# Browse Path: OpcUa\_any **URL:** \ **Category:** B&R Software & Runtime\ **Tags:** automation-studio, opc-ua\ **Created:** [February 5, 2025, 11:02am UTC](https://community.br-automation.com/t/browse-path-opcua-any/5733 "2025-02-05T11:02:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![surajpatil26796](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/FF8800/32.png) [@surajpatil26796](https://community.br-automation.com/u/surajpatil26796)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 11:02am UTC](https://community.br-automation.com/t/browse-path-opcua-any/5733/1 "2025-02-05T11:02:00Z")
Hello Experts, I have External OPC UA server setup tested with UaExpert. But i am not able to connect the same server in Automation studio with OpcUa\_any device. Getting below information on debugging. ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/brcommunity/original/2X/1/1d9110dcc04d071d7843d76ece6a5286c809db05.png) I am not sure whether i have added correct browse path for the variable i wanted to read. Variable attributes from UaExpert: ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/brcommunity/original/2X/b/b404778922fe7219f6c3d7efc5d69ca85d5b119d.png) Browse path i have added in AS: ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/brcommunity/original/2X/f/f10e3c190d4b9efeb88a47353f56eab09468097a.png) Please suggest way forward ---
**Author:** ![kovarj](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/brcommunity/user_avatar/community.br-automation.com/kovarj/32/537_2.png) [@kovarj](https://community.br-automation.com/u/kovarj)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 11:07am UTC](https://community.br-automation.com/t/browse-path-opcua-any/5733/2 "2025-02-05T11:07:51Z")
Browse the node using OPCUA UAexpert client. The path must be complete. ---
**Author:** ![kovarj](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/brcommunity/user_avatar/community.br-automation.com/kovarj/32/537_2.png) [@kovarj](https://community.br-automation.com/u/kovarj)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 11:08am UTC](https://community.br-automation.com/t/browse-path-opcua-any/5733/3 "2025-02-05T11:08:45Z")
nice example you can find here. [How to communicate two controllers thought OPC UA](https://community.br-automation.com/t/how-to-communicate-two-controllers-thought-opc-ua/867) ---
**Author:** ![surajpatil26796](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/FF8800/32.png) [@surajpatil26796](https://community.br-automation.com/u/surajpatil26796)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 11:30am UTC](https://community.br-automation.com/t/browse-path-opcua-any/5733/4 "2025-02-05T11:30:00Z")
Hi, Thanks for the reply. I have modified path but still not getting the value. ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/brcommunity/original/2X/1/1ae26ce80db63446d8873a30f91de7f77cd6deae.png) How to debug the issue. ---
**Author:** ![kovarj](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/brcommunity/user_avatar/community.br-automation.com/kovarj/32/537_2.png) [@kovarj](https://community.br-automation.com/u/kovarj)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 11:40am UTC](https://community.br-automation.com/t/browse-path-opcua-any/5733/5 "2025-02-05T11:40:45Z")
your path is not complete. you must go from root down to your node. example from link I have shared with you: ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/brcommunity/original/2X/8/8c0f365b75f2c978f62e310b277554ac0b13ddae.png) ---
**Author:** ![davisf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/FF8800/32.png) [@davisf](https://community.br-automation.com/u/davisf)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 9:15pm UTC](https://community.br-automation.com/t/browse-path-opcua-any/5733/6 "2025-02-27T21:15:29Z")
Just to add on to this, if one of the browse names that constitute the path has a special character in it, such as a “.”, you must insert a “&” escape character in front of it. ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/brcommunity/original/2X/b/b41b9e7eae04f53d1e63f47b94cde2c4e0d29d8e.png) [Source here.](https://reference.opcfoundation.org/Core/Part4/v104/docs/A.2)