# system.tag.writeAll does not work for client tags

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-writeall-does-not-work-for-client-tags/6212>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [April 12, 2013, 9:19am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-writeall-does-not-work-for-client-tags/6212 "2013-04-12T09:19:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![chi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/0ea827/32.png) [@chi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/chi)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 9:19am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-writeall-does-not-work-for-client-tags/6212/1 "2013-04-12T09:19:25Z")

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The system.tag.writeAll function does not work for client tags in Ignition 7.5.6.

The code

```auto
paths=["[Client]test1","[Client]test2"]
values=[10,10]
result=system.tag.writeAll(paths, values)
print result
```

does not write to the tags, the result is ‘[0,0]’ (failed immediately).

system.tag.write works with the same parameters

```auto
paths=["[Client]test1","[Client]test2"]
values=[10,10]
system.tag.write(paths[0], values[0])
system.tag.write(paths[1], values[1])
```

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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:** [April 12, 2013, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-writeall-does-not-work-for-client-tags/6212/2 "2013-04-12T14:22:19Z")

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Yep… thanks. Should be an easy fix for 7.5.7.

Side note: one of my favorite things about version control is digging through the history to find out who is to blame 😈

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**Author:** ![Dravik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Dravik](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Dravik)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-writeall-does-not-work-for-client-tags/6212/3 "2013-04-12T14:31:06Z")

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[quote=“Kevin.Herron”]Yep… thanks. Should be an easy fix for 7.5.7.

Side note: one of my favorite things about version control is digging through the history to find out who is to blame 😈[/quote]

Except for that sinking feeling when you see your own name next to the change(more than once… )

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**Author:** ![sharan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@sharan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sharan)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2022, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-writeall-does-not-work-for-client-tags/6212/4 "2022-11-23T16:02:22Z")

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Will WriteAll work with revision 8.1.17  
?

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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:** [November 23, 2022, 4:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-writeall-does-not-work-for-client-tags/6212/5 "2022-11-23T16:04:03Z")

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It should, but note that it is deprecated. Use `writeBlocking()` or `writeAsync()` instead.