# Tag multi instance wizard **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition 8.3 Early Access\ **Created:** [July 30, 2025, 2:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-multi-instance-wizard/109147 "2025-07-30T14:46:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pdeswert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a8b319/32.png) [@Pdeswert](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Pdeswert)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 2:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-multi-instance-wizard/109147/1 "2025-07-30T14:46:30Z")
The wizard updates are good, but is not always usable. I have already seen complex entries in UDT parameters What would make a difference is a simular screen where you select the UDT and are then able to copy paste data from excell in the current table (see screenshot) containing the instance name and all parameters ![afbeelding](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/3/8/389dd5c897a9b1c957be40ce32e95726f8db659b.png) A second thing is that that you can lookup existing instance of a udt, get it in a table and you are then able to change parameters ---
**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:** [July 30, 2025, 2:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-multi-instance-wizard/109147/2 "2025-07-30T14:53:29Z")
Looks like major improvements to the multi-instance wizard. Still not as capable as my spreadsheet import tool, which was inspired by the v8.1 wizard. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-multi-instance-wizard/109147/3 "2025-07-30T16:28:56Z")
Can you expand a little bit on your suggestions? I'm not quite sure what you mean. The multi-instance-wizard definitely isn't quite intended to cover _all_ possible bases - there are plenty of other mechanisms for bulk creation of tags, Phil's spreadsheet approach included, but if there's (additional) low hanging fruit it would be nice to add it. ---
**Author:** ![michael.flagler](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/michael.flagler/32/26272_2.png) [@michael.flagler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michael.flagler)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 8:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-multi-instance-wizard/109147/4 "2025-07-30T20:43:15Z")
I think what they're referring to is that it would be nice to have a built-in way to bulk import tags from something like Excel or a CSV. For instance, on my projects, I could have a spreadsheet with everything pre-populated to match the columns in the wizard so that I could copy from Excel with all these non-sequential/custom tag names and paste that into the form and click Create to bulk create all these tags. More likely I have a lot of tags that are all custom names and non-sequential of the same UDT and in the past I've written a script to import these, but if it were built-in it would be super helpful. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2025, 8:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-multi-instance-wizard/109147/5 "2025-07-30T20:59:54Z")
> [@michael.flagler](#): > > I could have a spreadsheet with everything pre-populated to match the columns You can make an empty template for my spreadsheet tool to do this. For any particular CSV pattern you need.