# Unicode not allowed in tag names?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unicode-not-allowed-in-tag-names/1795>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [April 30, 2010, 9:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unicode-not-allowed-in-tag-names/1795 "2010-04-30T21:19:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@Robert](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Robert)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 9:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unicode-not-allowed-in-tag-names/1795/1 "2010-04-30T21:19:57Z")

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Every time I try to put é in a tag name I get invalid tag name.

(DB Tags)

Will this change with i18n?

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**Author:** ![Robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@Robert](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Robert)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 7:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unicode-not-allowed-in-tag-names/1795/2 "2012-07-31T19:11:32Z")

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lost in the mists of time but never answered

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**Author:** ![James.Lorenz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/james.lorenz/32/3290_2.png) [@James.Lorenz](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/James.Lorenz)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 7:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unicode-not-allowed-in-tag-names/1795/3 "2012-07-31T19:38:47Z")

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What version of Ignition are you using? I tested a variety of builds from 7.2 onwards and it works fine.

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**Author:** ![Robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@Robert](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Robert)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 10:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unicode-not-allowed-in-tag-names/1795/4 "2012-07-31T22:19:19Z")

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Cool,  
I think I raised this this 7.1 something. I’ll mark it solved