# Studio5000 tag description

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/studio5000-tag-description/70565>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [March 2, 2023, 9:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/studio5000-tag-description/70565 "2023-03-02T21:49:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![stan\_leung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@stan\_leung](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/stan_leung)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 9:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/studio5000-tag-description/70565/1 "2023-03-02T21:49:53Z")

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Hi,

Is there a way to get the plc tag description to ignition designer tags ?

thank you

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 9:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/studio5000-tag-description/70565/2 "2023-03-02T21:52:17Z")

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No, sorry, Rockwell does not expose this information. Or they don't document it, at least.

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/studio5000-tag-description/70565/3 "2023-03-02T21:53:35Z")

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Not conveniently, no. The best bet would be an XML parse of the \*.L5X format and turn that into a format you could use with a tag configuration jython script. Non-trivial, unfortunately.