# Tag path length VS System Performance

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-path-length-vs-system-performance/68293>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [January 6, 2023, 4:42am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-path-length-vs-system-performance/68293 "2023-01-06T04:42:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![nader.chinichian](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nader.chinichian/32/9261_2.png) [@nader.chinichian](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nader.chinichian)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2023, 4:42am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-path-length-vs-system-performance/68293/1 "2023-01-06T04:42:37Z")

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Hi  
It may sound strange question, but I've always wondered if I use long strings for my tags does it affect performance or not?  
As I understand, in the Ignition the tag path is an actual pointer to it as we pass the string or manipulate it to read or write them.  
So I guess if I use short tag name is better than using long string for large amount of tags.

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**Author:** ![victordcq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f6c823/32.png) [@victordcq](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/victordcq)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2023, 7:42am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-path-length-vs-system-performance/68293/2 "2023-01-06T07:42:14Z")

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i doubt the performance difference would be noticable, unless your names are really really long xd