:08am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/read-bad-disabled-text-from-tag/71875/1 "2023-03-31T04:08:38Z")

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Hi i am using  
system.tag.getConfiguration(unicode(fullPath))[0]

when i print  
i am getting value as 0

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/0/a/0a34994eb87b00e289624220409c4f9a91e4998c.png)

But actually tag is reading bad disabled text

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/d/0/d0f271893a487cd3f52b3669c44f1b3070222991.png)

How read the **Bad Disabled text using system.tag.getConfiguration**

when i use system.tag.readBlocking it makes the process slow that's why

any idea?

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 12:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/read-bad-disabled-text-from-tag/71875/2 "2023-03-31T12:06:17Z")

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You can't. That method gets the configuration (like initial value), not live values. Use `.readBlocking()` and inspect the `.quality` property of the qualified value you receive.