# Ignition **URL:** https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?no_subcategories=false&page=1128 [Latest](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1129 --- ## [Reporting Module - Dashed Lines not showing up](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reporting-module-dashed-lines-not-showing-up/38478)
**Author:** [@regan.lewis](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/regan.lewis)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reporting-module-dashed-lines-not-showing-up/38478 "2020-09-08T16:34:32Z")
For some reason, the dashed lines that I have in my visual report are not showing up. I can see them correctly in the preview screen, but when I send it out as an email all I see is a solid line. Does anyone have any id… --- ## [Vision or Perspective list of running clients and terminate](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-or-perspective-list-of-running-clients-and-terminate/38471)
**Author:** [@jlandwerlen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jlandwerlen)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2020, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-or-perspective-list-of-running-clients-and-terminate/38471 "2020-09-08T16:16:53Z")
Using v8.0.16 vision or perspective… Is there a way to list all clients in a table either in vision or perspective and then terminate via script? This can be done in the webpage, but was wondering if this is possible i… --- ## [Odd values coming back from Historian](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/odd-values-coming-back-from-historian/38417)
**Author:** [@whitson.brandon](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/whitson.brandon)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/odd-values-coming-back-from-historian/38417 "2020-09-08T16:02:24Z")
Alright here we go again folks.. I have a set of EXTREMELY odd values being reported from the historian module and I cannot figure out why.... Heres the data as reported by the Designer... and to everyone else using th… --- ## [Vision: Clipboard History - Ctrl+Shift+Insert](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-clipboard-history-ctrl-shift-insert/38462)
**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-clipboard-history-ctrl-shift-insert/38462 "2020-09-08T14:57:16Z")
I learnt a new shortcut today by accident which doesn’t appear to be documented. Ctrl+Shift+Insert brings up a clipboard history when editing expressions or scripts. It doesn’t work for editing values directly. --- ## [Error in IF and SQL query](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-in-if-and-sql-query/38467)
**Author:** [@etlikmilos](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/etlikmilos)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2020, 12:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-in-if-and-sql-query/38467 "2020-09-08T12:36:45Z")
Hi, I try to learn the script in Ignition and I have this code and I need to compare the values ​​from the query SQl “duplicity”. this way the code returns an error to me. parms = { "carovyKod" : self.getSibling("N… --- ## ["Memory Resident Tag Properties"](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/memory-resident-tag-properties/24982)
**Author:** [@chasondeshotel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/chasondeshotel)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2020, 11:46am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/memory-resident-tag-properties/24982 "2020-09-08T11:46:34Z")
Howdy, This option, as far as I can tell, is undocumented. A google for “Memory Resident Tag Properties” yields one result where @Kevin.Herron mentions “As you can imagine given the name, there’s a tradeoff in that it u… --- ## [Close all open popup in perspective](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/close-all-open-popup-in-perspective/38453)
**Author:** [@nader.chinichian](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nader.chinichian)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2020, 3:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/close-all-open-popup-in-perspective/38453 "2020-09-07T15:10:24Z")
Hello, I want to close all opened popup without knowing their ID. Is there any way way to to do that? --- ## [Ignition 7.9.15 - system.report.executeAndDistribute](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-7-9-15-system-report-executeanddistribute/38154)
**Author:** [@dhananjay\_vichare](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dhananjay_vichare)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-7-9-15-system-report-executeanddistribute/38154 "2020-09-07T20:42:00Z")
I have developed one report in the Ignition 7.9.15 using reporting module. And configured a scheduled report tasks “Savefile” as PDF and Excel. Also I am having reviewer component provided on one of our screens. My Ques… --- ## [Text list ignition](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/text-list-ignition/38448)
**Author:** [@tom.wouters](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tom.wouters)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2020, 4:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/text-list-ignition/38448 "2020-09-07T16:14:37Z")
Dear experts, I have a list of stepnumbers that I want to visualise. This woks perfectly with the objects provided by Ignition. Except if i want to Re-use the stepnumber - text combination is there an easy way to do t… --- ## [License the ignition 8](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/license-the-ignition-8/38385)
**Author:** [@pengfei.dong](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pengfei.dong)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2020, 12:18am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/license-the-ignition-8/38385 "2020-09-07T00:18:25Z")
The flat platform of ignition is 8, which does not support the vision module of version 9. However, I have an authorization for platform 8 and vision module version 9. What should I do --- ## [Redundancy Problem](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/redundancy-problem/38440)
