# Relative tag paths in indirect tags

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/relative-tag-paths-in-indirect-tags/110378>\
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**Created:** [September 4, 2025, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/relative-tag-paths-in-indirect-tags/110378 "2025-09-04T13:56:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![PFollansbee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pfollansbee/32/46440_2.png) [@PFollansbee](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/PFollansbee)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/relative-tag-paths-in-indirect-tags/110378/1 "2025-09-04T13:56:17Z")

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I have a two tag folders called command and status. Status houses the ready state of the commands. As such, when referencing the ready state from the command tag, i need to reference the relative path [.]../../status/ORdy\_[command]. If i was doing this in a udt, that would be fine, but i am trying to generalize this interface and reference it in my template. My template has a string reference to the command tag as an input. So ideally I'd replace the [.] with {1} that references my string path, but I've tried a few variations on that theme and none of the syntax seems to work.

I'm thinking alternatively, i could just manipulate the string to produce the parent parent folder, but i was wondering if there is a convenient way to do this with relative paths in an indirect tag.

Thank you!

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**Author:** ![lrose](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/lrose/32/62724_2.png) [@lrose](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lrose)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 2:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/relative-tag-paths-in-indirect-tags/110378/2 "2025-09-04T14:05:54Z")

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> [@PFollansbee](#):
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> . So ideally I'd replace the [.] with {1} that references my string path,

You can’t use relative tag paths for this. So the indirect path must resolve to a full tag path.

Bindings in Ignition do not have the prerequisite information available to construct the full tag path from a relative path.