# Ignition

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## [Perspective 8.3 not loading on mobile app](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-8-3-not-loading-on-mobile-app/111461)

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**Author:** [@robin.abdul](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/robin.abdul)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2025, 10:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-8-3-not-loading-on-mobile-app/111461 "2025-10-14T22:14:00Z")

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Dear Support Team, I have noticed in KSA.. perspective app is not loadin on mobile apps. when we route traffic through cloud tunneller - ex.. ngrok

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## [Best approach gathering data for report and building report](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-approach-gathering-data-for-report-and-building-report/111210)

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**Author:** [@jbooth](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jbooth)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2025, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-approach-gathering-data-for-report-and-building-report/111210 "2025-10-14T21:10:53Z")

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I am new to Ignition, and working with SCADA in general, and would like some pointers on good ways to approach a report i would like to build. In the ControlLogix for one of our paint lines i have accumulating counts (u…

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## [Synchronous Timed Historization of Multiple Tags in Ignition](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/synchronous-timed-historization-of-multiple-tags-in-ignition/111457)

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**Author:** [@galeman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/galeman)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/synchronous-timed-historization-of-multiple-tags-in-ignition/111457 "2025-10-14T20:49:58Z")

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Hi. How can I use Ignition’s historian to log multiple tags with timed (periodic) historization, while ensuring that all tags are recorded synchronously — at the exact same timestamp. Is there a way to achieve this?

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## [Interfacing with Melexis PTC04 Programmer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/interfacing-with-melexis-ptc04-programmer/111453)

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**Author:** [@Cade\_Allen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Cade_Allen)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2025, 8:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/interfacing-with-melexis-ptc04-programmer/111453 "2025-10-14T20:27:21Z")

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Hello, I need to interface with a Melexis PTC04 programmer. The manufacturer provides a Windows COM API with methods to read, write, program, and test with the programmer. I’m wondering what the best path of integratio…

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## [Help me create this cool hmi design](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/help-me-create-this-cool-hmi-design/111441)

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**Author:** [@raphaelcesar2108](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/raphaelcesar2108)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2025, 6:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/help-me-create-this-cool-hmi-design/111441 "2025-10-14T18:57:56Z")

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Hello, I need help on trying to create this hmi application, I'm a begginer into SCADA development, and where I work there's a hmi that has a lateral panel that I want to replicate in Ignition, because I found it really …

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## [Deselect and Un-Highlight Table Row](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/deselect-and-un-highlight-table-row/79014)

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**Author:** [@Liam\_Dietrich](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Liam_Dietrich)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2025, 5:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/deselect-and-un-highlight-table-row/79014 "2025-10-14T17:57:25Z")

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Issue: Perspective table row remains highlighted after selectedRow property is set to None. Goal: Using script, deselect and un-highlight the row of a table component. More info: I am attempting to deselect the row of …

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## [Vision: Button Template](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-button-template/111425)

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**Author:** [@Thomas\_Mulcahy](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Thomas_Mulcahy)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-button-template/111425 "2025-10-14T17:03:03Z")

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Hi, I have created a button template in Vision that differs from the normal button. It is a rectangle with a label on top. I have used this button template and assigned a mouseClick event to the template but this event…

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## [Closing popup based on viewport size changes](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/closing-popup-based-on-viewport-size-changes/111444)

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**Author:** [@clenselink](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/clenselink)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2025, 4:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/closing-popup-based-on-viewport-size-changes/111444 "2025-10-14T16:44:38Z")

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I’m trying to come up with a way for a popup to close based on the viewport size changing in browser and am not having any luck. Say your view port is 1920x800 and you drag your window and make it 1000x500, I want that c…

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## [System.gui dissapears in 8.3? What is it's equivalent?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-gui-dissapears-in-8-3-what-is-its-equivalent/111439)

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**Author:** [@danielps1818](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/danielps1818)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2025, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-gui-dissapears-in-8-3-what-is-its-equivalent/111439 "2025-10-14T15:37:19Z")

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Hi! I'm using system.gui.confirm() in a scripting code that is executed via the scripting console. How could I do that now? Thx!

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## [Find/replace in table action parameters](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/find-replace-in-table-action-parameters/111438)

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**Author:** [@uzair.anwar](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/uzair.anwar)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2025, 1:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/find-replace-in-table-action-parameters/111438 "2025-10-14T13:36:31Z")

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Find/Replace dosen’t find items in transaction group, table action in update/select mode parameters, whether its a custom query or key/value pairs

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## [Selected data in table updates to empty array upon first update](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/selected-data-in-table-updates-to-empty-array-upon-first-update/111436)

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**Author:** [@Noah\_Gilgo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Noah_Gilgo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2025, 1:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/selected-data-in-table-updates-to-empty-array-upon-first-update/111436 "2025-10-14T13:34:23Z")

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I’m currently trying to implement a button in a popup that, when pressed, selects every row in the table beneath it. The button uses the onClick event below: self.parent.parent.getChild("Table").props.selection.data = …

