# Set tag properties in ManagedTagProvider

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/set-tag-properties-in-managedtagprovider/41685>\
**Category:** Module Development\
**Created:** [December 21, 2020, 7:10am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/set-tag-properties-in-managedtagprovider/41685 "2020-12-21T07:10:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![ikra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@ikra](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ikra)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 7:10am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/set-tag-properties-in-managedtagprovider/41685/1 "2020-12-21T07:10:53Z")

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I have started my module from ignition-sdk-examples/managed-tag-provider. Tags are created with empty properties. I need to initialize properties like tooltip, engineeringUnits and other. Is there java equivalent for scripting function system.tag.configure() in ManagedTagProvider?

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**Author:** ![cthomas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@cthomas](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cthomas)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 8:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/set-tag-properties-in-managedtagprovider/41685/2 "2022-12-30T20:01:05Z")

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Did you ever figure this out?

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**Author:** ![ikra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@ikra](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ikra)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2023, 9:24am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/set-tag-properties-in-managedtagprovider/41685/3 "2023-01-02T09:24:38Z")

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No. My workaround was using reference tags in Standard Tag Provider for each tag in Managed Tag Provider.

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/set-tag-properties-in-managedtagprovider/41685/4 "2023-01-10T17:24:44Z")

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I don't understand. ManagedTagProvider has a `configureTag` overload that accepts a propertyset? [ManagedTagProvider](https://files.inductiveautomation.com/sdk/javadoc/ignition81/8.1.23/com/inductiveautomation/ignition/gateway/tags/managed/ManagedTagProvider.html#configureTag(java.lang.String,com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.config.BoundPropertySet))

The various properties can be configured on a new BoundPropertySet using the static fields in WellKnownTagProps: [WellKnownTagProps](https://files.inductiveautomation.com/sdk/javadoc/ignition81/8.1.23/com/inductiveautomation/ignition/common/tags/config/properties/WellKnownTagProps.html)

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**Author:** ![cthomas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@cthomas](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cthomas)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2023, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/set-tag-properties-in-managedtagprovider/41685/5 "2023-01-14T15:45:37Z")

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Thanks @paul-griffith, that helps!