# Role-based tag permission vs client visualisation

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/role-based-tag-permission-vs-client-visualisation/29988>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition79\
**Created:** [November 15, 2019, 10:50am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/role-based-tag-permission-vs-client-visualisation/29988 "2019-11-15T10:50:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![BVTV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e5b9ba/32.png) [@BVTV](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/BVTV)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 9:21am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/role-based-tag-permission-vs-client-visualisation/29988/11 "2024-02-20T09:21:09Z")

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To find out if the current user has write access to a specific tag, you can use the "CanWrite" property of the tag.

> [@How to determine if you have write permissions on a tag?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-determine-if-you-have-write-permissions-on-a-tag/52855/2):
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> Nevermind, he found it. Tag property “canWrite” PS. this was only added in v8.1.8

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