# System.tag.browse folder Parameters is ignored

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-browse-folder-parameters-is-ignored/28511>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition80\
**Created:** [September 24, 2019, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-browse-folder-parameters-is-ignored/28511 "2019-09-24T15:56:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![mazeyrat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mazeyrat/32/10955_2.png) [@mazeyrat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mazeyrat)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-browse-folder-parameters-is-ignored/28511/1 "2019-09-24T15:56:50Z")

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@mgross, @paul-griffith  
In Ignition **8.0.5-nightly** , when I browse an UDT instance with parameters, the folder **Parameters** is ignored. It would be very usefull to be abe to browse this folder

```auto
print system.tag.browse("[default]TVG/BIL/DAT01/01001")

```

BrowseResults [results=[{u’fullPath’: [default]TVG/BIL/DAT01/01001/repereEqt, u’hasChildren’: False, u’dataType’: String, u’name’: u’repereEqt’, u’tagType’: AtomicTag, u’attributes’: , u’valueSource’: u’memory’, u’value’: [DAT9011, Good, Tue Sep 24 17:33:25 CEST 2019 (1569339205312)]}, {u’fullPath’: [default]TVG/BIL/DAT01/01001/TA, u’hasChildren’: True, u’name’: u’TA’, u’tagType’: Folder}, {u’fullPath’: [default]TVG/BIL/DAT01/01001/TC, u’hasChildren’: True, u’name’: u’TC’, u’tagType’: Folder}, {u’fullPath’: [default]TVG/BIL/DAT01/01001/TS, u’hasChildren’: True, u’name’: u’TS’, u’tagType’: Folder}], totalAvailableResults=4, continuationPoint=null, resultQuality=Good]

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/f/fb3d34d3f3ba3280a9fdeb191f1794ac14a89774.png)

I obtain the same result with the SDK when I use:

```auto
BrowseFilter browseFilter = new BrowseFilter();
browseFilter.setRecursive(false);
String[] allowedType = {"UdtInstance", "AtomicTag", "Folder","Property"};
browseFilter.setAllowedTypes(allowedType);

```

If I directly browse the folder, it’s ok…

```auto
print system.tag.browse("[default]TVG/BIL/DAT01/01001/Parameters")

```

BrowseResults [results=[{u’fullPath’: [default]TVG/BIL/DAT01/01001/Parameters/adresseTR, u’hasChildren’: False, u’name’: u’adresseTR’, u’tagType’: Property}, {u’fullPath’: [default]TVG/BIL/DAT01/01001/Parameters/template, u’hasChildren’: False, u’name’: u’template’, u’tagType’: Property}, {u’fullPath’: [default]TVG/BIL/DAT01/01001/Parameters/scanExpr, u’hasChildren’: False, u’name’: u’scanExpr’, u’tagType’: Property}, {u’fullPath’: [default]TVG/BIL/DAT01/01001/Parameters/opcDebut, u’hasChildren’: False, u’name’: u’opcDebut’, u’tagType’: Property}, {u’fullPath’: [default]TVG/BIL/DAT01/01001/Parameters/scanOpc, u’hasChildren’: False, u’name’: u’scanOpc’, u’tagType’: Property}, {u’fullPath’: [default]TVG/BIL/DAT01/01001/Parameters/adresseTS, u’hasChildren’: False, u’name’: u’adresseTS’, u’tagType’: Property}, {u’fullPath’: [default]TVG/BIL/DAT01/01001/Parameters/adresseTM, u’hasChildren’: False, u’name’: u’adresseTM’, u’tagType’: Property}, {u’fullPath’: [default]TVG/BIL/DAT01/01001/Parameters/opcServeur, u’hasChildren’: False, u’name’: u’opcServeur’, u’tagType’: Property}, {u’fullPath’: [default]TVG/BIL/DAT01/01001/Parameters/qualityPath, u’hasChildren’: False, u’name’: u’qualityPath’, u’tagType’: Property}, {u’fullPath’: [default]TVG/BIL/DAT01/01001/Parameters/numStation, u’hasChildren’: False, u’name’: u’numStation’, u’tagType’: Property}, {u’fullPath’: [default]TVG/BIL/DAT01/01001/Parameters/adresseTA, u’hasChildren’: False, u’name’: u’adresseTA’, u’tagType’: Property}, {u’fullPath’: [default]TVG/BIL/DAT01/01001/Parameters/tagPathComParent, u’hasChildren’: False, u’name’: u’tagPathComParent’, u’tagType’: Property}, {u’fullPath’: [default]TVG/BIL/DAT01/01001/Parameters/adresseTC, u’hasChildren’: False, u’name’: u’adresseTC’, u’tagType’: Property}, {u’fullPath’: [default]TVG/BIL/DAT01/01001/Parameters/repereEqt, u’hasChildren’: False, u’name’: u’repereEqt’, u’tagType’: Property}, {u’fullPath’: [default]TVG/BIL/DAT01/01001/Parameters/designationEqt, u’hasChildren’: False, u’name’: u’designationEqt’, u’tagType’: Property}, {u’fullPath’: [default]TVG/BIL/DAT01/01001/Parameters/numSSR, u’hasChildren’: False, u’name’: u’numSSR’, u’tagType’: Property}, {u’fullPath’: [default]TVG/BIL/DAT01/01001/Parameters/opcDevice, u’hasChildren’: False, u’name’: u’opcDevice’, u’tagType’: Property}, {u’fullPath’: [default]TVG/BIL/DAT01/01001/Parameters/numQuai, u’hasChildren’: False, u’name’: u’numQuai’, u’tagType’: Property}, {u’fullPath’: [default]TVG/BIL/DAT01/01001/Parameters/vue2, u’hasChildren’: False, u’name’: u’vue2’, u’tagType’: Property}, {u’fullPath’: [default]TVG/BIL/DAT01/01001/Parameters/vue1, u’hasChildren’: False, u’name’: u’vue1’, u’tagType’: Property}, {u’fullPath’: [default]TVG/BIL/DAT01/01001/Parameters/scanMem, u’hasChildren’: False, u’name’: u’scanMem’, u’tagType’: Property}], totalAvailableResults=21, continuationPoint=null, resultQuality=Good]

As a workaround, for Node of type UdtInstance, I add a browse to **"my Parent Node path/Parameters"**  
is it the intended behaviour or a bug in the **system.tag.browse** function ?

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**Author:** ![mgross](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mgross/32/3311_2.png) [@mgross](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mgross)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2019, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-browse-folder-parameters-is-ignored/28511/2 "2019-09-26T15:28:49Z")

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I believe it is actually intentional here. Behind the scenes, there are a number of places in the code that display udt tags in a tree, and we don’t want to display the parameters in those.

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**Author:** ![mazeyrat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mazeyrat/32/10955_2.png) [@mazeyrat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mazeyrat)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2019, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-browse-folder-parameters-is-ignored/28511/3 "2019-09-26T15:47:36Z")

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Ok thanks for the confirmation