**Author:** [@MoisesZV](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/MoisesZV)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2020, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/redundancy-problem/38440 "2020-09-06T18:00:12Z")
Hi, I am using Ignition 7.9.4. The first PC has Ignition and mysql installed, the second has only Ignition. I set the redundancy to warm and the history mode to partial. When I force to switch between master and backup, … --- ## [I have managed to create an unkillable SFC Chart](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/i-have-managed-to-create-an-unkillable-sfc-chart/9896)
**Author:** [@BillS](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/BillS)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2020, 12:02am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/i-have-managed-to-create-an-unkillable-sfc-chart/9896 "2020-09-06T00:02:02Z")
The following SFC Chart will not cancel or pause if it is started without a parent chart. Chart XMLs do NOT copy if you include the Begin Chart element, but the rest can be copied and pasted into a chart -- My poor man'… --- ## [Vision Client Launcher Remove Projects and Gateways](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-client-launcher-remove-projects-and-gateways/38376)
**Author:** [@jramirez3](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jramirez3)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2020, 10:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-client-launcher-remove-projects-and-gateways/38376 "2020-09-04T22:18:43Z")
In Ignition 8, we are now required to use the vision client launcher. In our use case in 7.9, we would just send the the download link to the HMI. The users never went to the gateway to download a project. We have 3 Ign… --- ## [Dataset find missing value](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dataset-find-missing-value/38367)
**Author:** [@jlandwerlen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jlandwerlen)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2020, 9:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dataset-find-missing-value/38367 "2020-09-04T21:26:15Z")
Has anyone created a script to find a missing value between the min/max of a dataset? Basically, if a certain column has a min value of 1 and max value of 100, what’s the best way in script to determine if there are any… --- ## [Deleting lines in a dataset connected to a powertable](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/deleting-lines-in-a-dataset-connected-to-a-powertable/38419)
**Author:** [@Icom](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Icom)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2020, 9:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/deleting-lines-in-a-dataset-connected-to-a-powertable/38419 "2020-09-04T21:05:56Z")
To be precise, I have a Powertable that is connected to a dataset. This dataset takes the data from a csv file. The csv file contains empty lines or wrong data(that is, it has data that does not interest me). I need to … --- ## [TimeSeriesChart plot type](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/timeserieschart-plot-type/38377)
**Author:** [@NII](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/NII)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2020, 8:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/timeserieschart-plot-type/38377 "2020-09-04T20:58:18Z")
The Type property of TimeSeriesChart-\>Plots-\>Trends shows 4 types to choose from, Line, Area, Bar and Scatter. I am wondering if it is possible to use a different shape (square, triangle, star, etc.) for Scatter type (d… --- ## [Power Table Determine Multiple Rows Selected](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-table-determine-multiple-rows-selected/38412)
**Author:** [@jlandwerlen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jlandwerlen)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2020, 6:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-table-determine-multiple-rows-selected/38412 "2020-09-04T18:12:31Z")
Using vision, v8.0.15, I want to enable a button only if a row is selected, which is easy, but I don’t want this button enabled is multiple rows are selected. What would be the best way to accomplish this? I’m sure I c… --- ## [Report Question in Vision](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-question-in-vision/38379)
**Author:** [@pajmera](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pajmera)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-question-in-vision/38379 "2020-09-04T16:35:17Z")
Hello, I was making a report for some stations and in that, I have to add a history to a tag and show it in a chart. I've created a nested query and I think I've done it correctly, however, I am unable to see the output … --- ## [Default behavior of system.tag.write in 8.0.x](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/default-behavior-of-system-tag-write-in-8-0-x/38413)
**Author:** [@greg.krueger](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/greg.krueger)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2020, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/default-behavior-of-system-tag-write-in-8-0-x/38413 "2020-09-04T17:31:00Z")
With the introduction of the .writeBlocking/.writeAsync methods in 8.0, my understanding is that system.tag.write was deprecated, but we still use it in our logic and it still works (I’m assuming for backwards compatibil… --- ## [Gateway Service not starting on mac](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-service-not-starting-on-mac/38410)
**Author:** [@mpervaiz](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mpervaiz)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2020, 5:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-service-not-starting-on-mac/38410 "2020-09-04T17:06:44Z")
I am using Ignition Gateway 8.0.16, and the gateway is not starting. I have tried to restart multiple times, restarted my computer and still nothing. Originally I had verfsion 8.0.15 installed and that was working fine. … --- ## [AB Micrologix 1500 -\> Pyramid/HMS AB7603 \> Ignition](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ab-micrologix-1500-pyramid-hms-ab7603-ignition/38334)
