# Vision - EasyChart with different tag provider and database **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** vision\ **Created:** [August 7, 2025, 7:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-easychart-with-different-tag-provider-and-database/109501 "2025-08-07T19:50:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![seth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@seth](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/seth)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 7:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-easychart-with-different-tag-provider-and-database/109501/1 "2025-08-07T19:50:12Z")
Hi, I am trying to plot some data in a project (lets call it project A) but the data is from a different project (call it project B) which has a different tag provider and different default database. I have confirmed in the designer for project A that I can plot tags with that tag provider. And I have confirmed in the designer for project B that I can plot tags with that tag provider as well. But when I try to plot the project B tags in project A I cannot, no data shows up in the charts. Is there some configuration I am missing? Is this not possible for some reason? ---
**Author:** ![robertm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea5d25/32.png) [@robertm](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/robertm)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 8:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-easychart-with-different-tag-provider-and-database/109501/2 "2025-08-07T20:10:01Z")
When you browse the historical tags from the easy chart pen editor, do you see the alternate database and tag providers? ---
**Author:** ![lrose](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/lrose/32/62724_2.png) [@lrose](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lrose)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 8:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-easychart-with-different-tag-provider-and-database/109501/3 "2025-08-07T20:45:28Z")
Tags and tag providers are project agnostic, and assuming that these projects are on the same gateway, then the database configuration of the project doesn’t matter. Are these projects on separate gateways? Other than the tags not being configured correctly, that is the only thing I can think of that would prevent this from working. I have multiple providers and databases set up and have no issues useing tags from any of them on an Easy Chart component. ---
**Author:** ![seth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@seth](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/seth)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2025, 2:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-easychart-with-different-tag-provider-and-database/109501/4 "2025-08-12T14:58:33Z")
> When you browse the historical tags from the easy chart pen editor, do you see the alternate database and tag providers? I hadn’t checked that, but yes they do show up when I browse in the easy chart pen editor. The tag path provided has the gateway name in it which is interesting, hadn’t seen that before. ---
**Author:** ![lrose](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/lrose/32/62724_2.png) [@lrose](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lrose)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2025, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-easychart-with-different-tag-provider-and-database/109501/5 "2025-08-12T16:01:06Z")
> [@seth](#): > > hadn’t seen that before Standard QualifiedPath formatting. See: > [@Get the Historical Tag Path from the Tag Path](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/get-the-historical-tag-path-from-the-tag-path/61981/6): > > So, the driver is actually part of the full tag path. It is possible if you are using remote tag providers to use a gateway message handler in conjunction with this function to get what you’re looking for. If you put this function in a shared script on the same gateway as the tag provider, then it should return your historical tag path. Inspired heavily from the script provided by @paul-griffith def getHistoricalTagPath(path): from com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common import QualifiedP… ---
**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:** [August 12, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-easychart-with-different-tag-provider-and-database/109501/6 "2025-08-12T16:12:44Z")
> [@lrose](#): > > Standard QualifiedPath formatting. IIRC, it isn't, for Vision. It is the historical form of a BasicTagPath. > [@Tag History Indirect Binding](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-history-indirect-binding/96810/4): > > Experience. History paths are poorly documented. Some related topics: ---
**Author:** ![robertm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea5d25/32.png) [@robertm](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/robertm)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2025, 11:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-easychart-with-different-tag-provider-and-database/109501/7 "2025-08-12T23:09:09Z")
I know anytime I use the chart pen browser, it includes the gateway in vision.