# Real tag display formats?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/real-tag-display-formats/65802>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81\
**Created:** [October 28, 2022, 7:26am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/real-tag-display-formats/65802 "2022-10-28T07:26:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Luis\_Pantoja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Luis\_Pantoja](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Luis_Pantoja)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2022, 7:26am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/real-tag-display-formats/65802/1 "2022-10-28T07:26:02Z")

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Hi,

I am reading a Real tag from my S7-1200 PLC, and it is been display with format: Decimal ''106,535,320", and I will prefer show it as a floating point value "1".

I do not have issues when I read integer values

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/9/1/9112fcb380a31d9788c6cb43591e1e8af1c81b49.png)

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/7/e/7e73ef6c25528cbe08b84f059a84defdb548097a.png)

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/2/c/2cc7f094fa2fc25f14f312224195ab37dbb1ee03.png)

As you see by the pictures, the display format is what is different. I just want to change it from Decimal to Floating point

Thank you guys!!

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**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2022, 7:28am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/real-tag-display-formats/65802/2 "2022-10-28T07:28:12Z")

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Is this _Vision_ or _Perspective_? Please add the tag to your question.

> [@Luis\_Pantoja](#):
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> it is been display format is Decimal value ''106,535,320", and I will prefer show it as a floating point value "1".

What does this mean?

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**Author:** ![Luis\_Pantoja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Luis\_Pantoja](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Luis_Pantoja)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2022, 8:12am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/real-tag-display-formats/65802/3 "2022-10-28T08:12:36Z")

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In TIA portal I changed the display format by: right click \>\>Display format\> and then selecting what ever I prefer between the options. In TIA portal if I pick Decimal it gives me "106,535,320" and if I select Floating point it gives me 1.0

I want to know if there is an option to do the same with Ignition, Ignition is only displaying "106,535,320"

Thank you for bearing with me, I am new with Ignition!!!

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**Author:** ![nideyijuyidong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7cd45c/32.png) [@nideyijuyidong](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nideyijuyidong)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2022, 8:58am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/real-tag-display-formats/65802/4 "2022-10-28T08:58:08Z")

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The tag's type depends on your OPC item path. Do you want to use "MREAL"? What's the Portal tag type?  
[https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Siemens](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Siemens)

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**Author:** ![Luis\_Pantoja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Luis\_Pantoja](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Luis_Pantoja)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2022, 9:06am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/real-tag-display-formats/65802/5 "2022-10-28T09:06:59Z")

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Like magic, I changed the MD14 for MREAL14, and it worked !!

Thank you!