# Tag Value with .FormatString

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-value-with-formatstring/69645>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [February 9, 2023, 5:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-value-with-formatstring/69645 "2023-02-09T17:53:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kfoldesi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kfoldesi/32/11327_2.png) [@Kfoldesi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kfoldesi)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2023, 5:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-value-with-formatstring/69645/1 "2023-02-09T17:53:36Z")

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Simple binding to Lbl.Text from [Default]TE155:

- in the Tag Browser the tag shows 96 f.
- The FormatString field '##0 f'

Is there a property to get the formatted value of the tag?

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**Author:** ![swolnisty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7bcc69/32.png) [@swolnisty](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/swolnisty)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-value-with-formatstring/69645/2 "2023-02-09T18:24:26Z")

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Unfortunately, not. I generally set up a few custom properties wherever I need to get a formatted value, each with an indirect binding to one of the properties I will need to build out the label's text property (e.g. value, formatString, engUnit, etc), then use an expression binding to bring them together.

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**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2023, 6:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-value-with-formatstring/69645/3 "2023-02-09T18:30:47Z")

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It's a bit different from Vision, where Vision binds a format expression for you instead of just the value as in Perspective.