# Shot in the dark here...but...Modifying multiple objects tag paths **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [November 15, 2022, 9:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/shot-in-the-dark-here-but-modifying-multiple-objects-tag-paths/66550 "2022-11-15T21:00:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Calvin\_Johnson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Calvin\_Johnson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Calvin_Johnson)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2022, 9:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/shot-in-the-dark-here-but-modifying-multiple-objects-tag-paths/66550/1 "2022-11-15T21:00:53Z")
I suppose my screen is more of a design error due to me just learning but if I want to change the tag paths of all the objects on my screen from Default, To a folder with my tags without having to touch every object on the screen separately is this possible? Obviously moving the OPC tags into the folder breaks the links. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2022, 9:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/shot-in-the-dark-here-but-modifying-multiple-objects-tag-paths/66550/2 "2022-11-15T21:15:43Z")
It is possible though not trivial, Vision or Perspective? ---
**Author:** ![Calvin\_Johnson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Calvin\_Johnson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Calvin_Johnson)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2022, 9:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/shot-in-the-dark-here-but-modifying-multiple-objects-tag-paths/66550/3 "2022-11-15T21:17:39Z")
Vision ---
**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:** [November 15, 2022, 10:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/shot-in-the-dark-here-but-modifying-multiple-objects-tag-paths/66550/4 "2022-11-15T22:28:24Z")
If you shift and right click, you can copy the window XML to the clip board, you can paste that into a file, and the use a script or other method to do a find and replace for the tag path parts you want to modify. I think perhaps @nminchin has done this in the past, and may have more/better information. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2022, 12:09am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/shot-in-the-dark-here-but-modifying-multiple-objects-tag-paths/66550/5 "2022-11-16T00:09:02Z")
Simpler, though possibly not perfect: [https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Find+and+Replace](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Find+and+Replace) ---
**Author:** ![Calvin\_Johnson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Calvin\_Johnson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Calvin_Johnson)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 7:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/shot-in-the-dark-here-but-modifying-multiple-objects-tag-paths/66550/6 "2022-11-16T19:37:09Z")
I got my tags done using the XML editing methods. Thanks everyone, turned an all day effort into about 45 minutes once I got everything set up. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Tryon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac8455/32.png) [@Richard\_Tryon](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Richard_Tryon)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2022, 1:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/shot-in-the-dark-here-but-modifying-multiple-objects-tag-paths/66550/7 "2022-11-17T13:09:11Z")
Ver 7.9 A short while I moved a tagname to a different tagname folder and I discovered that the search and replace did not encompass tagname paths within report script parameters (the little white boxes at the bottom of the scripting for reports). So, I went into all the reports and adjusted the tagpath manually... Otherwise, the search and replace did a great job. ---
**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:** [November 17, 2022, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/shot-in-the-dark-here-but-modifying-multiple-objects-tag-paths/66550/8 "2022-11-17T16:15:33Z")
We're actually actively working on find & replace in reporting; it'll likely land in one of the next few 8.1.X releases.