# Vision Client Tag Arrays give Tag not found error

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-client-tag-arrays-give-tag-not-found-error/50387>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition80, ignition81, vision\
**Created:** [August 27, 2021, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-client-tag-arrays-give-tag-not-found-error/50387 "2021-08-27T16:39:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![BCNoyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f0a364/32.png) [@BCNoyes](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/BCNoyes)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-client-tag-arrays-give-tag-not-found-error/50387/1 "2021-08-27T16:39:16Z")

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I created a Boolean Array Vision Client Tag, but when I try to edit the value in the tag browser I get an Error writing to value: Bad Not Found error. I also get selected: Bad\_NotFound if I bind it to vision component (checkbox selected property in this case) or “If function got a null first argument” if i use it in an expression binding. Is there something unique I need to do to use Array tags in Vision Client Scope?

 ![Tagnotfound](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/4/9/4904b71bb3c3f77c47aa5226f56f17523560a0b3.png)

I found a similar post here with no result: [Client Boolean Array Tag is not able to read or bind on the component](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/client-boolean-array-tag-is-not-able-to-read-or-bind-on-the-component/46571)

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 4:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-client-tag-arrays-give-tag-not-found-error/50387/2 "2021-08-27T16:41:49Z")

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No, they’re broken right now, I just saw an issue about this in our tracker. I’ll see if I can get it into the next sprint.

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 4:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-client-tag-arrays-give-tag-not-found-error/50387/3 "2021-08-27T16:44:44Z")

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Workaround described in the issue: use an expression binding that converts it to a dataset that gets indexed into:

```auto
toDataset({[client]Array Tag})[0, 0]

```

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**Author:** ![BCNoyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f0a364/32.png) [@BCNoyes](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/BCNoyes)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-client-tag-arrays-give-tag-not-found-error/50387/4 "2021-08-27T16:48:51Z")

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Ok, just wanted to make sure I wasn’t missing something. For this project, I’ll just use 4 separate tags.  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![rvw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rvw](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rvw)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-client-tag-arrays-give-tag-not-found-error/50387/5 "2022-03-11T18:29:10Z")

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Hi, I’m having the same issue. Is this still broken? My version is 8.1.15

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 6:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-client-tag-arrays-give-tag-not-found-error/50387/6 "2022-03-11T18:32:42Z")

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Looks like the issue is still open, probably didn’t get prioritized because of the easy workaround.

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**Author:** ![eichler-eng](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/eichler-eng/32/21259_2.png) [@eichler-eng](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/eichler-eng)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 10:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-client-tag-arrays-give-tag-not-found-error/50387/7 "2022-03-17T22:27:05Z")

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Any news on this? I wish to write to individual elements of a client array of date tag.

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 10:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-client-tag-arrays-give-tag-not-found-error/50387/8 "2022-03-17T22:29:09Z")

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It’s being looked at but I can’t promise any kind of timeline. Maybe 8.1.17 if everything goes smooth, maybe not.

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**Author:** ![eichler-eng](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/eichler-eng/32/21259_2.png) [@eichler-eng](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/eichler-eng)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 12:22am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-client-tag-arrays-give-tag-not-found-error/50387/9 "2022-03-18T00:22:06Z")

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Thanks!

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**Author:** ![DelB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/54ee81/32.png) [@DelB](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/DelB)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 6:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-client-tag-arrays-give-tag-not-found-error/50387/10 "2023-03-22T18:18:44Z")

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Still having this problem with array & datetime client tags in ignition 8.1.24.

Console output highlighting the problem:  
Last DT before tag writing: [Tue Mar 21 02:16:30 PDT 2023]  
WriteBlocking result: [Bad("Tag "[client]My\_Folder/My\_Tag\_DT" not found.")]  
Tag DT Reader: [[null, Bad\_NotFound, Wed Mar 22 11:04:00 PDT 2023 (1679508240351)]]

The tags work properly when previewing in designer but do not work after launching a vision client to test with.
