# View PLC Data Type

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/view-plc-data-type/12399>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [November 23, 2016, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/view-plc-data-type/12399 "2016-11-23T22:12:32Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/view-plc-data-type/12399/1 "2016-11-23T22:12:32Z")

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Is there a way to view the PLC data type? If there is a custom data type in the plc it shows up as a folder with the contents of the custom data type inside of it. Is there a way to find out the name of the data type?

In system.opc.browse(), there is a getDataType() function. It returns java.lang.Object for custom data types.