# Tag naming conventions

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-naming-conventions/31103>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [January 7, 2020, 2:23am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-naming-conventions/31103 "2020-01-07T02:23:17Z")\
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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:** [June 3, 2022, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-naming-conventions/31103/22 "2022-06-03T13:38:10Z")

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have you had any issues with the underscores? or dashes?  
@brandon1

I was taught to utilize capitalization in this manner, below though I regretfully don’t follow it strictly:

myVariable, myNewVariable, thisExample2

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**Author:** ![pascal.fragnoud](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pascal.fragnoud/32/24728_2.png) [@pascal.fragnoud](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pascal.fragnoud)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2022, 9:13am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-naming-conventions/31103/23 "2022-06-04T09:13:57Z")

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> [@zacharyw.larson](#):
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> have you had any issues with the underscores? or dashes?

I don't use dashes (programmer habits, dashes are not a valid character for identifiers as it's usually an operator), but underscores should be perfectly fine.

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**Author:** ![brandon1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@brandon1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/brandon1)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2022, 12:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-naming-conventions/31103/24 "2022-06-06T12:42:49Z")

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I have never had any issue with dashes. I use it sparingly.

For example If I had a folder that grouped four filters I would name it Fltr1-4

I just like that visually better than Fltr1\_4 or Fltr14

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