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title: "7. Add History to Tags"
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# 7. Add History to Tags

> Storing history for your Tags is simple, and once that's done we can display it on screen in a variety of ways. If you are connected to a database ([Connect to a Database](connect-to-a-database.md)), you are ready to add history to some of our Sine Tags.

## Add History to your Tags

1. In the Designer's **Tag Browser**, select one or more tags.
    
    For example, select all the **Sine** tags in the Sine folder by holding the **Ctrl** key and clicking on several tags.

2. Right-click on the selected tags, and then select **Edit tag(s).**
    * The Tag Editor window is displayed. Here, you can edit the tag and change the name, data type, scaling options, metadata, permissions, history, and alarming.

    ![](add-history-imgs/2020-11-16_16-29-09.png)
    
3. Scroll down to **History** on the left side of **Tag Editor**, and set **History Enabled** to '**true**'.

    ![](add-history-imgs/2020-11-16_16-39-18.png)

4. Choose a database from the Storage Provider dropdown, like the one set up in [Connect to a Database](connect-to-a-database.md).

5. To set the rate that data is logged:
    1. Change the **Sample Mode** to **Periodic**.
    2. Set the **Sample Rate** to **1**, meaning data will be logged every **1** second.
    3. Verify that the **Sample Rate Units** is set to **Seconds**.
6. Click **OK**. 
    
    ![](add-history-imgs/2020-11-16_16-46-29.png)
    
7. Now look in the **Tag Browser**, to the right of each **Sine** Tag that is storing history, an icon (![](add-history-imgs/2018-11-20_16-59-49.png)) appears letting you know it is set up.

    ![](add-history-imgs/2020-11-16_17-34-51.png)

If you were to look in your database, you can see all the tables and data Ignition has created for you.

To learn more about the Tag Historian, see the [Tag Historian](../../ignition-modules/tag-historian/tag-historian.md).