# Ignition **URL:** https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?no_subcategories=false&page=1189 [Latest](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1190 --- ## [What is the OPC UA PLC Tag Path](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-is-the-opc-ua-plc-tag-path/33878)
**Author:** [@mr.heidari63](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mr.heidari63)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-is-the-opc-ua-plc-tag-path/33878 "2020-04-13T17:26:37Z")
I established OPC UA connection to my CompactLogix PLC in Ignition 8. My OPC Name is OPC\_2 and it is connected and I can see PLC Tags and r/w them as well. When I subsribe a tag it gives me below address: Server\> OPC\_… --- ## [Alarm Shelve Event](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-shelve-event/33888)
**Author:** [@bschroeder](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bschroeder)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-shelve-event/33888 "2020-04-13T17:21:19Z")
Is there an event that occurs when an alarm is shelved? I’d like to be able to tell the PLC if a specific alarm is shelved. --- ## [Custom Attributes](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/custom-attributes/33892)
**Author:** [@forrest.gates](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/forrest.gates)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 5:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/custom-attributes/33892 "2020-04-13T17:03:01Z")
Hi, I am attempting to see if I can pull some extra information from an OPC tag that has extra properties that i wish to access called Custom Options/Custom Attributes. To get this shown on Ignition, is there a process I… --- ## [Transaction groups and UDTs](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/transaction-groups-and-udts/33824)
**Author:** [@dkylep](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dkylep)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/transaction-groups-and-udts/33824 "2020-04-13T16:42:53Z")
My process is ‘cookie cutter’, I will have a bunch of PLCs all doing the same thing. I have 10 PLCs now and plan to have 50 in the next year. I have an existing SQL Server database where I want to store production data… --- ## [Ignition Historian Import](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-historian-import/20388)
**Author:** [@abishur](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/abishur)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-historian-import/20388 "2020-04-13T14:55:31Z")
I have an old ignition system that I'm transferring over to a new Ignition server and I want to bring the historian data with it. I had the tags set up already to the new historian so here are the steps I did: 1) Used… --- ## [Easy Chart: How to choose axis for displaying grid lines](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-chart-how-to-choose-axis-for-displaying-grid-lines/33845)
**Author:** [@MaGottschalk](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/MaGottschalk)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 12:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-chart-how-to-choose-axis-for-displaying-grid-lines/33845 "2020-04-10T12:41:02Z")
Hello, on an Easy chart component I have several axes displayed. The horizontal grid lines are obviously displayed for one axis only. It seems as if the grid lines are shown for the axis which comes first in alphabet fo… --- ## [system.tag.browseConfiguration clarification](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-browseconfiguration-clarification/33693)
**Author:** [@PRAMANJ](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/PRAMANJ)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 1:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-browseconfiguration-clarification/33693 "2020-04-13T13:08:09Z")
How can i get tag configuration of a single tag? I guess, the script function system.tag.browseConfiguration browses a folder or UDT path, not an individual tag. Will it give the configuration of a single atomic tag if I… --- ## [Perspective Datetime Picker Before Epoch](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-datetime-picker-before-epoch/28148)
**Author:** [@amattson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/amattson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2020, 5:57am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-datetime-picker-before-epoch/28148 "2020-04-12T05:57:54Z")
Using perspective in ignition 8, is there any way to use the datetime input to select a time before 1970? In vision and elsewhere the epoch value would be signed allowing a date further back than 1970, but for the life o… --- ## [Touch screen keyboard does not pop-up on Text Area component](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/touch-screen-keyboard-does-not-pop-up-on-text-area-component/10963)
**Author:** [@JMicky](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JMicky)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/touch-screen-keyboard-does-not-pop-up-on-text-area-component/10963 "2016-01-04T15:33:11Z")
Hi, I upgraded from V7.7.3 to V7.8.0. The Text Area components no longer pop-up the touch screen keyboard when the user touches the text area. This seems similar to the post https://inductiveautomation.com/forum/view… --- ## [Template Repeater vs Template Canvas](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/template-repeater-vs-template-canvas/33830)
**Author:** [@mcgheeiv](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mcgheeiv)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/template-repeater-vs-template-canvas/33830 "2020-04-11T21:20:33Z")
Ignition version 7.9.13. In general which would render faster: template repeater using component visibility to control what the user sees. template canvas using different templates to control what the user sees. The … --- ## [Need Help on OPC UA. It Gets Faulted](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/need-help-on-opc-ua-it-gets-faulted/33855)
