# Tag Structure, UDT setup, and Best Practices

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-structure-udt-setup-and-best-practices/76474>\
**Category:** Ignition\
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**Created:** [July 17, 2023, 6:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-structure-udt-setup-and-best-practices/76474 "2023-07-17T18:03:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![j.israelsen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@j.israelsen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/j.israelsen)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 8:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-structure-udt-setup-and-best-practices/76474/27 "2023-12-13T20:47:22Z")

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@nminchin and @Hayden_Watson, I agree with the direction you are going with tag security.

Reference the following related feature request and forum post, maybe we can get some traction on a solution:

> **[Tag Security Bindings | Ignition Features and Ideas | Inductive Automation](https://ideas.inductiveautomation.com/ignition-features-and-ideas/p/tag-security-bindings)**
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> Would like the ability to use expressions/parameters to dynamically assign tag security settings in a similar manner the rest of the configurable tag

> [@Tag Configuration - Security Setting By Script or Parameter](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-configuration-security-setting-by-script-or-parameter/70192):
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> I have a UDT/Tag. I would like to set the security settings of the UDT/Tag through a script or a parameter. Is this possible? Clarification, I don't need to dynamically change the security setting (on the fly), just to be able to set it during configuration. An example implementation would be to secure a UDT/Tag based on whether it should be limited to "Supervisor" role or an "Operator" role. The only current solutions or ideas that I have thus far are as follows: Override UDT security setti…

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