# System.tag.browse \`attributes\` HashSet - What can I do with this?

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**Created:** [May 2, 2023, 10:49am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-browse-attributes-hashset-what-can-i-do-with-this/73136 "2023-05-02T10:49:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 10:49am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-browse-attributes-hashset-what-can-i-do-with-this/73136/1 "2023-05-02T10:49:09Z")

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I have results from `system.tag.browse`, some which have an `attributes` key, but what can I actually do with this? Is it only there to know what attributes the tag has configured?  
For example, one tag returned from from within a UDT instance has an "override" value in the attributes. Can I actually get the overridden props from this? Or is it literally just there to tell me that the tag has overrides applied? (or has history, security, scripting, etc.)

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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:** [May 2, 2023, 12:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-browse-attributes-hashset-what-can-i-do-with-this/73136/2 "2023-05-02T12:13:31Z")

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`HashSet` is iterable. You should inspect each element.

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**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 12:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-browse-attributes-hashset-what-can-i-do-with-this/73136/3 "2023-05-02T12:15:11Z")

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Each element is a string type 😕 or unicode... can't remember

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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:** [May 2, 2023, 12:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-browse-attributes-hashset-what-can-i-do-with-this/73136/4 "2023-05-02T12:23:07Z")

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> [@nminchin](#):
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> string type

Huh. Not what I expected. Look for patterns?

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**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 12:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-browse-attributes-hashset-what-can-i-do-with-this/73136/5 "2023-05-02T12:24:02Z")

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That's what I thought! Not sure what you mean by patterns?

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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:** [May 2, 2023, 12:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-browse-attributes-hashset-what-can-i-do-with-this/73136/6 "2023-05-02T12:27:58Z")

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See if you can correlate the presence/absence of various strings there with what you find in exported JSON. Or things like that.

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**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 12:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-browse-attributes-hashset-what-can-i-do-with-this/73136/7 "2023-05-02T12:31:03Z")

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The attributes in there seem to be the things that are configured for the tag. For example, if a tag has security, there will be a "security" string in the attributes. If not, then it won't be in there. I was just wondering if you can do anything else with it