# Unable to add scripting to tags **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [February 28, 2024, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-add-scripting-to-tags/86552 "2024-02-28T21:47:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Raghavendra\_Pra\_Gatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Raghavendra\_Pra\_Gatt](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Raghavendra_Pra_Gatt)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2024, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-add-scripting-to-tags/86552/1 "2024-02-28T21:47:25Z")
Hello, I am trying to code where I would like to create tags which has alarm info and custom script(on value changed). I was able to create tags with alarm without any issues but when I want to create tags with alarm and scripting info I'm getting issues. Can anyone please help me? ![Ignition Issue](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/2/e/2e134e3d6eddc04bd2853bfbd8b54c7ed4a27f5d.png) ---
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2024, 9:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-add-scripting-to-tags/86552/2 "2024-02-28T21:49:05Z")
1. Post your code _as code_, via the preformatted text \ button above the post. 2. Post any actual error messages you're seeing, because "issues" is not nearly enough information to provide meaningful help. ---
**Author:** ![Raghavendra\_Pra\_Gatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Raghavendra\_Pra\_Gatt](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Raghavendra_Pra_Gatt)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2024, 9:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-add-scripting-to-tags/86552/3 "2024-02-28T21:54:41Z")
```auto customscript = """ currentVal =currentValue.value if currentValue.value != previousValue.value: eventType = 'Lane 100% Full' description = 'EE4401-1 100% FULL' if currentVal == 1: parameters = {'area':tagPath.split('/')[-2],'site':tagPath.split('/')[1],'eventType':eventType,'startTime':system.date.now(),'device':tagPath.split('/')[-1],'description':description} system.db.runNamedQuery('AddNewDowntimeEvent',parameters) elif currentVal == 0: parameters = {'area':tagPath.split('/')[-2],'site':tagPath.split('/')[1],'eventType':eventType,'endTime':system.date.now(),'device':tagPath.split('/')[-1],'description':description} system.db.runNamedQuery('UpdateLatestDowntimeWithEndtime',parameters) """ alarm = [ { "name":alarmName, "displayPath": alarmPath, "mode":"AboveValue", "setpointA":0, "inclusiveA":False } ] tag = { "name": tagName, "opcItemPath" : opcItemPath, "opcServer": opcServer, "valueSource": valueSource, "sampleMode" : sampleMode, "tagGroup" : tagGroup, "alarms": alarm, "eventScripts": [{"eventGroupName": "valueChanged", "script": customscript}] } system.tag.configure(finalTagPath, tag, collisionPolicy) ``` ---
**Author:** ![Raghavendra\_Pra\_Gatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Raghavendra\_Pra\_Gatt](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Raghavendra_Pra_Gatt)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2024, 9:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-add-scripting-to-tags/86552/4 "2024-02-28T21:56:42Z")
I'm not getting errors while executing this code, but no tag is getting created. If comment out eventScripts ,I was able to create tag with alarm info ---
**Author:** ![Matrix\_Engineering](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/matrix_engineering/32/19781_2.png) [@Matrix\_Engineering](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matrix_Engineering)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2024, 9:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-add-scripting-to-tags/86552/5 "2024-02-28T21:59:48Z")
You've put the script in triple quotes turning the entire thing into one string. Triple quotes are only needed for e.g. multiline SQL statements. ---
**Author:** ![Raghavendra\_Pra\_Gatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Raghavendra\_Pra\_Gatt](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Raghavendra_Pra_Gatt)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2024, 10:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-add-scripting-to-tags/86552/6 "2024-02-28T22:30:58Z")
When I use ' ' or " " for customscript shown in above, I'm getting errors while executing script ---
**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:** [February 28, 2024, 11:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-add-scripting-to-tags/86552/7 "2024-02-28T23:01:19Z")
> [@Raghavendra\_Pra\_Gatt](#): > > I'm getting errors What errors? ---
