# Use of Tag Providers

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/use-of-tag-providers/69897>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81\
**Created:** [February 15, 2023, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/use-of-tag-providers/69897 "2023-02-15T15:43:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![jfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@jfan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jfan)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2023, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/use-of-tag-providers/69897/1 "2023-02-15T15:43:59Z")

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Hi All,

Are there any benefits to using a dedicated tag provider for each project? Is using different tag providers in the Gateway only for organizational purposes? Are there any drawbacks if I place 300K+ tags in the same tag provider in the folder structure?

Thanks,  
Justin

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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:** [February 15, 2023, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/use-of-tag-providers/69897/2 "2023-02-15T16:31:13Z")

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It is mainly organizational, to make it possible for projects to have different default hierarchies. (Each project has a default tag provider property.) Do note that UDTs are not sharable across providers. You would have to place the definitions in all providers that need them.

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**Author:** ![andrews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@andrews](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andrews)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2023, 4:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/use-of-tag-providers/69897/3 "2023-02-15T16:37:13Z")

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Have you read the docs over at:  
[Tag Providers - Ignition User Manual 8.1 - Ignition Documentation (inductiveautomation.com)](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Tag+Providers)

How it may benefit you really depends on your system architecture. Try to optimize your system as much as possible.

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**Author:** ![jfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@jfan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jfan)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2023, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/use-of-tag-providers/69897/4 "2023-02-15T16:45:28Z")

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Got it. Thank you so much!