# View Tag Definitions

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/view-tag-definitions/112878>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81\
**Created:** [December 17, 2025, 11:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/view-tag-definitions/112878 "2025-12-17T23:00:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![amarks](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/amarks/32/45610_2.png) [@amarks](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/amarks)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 11:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/view-tag-definitions/112878/1 "2025-12-17T23:00:59Z")

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Is there a way to view all of my tag definitions. I have a ton of OPC tags and I want to go through and see if there are any duplicates. They’re all in this one folder, so I could probably script it to go through and get the OPC path as a list but I’m thinking even simpler than that.

I tried to copy the JSON and paste into excel, but it doesn’t look like the OPC path is copied with the JSON.

These tags are part of a UDT if that matters.

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**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:** [December 17, 2025, 11:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/view-tag-definitions/112878/2 "2025-12-17T23:16:53Z")

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Use the tag report tool to export everything, add the OPC item path as a column, use Excel or w/e to crosscheck?

> **[Tag Report Tool | Ignition User Manual](https://www.docs.inductiveautomation.com/docs/8.3/platform/tags/tag-report-tool)**
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> The Tag Report Tool allows users to search for tags by multiple criteria, including Tag Path, Quality, Type, Traits, and values on specific Properties.

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**Author:** ![amarks](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/amarks/32/45610_2.png) [@amarks](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/amarks)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/view-tag-definitions/112878/3 "2025-12-18T17:15:26Z")

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May need some guidance on how exactly to use the tool. Haven’t used it before. I was expecting this to get all tags (any quality) in the “East” folder that are type OPC. I get no results

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/0/1/014ff6cff7b90ee902642f4c52c5d88f0d41e005.png)

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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:** [December 18, 2025, 5:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/view-tag-definitions/112878/4 "2025-12-18T17:17:16Z")

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You need a `*` wildcard in your tag path. `East/*`, perhaps.