**Author:** ![Raghavendra\_Pra\_Gatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Raghavendra\_Pra\_Gatt](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Raghavendra_Pra_Gatt)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 1:00am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-add-scripting-to-tags/86552/8 "2024-02-29T01:00:43Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/6/e/6e322f7388e1b38d0256636f1b09cf04ff878cb7.png) If I use " " for custom script ```auto customscript = " currentVal =currentValue.value if currentValue.value != previousValue.value: eventType = 'Lane 100% Full' description = 'EE4401-1 100% FULL' if currentVal == 1: parameters = {'area':tagPath.split('/')[-2],'site':tagPath.split('/')[1],'eventType':eventType,'startTime':system.date.now(),'device':tagPath.split('/')[-1],'description':description} system.db.runNamedQuery('AddNewDowntimeEvent',parameters) elif currentVal == 0: parameters = {'area':tagPath.split('/')[-2],'site':tagPath.split('/')[1],'eventType':eventType,'endTime':system.date.now(),'device':tagPath.split('/')[-1],'description':description} system.db.runNamedQuery('UpdateLatestDowntimeWithEndtime',parameters) " alarm = [ { "name":alarmName, "displayPath": alarmPath, "mode":"AboveValue", "setpointA":0, "inclusiveA":False } ] tag = { "name": tagName, "opcItemPath" : opcItemPath, "opcServer": opcServer, "valueSource": valueSource, "sampleMode" : sampleMode, "tagGroup" : tagGroup, "alarms": alarm, "eventScripts": [{"eventGroupName": "valueChanged", "script": customscript}] } system.tag.configure(finalTagPath, tag, collisionPolicy) ``` ---
**Author:** ![Matrix\_Engineering](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/matrix_engineering/32/19781_2.png) [@Matrix\_Engineering](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matrix_Engineering)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-add-scripting-to-tags/86552/9 "2024-02-29T13:38:26Z")
Already told you, you are turning your script into a string. It should look something like this: ```auto currentVal =currentValue.value if currentValue.value != previousValue.value: eventType = 'Lane 100% Full' description = 'EE4401-1 100% FULL' if currentVal == 1: parameters = {'area':tagPath.split('/')[-2],'site':tagPath.split('/')[1],'eventType':eventType,'startTime':system.date.now(),'device':tagPath.split('/')[-1],'description':description} system.db.runNamedQuery('AddNewDowntimeEvent',parameters) elif currentVal == 0: parameters = {'area':tagPath.split('/')[-2],'site':tagPath.split('/')[1],'eventType':eventType,'endTime':system.date.now(),'device':tagPath.split('/')[-1],'description':description} system.db.runNamedQuery('UpdateLatestDowntimeWithEndtime',parameters) alarm = [ { "name":alarmName, "displayPath": alarmPath, "mode":"AboveValue", "setpointA":0, "inclusiveA":False } ] tag = { "name": tagName, "opcItemPath" : opcItemPath, "opcServer": opcServer, "valueSource": valueSource, "sampleMode" : sampleMode, "tagGroup" : tagGroup, "alarms": alarm, "eventScripts": [{"eventGroupName": "valueChanged", "script": customscript}] } system.tag.configure(finalTagPath, tag, collisionPolicy) ``` ---
**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:** [February 29, 2024, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-add-scripting-to-tags/86552/10 "2024-02-29T14:14:40Z")
I understand. You are trying to configure the tag with an event script. But the event scripts on a tag are a _single element for all scripts_ on the tag. You should carefully examine the results from `system.tag.getConfiguration()` for an existing tag that has the script(s) you want. You will need to produce a matching structure for `system.tag.configure()`. ---
**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 29, 2024, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-add-scripting-to-tags/86552/11 "2024-02-29T14:19:47Z")
customscript is the script being added to the tag. It will need to be triple quoted. Looking at one of my test tags with a script of: ```auto x = 1 y = 2 ``` yields: ```auto { "valueSource": "memory", "eventScripts": [ { "eventid": "valueChanged", "script": "\tx \u003d 1\n\ty \u003d 2" } ], "dataType": "Boolean", "name": "TestBool", "value": false, "tagType": "AtomicTag" } ``` So, "eventid" instead of "eventGroupName" may be enough to fix it. ---
**Author:** ![Raghavendra\_Pra\_Gatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Raghavendra\_Pra\_Gatt](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Raghavendra_Pra_Gatt)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-add-scripting-to-tags/86552/12 "2024-02-29T14:48:49Z")
Thanks everyone for your responses. Thanks Jordon, changing to "eventid" instead of "eventGroupName" has fixed my issue having triple quotes to my custom script """ """