# Tag editing in a text editor

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-editing-in-a-text-editor/49365>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [July 29, 2021, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-editing-in-a-text-editor/49365 "2021-07-29T18:11:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![zacharyw.larson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/zacharyw.larson/32/23749_2.png) [@zacharyw.larson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zacharyw.larson)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2021, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-editing-in-a-text-editor/49365/1 "2021-07-29T18:11:35Z")

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[Importing and Exporting Tags - Understanding Tags (inductiveuniversity.com)](https://inductiveuniversity.com/videos/importing-and-exporting-tags/8.1)

At point in the video he says he cheated a little bit, and just changed the name.

What do I need to change to get the same tags from one machine to work for a different machine with similar addressing?  
I think this almost works for me, but when I check my tags, they do not seem to be different.

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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:** [July 30, 2021, 7:31am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-editing-in-a-text-editor/49365/2 "2021-07-30T07:31:48Z")

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When you say you want to use the same tags from one machine in another, does each machine have its own PLC?  
Are you using a UDT for your machines, or just using standard tags?  
What have you tried doing? The IU video is pretty much what it sounds like you’re trying to do.

One note: I’ve found that sometimes import errors aren’t shown and instead appear in the wrapper log. Maybe have a look here to see that there aren’t any errors being reported

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**Author:** ![zacharyw.larson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/zacharyw.larson/32/23749_2.png) [@zacharyw.larson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zacharyw.larson)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2021, 11:49am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-editing-in-a-text-editor/49365/3 "2021-07-30T11:49:13Z")

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I basically had a bunch of tags on machine 1 with “machine1” in the path, and tried to use notepad to text edit for “machine2”.

I got it to work.  
I am not sure what happened the first go.  
Had set import for abort mode. When the tags came in, they were still addressed for machine1.  
so deleted that folder and imported a restore.

Tried again, and this time the tags came in with the address for machine2 as expected.

I don’t think the save took in the text editor maybe. Maybe I didn’t press hard enough or missed the save button, not sure.

I was pretty worried when it didn’t work. Hours of manual tag entry flashed before my eyes.  
So I went to watch the video over again, and he is like “I did this and I cheated” and I was worried I was missing some critical step haha.