# Why doesn’t the component show the tag name in my inherited Ignition project, while it works in another project?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/why-doesn-t-the-component-show-the-tag-name-in-my-inherited-ignition-project-while-it-works-in-another-project/114512>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [March 16, 2026, 11:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/why-doesn-t-the-component-show-the-tag-name-in-my-inherited-ignition-project-while-it-works-in-another-project/114512 "2026-03-16T23:38:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![hanzazk81](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@hanzazk81](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/hanzazk81)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2026, 11:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/why-doesn-t-the-component-show-the-tag-name-in-my-inherited-ignition-project-while-it-works-in-another-project/114512/1 "2026-03-16T23:38:31Z")

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I have a parent project, and I created a new project inherited from it to learn the protocol and workflow. When I drop a component and link it to a tag, the name doesn’t appear. In another project that I’m using to learn from, it works correctly. Why is this happening?

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**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2026, 2:02am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/why-doesn-t-the-component-show-the-tag-name-in-my-inherited-ignition-project-while-it-works-in-another-project/114512/2 "2026-03-17T02:02:36Z")

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> [@hanzazk81](#):
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> When I drop a component and link it to a tag, the name doesn’t appear

What does this mean, exactly? “link it to a tag” and “the name doesn’t appear” are very ambiguous without some context:

- how you’re “linking” (binding?) the tag
- what “a component” is (label? embedded view?)
- how is the “name” supposed to appear? it is bound to the partial tagpath to pull out the tag name? is it reading the tagpath’s name prop?

Are you supplying the tag provider in the tag path, or do you have a default tag provider set in the project settings?

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**Author:** ![lane.duncan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/lane.duncan/32/83700_2.png) [@lane.duncan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lane.duncan)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2026, 3:55am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/why-doesn-t-the-component-show-the-tag-name-in-my-inherited-ignition-project-while-it-works-in-another-project/114512/3 "2026-03-17T03:55:50Z")

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> [@nminchin](#):
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> do you have a default tag provider set in the project settings?

+1 on verification of project settings. The tag providers will be the same across all projects, the project settings might not be the same.