# Tag Indirection **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** perspective, ignition81\ **Created:** [January 20, 2022, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-indirection/55208 "2022-01-20T15:16:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mjohnson0238](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@mjohnson0238](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mjohnson0238)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-indirection/55208/1 "2022-01-20T15:16:01Z")
Good day! Sorry if this is a horrible question but i gotta ask. I am indirecting the tag path like so: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/4/7/477fb345322385d08a41c2d31cedd65f28d2aa11.png) When i accept and close, because i like the returned value, then go back and look at the indirection it looks like this: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/b/f/bf79eda53ebd2f7071e6daf939ba3f9af1e6dd1c.png) Where did the other indirection go? Im still getting the correct output but where is it? is it because they are both props.text? ---
**Author:** ![witman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d2c977/32.png) [@witman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/witman)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-indirection/55208/2 "2022-01-20T15:21:09Z")
I’d guess that’s because you are using the same reference “text” for both indirections. Might it be giving you the correct value because both of those properties happen to have the same value at this time? ---
**Author:** ![mjohnson0238](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@mjohnson0238](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mjohnson0238)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-indirection/55208/3 "2022-01-20T15:29:15Z")
witman - that was exactly what was happening. I changed one of my indirections to a property that has a value like this: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/7/7/77da0827538d5d372960bf585cdb95ae4eba03bc.png) and its works like it should. I hope this is helpful to some else also. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2022, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-indirection/55208/4 "2022-01-20T15:32:54Z")
I mostly use numbered references. `{1}`, `{2}`, et cetera. ---
**Author:** ![mjohnson0238](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@mjohnson0238](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mjohnson0238)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 3:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-indirection/55208/5 "2022-01-20T15:48:27Z")
I see, so i could replace the reference value from “text” or “value” to “1” or “2”, etc. and leave the property as is and achieve the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-indirection/55208/6 "2022-01-20T17:24:33Z")
What version are you using? I can’t get the indirection table to give me a duplicate reference key like you have in your first screenshot; as soon as I make two keys the same they ‘collapse’ to a single row: ![java_mAURpN](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/d/b/db72ec553da3334f01567b3c2761760d1541f176.gif) ---
**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:** [January 20, 2022, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-indirection/55208/7 "2022-01-20T20:22:26Z")
@PGriffith What if you add them via the property selecty thing? ---
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-indirection/55208/8 "2022-01-20T22:07:48Z")
Ah, good call. I’ll file a ticket, that’s needlessly error-prone.