**Author:** [@mr.heidari63](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mr.heidari63)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/need-help-on-opc-ua-it-gets-faulted/33855 "2020-04-11T19:46:31Z")
I just installed Ignition 8 web based trial application and I already set up connection to my CopactLogix PLC and it is connected now. But I have a problem to set up OPC UA. It keeps showing me faulted in status in the … --- ## [How to pass event to project script from expression in border binding](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-pass-event-to-project-script-from-expression-in-border-binding/33857)
**Author:** [@lkruper](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lkruper)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-pass-event-to-project-script-from-expression-in-border-binding/33857 "2020-04-11T18:24:00Z")
I would like to send the event.source.name from a ‘Text Area’ object to a project script to return a value for my tag. I tried adding ‘,event’ as the second argument to my runScript, but it does not like that. The f… --- ## [Quick Method For Inverting OPC Tag](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/quick-method-for-inverting-opc-tag/33864)
**Author:** [@jgraham](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jgraham)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/quick-method-for-inverting-opc-tag/33864 "2020-04-11T15:04:17Z")
I have been binding two toggle switch svgs on top of one another using the visible binding of the OPC tag for one state (on state) and an expression binding using the same tag for the opposite state (off state). Ie on/of… --- ## [Template Repeater indexing start number](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/template-repeater-indexing-start-number/33851)
**Author:** [@eccornelsen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/eccornelsen)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/template-repeater-indexing-start-number/33851 "2020-04-10T19:39:30Z")
hi there, I’m doing a template repeater, but my tags are index starting at 1, e.g. Motor 1, Motor 2, etc. When doing a template repeater, it is indexing starting at 0, but I don’t have a Motor 0. I did not find how to… --- ## [MQTT architecture](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mqtt-architecture/33441)
**Author:** [@diat150](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/diat150)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 5:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mqtt-architecture/33441 "2020-04-10T17:20:03Z")
Just trying to understand the architecture. My plan is to test with a maple cMT-G01 So that needs to connect to a broker. Lets say I use a cloud based broker like CloudMQTT or HiveMQ. A that point the data from the ma… --- ## [Will this work? - Pipeline Binding](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/will-this-work-pipeline-binding/10495)
**Author:** [@alewayhar](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/alewayhar)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/will-this-work-pipeline-binding/10495 "2020-04-10T15:43:36Z")
I’m looking for a specific user to receive an alarm based on them being assigned to a sensor that is alarming. If I create a pipeline with the same name of the user for each user, can I bind the Active, Ack and Clear Pi… --- ## [User Management component mode, disable name and schedule change](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/user-management-component-mode-disable-name-and-schedule-change/33785)
**Author:** [@dsui](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dsui)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 2:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/user-management-component-mode-disable-name-and-schedule-change/33785 "2020-04-10T14:51:06Z")
Hi, I have a project in version 8.0.10 using the User Management component on an Internal user source. I have the Mode property setup so that only the administrator level user can access the Manage Users mode, while othe… --- ## [HOA template script events](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/hoa-template-script-events/33839)
**Author:** [@eccornelsen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/eccornelsen)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/hoa-template-script-events/33839 "2020-04-10T14:33:41Z")
Hi there, What would be the script events associated for each state of the HOA to write the clicked value to the HOA variable? For example, Hand mouseRelease event → Write value 2 to variable Motor1/HOA… Thanks Eri… --- ## [Selecting multiple tags in component script](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/selecting-multiple-tags-in-component-script/33843)
**Author:** [@marcg](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/marcg)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 12:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/selecting-multiple-tags-in-component-script/33843 "2020-04-10T12:46:29Z")
Hi! i’m beginner to ignition, i just want to ask if there’s a way to select multiple tags in button’s component script. i use event handlers “mouseclicked” but i can only control 1 tag --- ## [Table Cell Formating in Reports](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-cell-formating-in-reports/33844)
**Author:** [@gjw\_rfg](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/gjw_rfg)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 12:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-cell-formating-in-reports/33844 "2020-04-10T12:12:54Z")
Hello Is there an easy way to format all cells in a report table? I would like to change the text size , alignment , Stroke style(Border) All at once --- ## [Selection Priority Management](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/selection-priority-management/33841)
