# system.tag.addTag default tag provider

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-addtag-default-tag-provider/10725>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [November 3, 2015, 11:11am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-addtag-default-tag-provider/10725 "2015-11-03T11:11:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![AlThePal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/althepal/32/3603_2.png) [@AlThePal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AlThePal)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2015, 11:11am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-addtag-default-tag-provider/10725/1 "2015-11-03T11:11:34Z")

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I noticed when trying to use system.tag.addTag that if you don’t specify a tag provider in the parentPath it uses the tag provider called ‘default’, even when this is not the default tag provider for the project.