# Text list ignition

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/text-list-ignition/38448>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [September 7, 2020, 11:39am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/text-list-ignition/38448 "2020-09-07T11:39:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![tom.wouters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d2c977/32.png) [@tom.wouters](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tom.wouters)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2020, 11:39am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/text-list-ignition/38448/1 "2020-09-07T11:39:41Z")

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Dear experts,

I have a list of stepnumbers that I want to visualise.  
This woks perfectly with the objects provided by Ignition.  
Except if i want to Re-use the stepnumber - text combination is there an easy way to do this?

For example I want to visualise the same object on another screen with same text-stepnumber.

Is there an easy way if i change it on 1 object it automatically changes on another object?

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Sanderd17](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/sanderd17/32/8735_2.png) [@Sanderd17](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Sanderd17)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2020, 1:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/text-list-ignition/38448/2 "2020-09-07T13:16:05Z")

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The easiest option is probably to put the dataset in a tag. We often put these configuration datasets (id + description) in tags and display them on multiple dropdowns throughout the system. It doesn’t cause us any issues.

An alternative would be to store it in a database. But that requires a bit more configuration work. The main advantage is that it’s also available outside Ignition.

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2020, 4:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/text-list-ignition/38448/3 "2020-09-07T16:14:37Z")

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I would store the master copy of these in a database and cache it in a memory tag. I’d use a gateway project startup event to perform the caching, via a separate function in a script module. I’d include a gateway message handler that could also call that function to reload the cache. (If you provide user-editing, perhaps.)