# Tags cross reference

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tags-cross-reference/30305>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition79\
**Created:** [November 28, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tags-cross-reference/30305 "2019-11-28T15:51:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![pgmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d07c76/32.png) [@pgmo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pgmo)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tags-cross-reference/30305/1 "2019-11-28T15:51:49Z")

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Hi all, back in 2014 Mr Colby said

> Hi,
> 
> This has been often requested, but unfortunately is very difficult for us to actually do. Still, as we set out on 7.8, we’ll take another look at what we can do to make this type of search easier.

[back to that topic](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-cross-reference/9187/2)

As of now (I mean still version 7.9.12), is there a way to find out where a tag has been used (graphic objects + scripting), aka "tag cross reference"?

Thanks in advance, regards

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**Author:** ![dwoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@dwoo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dwoo)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 2:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tags-cross-reference/30305/2 "2020-07-06T14:46:11Z")

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Can you export screens (Vision or Perspective) to XML or JSON? If so a search tool can be used. However so far every time I export a window (v8) it’s in a BIN file…not searchable.