**Author:** [@tyler.robertson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tyler.robertson)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2020, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ab-micrologix-1500-pyramid-hms-ab7603-ignition/38334 "2020-09-04T16:10:23Z")
Hi folks, I’ve got an older DeviceNET system running 24/7 that I’m trying to simply monitor with Ignition. It has an older AB Micrologix 1500 that we’re able to connect to through RSNetworx for Ethernet/IP using a Pyra… --- ## [Create a background script](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/create-a-background-script/38400)
**Author:** [@patricia.mendez](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/patricia.mendez)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2020, 4:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/create-a-background-script/38400 "2020-09-04T16:00:49Z")
Dear experts, I need to create a python script that will basically subscribe to an external services provider. Afterwards, the values of these services have to be mapped to certain tags already created in advance. What… --- ## [\[BUG ?\] 8.0.16 - readBlocking before all tags are loaded in the provider return None](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-8-0-16-readblocking-before-all-tags-are-loaded-in-the-provider-return-none/38401)
**Author:** [@mazeyrat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mazeyrat)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2020, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-8-0-16-readblocking-before-all-tags-are-loaded-in-the-provider-return-none/38401 "2020-09-04T15:39:51Z")
Ignition 8.0.16 When the gateway is started, In gateway startup script, and gateway tag’s expression which can execute runscript, system.tag.readBlocking(\[Path/to/a/valid/tag\]) return None until we have the end of … --- ## [Ignition 8.0.16 - Status/Tags/Groups Last duration](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-0-16-status-tags-groups-last-duration/38397)
**Author:** [@mazeyrat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mazeyrat)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2020, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-0-16-status-tags-groups-last-duration/38397 "2020-09-04T15:16:25Z")
Ignition 8.0.16 On the gateway, in the Status/Tags/Groups: Last duration has no unit and lots of value are 0. The value are in milliseconds (or seconds) ? rounded ? --- ## [Exit from tag value change script](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/exit-from-tag-value-change-script/38402)
**Author:** [@vrautomation](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/vrautomation)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2020, 2:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/exit-from-tag-value-change-script/38402 "2020-09-04T14:54:34Z")
With Ignition 8.0.12 In a tag value change script: import sys if initialChange == 1: sys.exit() if currentValue.value == 0: sys.exit() Produce that error in the logger: Any ideas? --- ## [Perspective loading problem](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-loading-problem/38404)
**Author:** [@mbai1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mbai1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2020, 2:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-loading-problem/38404 "2020-09-04T14:46:27Z")
hello, I have perspective views that being viewed on chrome browser. when i switch views in browser or refresh the view, I often got the loading 0%, and even I refresh I can not load the page. I have to reopen the link. … --- ## [Time delay Issue between consecutive trigger based transactions in a transaction group](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/time-delay-issue-between-consecutive-trigger-based-transactions-in-a-transaction-group/38396)
**Author:** [@vnerella](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/vnerella)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2020, 2:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/time-delay-issue-between-consecutive-trigger-based-transactions-in-a-transaction-group/38396 "2020-09-04T14:06:57Z")
Hi Ignition Forum I am using a standard transaction group type transaction. My transaction is based on a trigger tag, Every time i turn on the trigger, i expect the data to be sent to db and update my handshake flag an… --- ## [Easy Chart: Pen Focus & Axis Label](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-chart-pen-focus-axis-label/38399)
**Author:** [@jtrimbleS](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jtrimbleS)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2020, 1:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-chart-pen-focus-axis-label/38399 "2020-09-04T13:48:53Z")
I have created an Easy Chart to show historical trending on about 30 tags. I have two different subplots, one to show digital trends and one to show the analog trends. Does anybody know of a way I can have the operator… --- ## [Redundancy Architecture](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/redundancy-architecture/38290)
**Author:** [@Vijikesh](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Vijikesh)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2020, 12:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/redundancy-architecture/38290 "2020-09-04T12:56:49Z")
I have configured two Gateway for Redundancy and created MSSQL connection in each Gateway (For fail-over Database). My question is, Will Both the Database sync (have the complete Table data).If not, is it possible to ma… --- ## [How to find a character in a cell?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-find-a-character-in-a-cell/38370)
**Author:** [@Icom](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Icom)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2020, 12:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-find-a-character-in-a-cell/38370 "2020-09-04T12:02:25Z")
Can someone give me a clue how to find a character in a cell from a powertable. Thanks [Previous page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?no_subcategories=false&page=1127) [Next page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?no_subcategories=false&page=1129)