**Author:** [@deon.korb](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/deon.korb)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 11:38am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/selection-priority-management/33841 "2020-04-10T11:38:18Z")
Hi, I’d like to know if anyone has successfully implemented a priority selection in Ignition/Perspective? The problem I’m faced with is to design a vessel selection for the operator. We will have 20 vessels and they mu… --- ## [Ignition as timeclock and access control](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-as-timeclock-and-access-control/32141)
**Author:** [@Micky.Franks](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Micky.Franks)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 1:10am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-as-timeclock-and-access-control/32141 "2020-04-10T01:10:39Z")
I am wanting to use Ignition as a way to combine a time-clock system and an access control system. I have one turnstile I also need to operate. It will also act as the time-clock for non office personnel. For office pe… --- ## [Vision client stuck Initializing on Project Update](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-client-stuck-initializing-on-project-update/33822)
**Author:** [@jgardner](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jgardner)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-client-stuck-initializing-on-project-update/33822 "2020-04-09T22:07:08Z")
Upgraded to 8.0.10, now when I push a project update, the client gets the orange bar, and you approve the update - but it hangs on the “Initializing…” box. The only way to terminate is through task manager killing Zulu P… --- ## [Flex Repeaters Crashing (Perspective)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/flex-repeaters-crashing-perspective/32737)
**Author:** [@jaspinall](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jaspinall)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 8:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/flex-repeaters-crashing-perspective/32737 "2020-04-09T20:50:24Z")
Hello There, We have noticed that when switching from page to page quickly on our Perspective app that occasionally the app will lock up/freeze as shown in the attached screenshots. It seems our flex repeaters will free… --- ## [Save ad-hoc trend pen configuration](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/save-ad-hoc-trend-pen-configuration/33829)
**Author:** [@Harikrishna\_Patadiya](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Harikrishna_Patadiya)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 8:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/save-ad-hoc-trend-pen-configuration/33829 "2020-04-09T20:19:55Z")
Quick question that I have is: given an ad-hoc trend screen, is there any way to choose the pens you want and then save that configuration so that you can pull it back at a later time to view that specific trend? For e… --- ## [Duplicated data using system.tag.queryTagHistory](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/duplicated-data-using-system-tag-querytaghistory/33823)
**Author:** [@roberto.buompane](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/roberto.buompane)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 3:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/duplicated-data-using-system-tag-querytaghistory/33823 "2020-04-09T15:17:07Z")
I have a boolean read every minute and DB “on Change”. The value anyway will be written every 5 minute if it wasn’t changed. Using the function system.tag.queryTagHistory I would like have a list of records only when th… --- ## [Easy chart not working with SQL Queries for Axes and Subplots](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-chart-not-working-with-sql-queries-for-axes-and-subplots/33772)
**Author:** [@MaGottschalk](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/MaGottschalk)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 7:28am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-chart-not-working-with-sql-queries-for-axes-and-subplots/33772 "2020-04-09T07:28:09Z")
Hello, we have many charts displayed in Easy Chart components. In our database we have defined the pens, the axes and the subplots. So we can display a specific chart by just entering SQL queries with the desired plot\_i… --- ## [Enterprise Administration Send Tags to Multiple Providers](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/enterprise-administration-send-tags-to-multiple-providers/33802)
**Author:** [@swolnisty](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/swolnisty)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 11:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/enterprise-administration-send-tags-to-multiple-providers/33802 "2020-04-08T23:00:12Z")
Hello, Does anyone know if there is a way to configure a “Send Tag” Agent Task to send a set of tags out to more than one tag provider at a time? I have a project with 30+ remote tag providers and it would be nice to be… --- ## [Parameters not updating on new report viewer - expression binding](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/parameters-not-updating-on-new-report-viewer-expression-binding/33800)
**Author:** [@yehet73190](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/yehet73190)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 9:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/parameters-not-updating-on-new-report-viewer-expression-binding/33800 "2020-04-08T21:56:40Z")
hi just checking if there’s a better way for the parameters to update instantly or just faster when i select a different label from my table list? For example, i have a table with 3 data Opportunity 1 Opportunity 2 O… --- ## [Select folder in tree view](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/select-folder-in-tree-view/1927)
**Author:** [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/select-folder-in-tree-view/1927 "2020-04-08T21:29:43Z")
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