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## [How to do a load "animation" on the script console](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-do-a-load-animation-on-the-script-console/109679)

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**Author:** [@danielps1818](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/danielps1818)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2025, 1:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-do-a-load-animation-on-the-script-console/109679 "2025-10-14T13:02:33Z")

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Doing a small project thats get executed from the Script Console. I’m looking on doing a loading bar or something like tha, different that simply printing the percentage. I tried to clear the console and reprinting the…

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## [Displaying historical tag information in numeric label](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/displaying-historical-tag-information-in-numeric-label/110713)

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**Author:** [@kbailey](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kbailey)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2025, 12:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/displaying-historical-tag-information-in-numeric-label/110713 "2025-10-14T12:36:16Z")

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Good evening all I’m very new to Ignition. I am converting a RSview32 application to Ignition. I am trying to display a tag’s history on the display as a numeric label. I need to do this for 36 total times to basical…

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## [Faulted Connection with Kepware](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/faulted-connection-with-kepware/15710)

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**Author:** [@Lalillo1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Lalillo1)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2025, 12:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/faulted-connection-with-kepware/15710 "2025-10-14T12:07:31Z")

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Hello I am still having trouble connecting KEPServerEX 6.3 to Ignition 7.9.4. I followed the instructions of this video and I still getting a faulted connection. I have added Ignition as a Trusted clients in Kepware in …

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## [Global parameter for retargeting](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/global-parameter-for-retargeting/111414)

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**Author:** [@robertm](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/robertm)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2025, 10:39am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/global-parameter-for-retargeting/111414 "2025-10-14T10:39:56Z")

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I have a parent project with a retargeting popup inherited by all my projects. This retargeting popup launches different projects. Also in this parent project is the login popup which queries, authenticates and constru…

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## [Mettler Toledo SPE2003-C](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mettler-toledo-spe2003-c/111400)

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**Author:** [@Vinh\_Le](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Vinh_Le)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2025, 9:37am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mettler-toledo-spe2003-c/111400 "2025-10-14T09:37:57Z")

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Hi all, Has anyone successfully communicated with a Mettler Toledo scale model SPE2003-C using Ignition? I tried setting it up as a Modbus TCP device, but it doesn’t seem like I’m getting any meaningful tags from the d…

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## [Implement jwt in Ignition 8.1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/implement-jwt-in-ignition-8-1/111351)

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**Author:** [@flavien](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/flavien)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2025, 8:15am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/implement-jwt-in-ignition-8-1/111351 "2025-10-14T08:15:31Z")

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Hi, How can I implement jwt library or an equivalent in Ignition 8.1 ? Thanks

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## [Siemens symbolic driver can't read tag names with brackets and slashes](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-symbolic-driver-cant-read-tag-names-with-brackets-and-slashes/111256)

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**Author:** [@msmith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/msmith)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2025, 5:57am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-symbolic-driver-cant-read-tag-names-with-brackets-and-slashes/111256 "2025-10-14T05:57:47Z")

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Not sure if this is a known issue or intended behavior, but I have some tag names that include brackets () and slashes / eg. (m/hr) and the symoblic siemens driver can’t read them. Yes, I know it’s cursed.

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## [Perspective Upload Component: Can you filter files to be upload](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-upload-component-can-you-filter-files-to-be-upload/111365)

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**Author:** [@Eugene49](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Eugene49)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2025, 12:32am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-upload-component-can-you-filter-files-to-be-upload/111365 "2025-10-14T00:32:03Z")

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I've been looking for solution to this. Is there a way to filter the file explorer that comes up to display specific file type?

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## [\[BUG\] Perspective session event broken after migrating to 8.3](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-perspective-session-event-broken-after-migrating-to-8-3/111413)

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**Author:** [@Samuel\_Weston](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Samuel_Weston)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2025, 12:29am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-perspective-session-event-broken-after-migrating-to-8-3/111413 "2025-10-14T00:29:02Z")

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After migrating our resource project to Ignition 8.3 (from 8.1.33) our key-events session scripts were broken. It creates this folder structure that appears to be infinite, the migrate function must be stuck on a loop so…

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## [Missing gateway event scripts missing from script manager](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/missing-gateway-event-scripts-missing-from-script-manager/111407)

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**Author:** [@Marshall\_Tickner](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Marshall_Tickner)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2025, 11:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/missing-gateway-event-scripts-missing-from-script-manager/111407 "2025-10-13T23:36:40Z")

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I don’t know if this has been covered before but thought I would ask. In my project I have a good amount of message handlers configured. While testing I began to receive errors from the DispatchManager that the message h…

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## [ServerTimestamp even if OPC-UA and OnChange SampleMode](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/servertimestamp-even-if-opc-ua-and-onchange-samplemode/111309)

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**Author:** [@Ervin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ervin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2025, 11:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/servertimestamp-even-if-opc-ua-and-onchange-samplemode/111309 "2025-10-13T23:12:35Z")

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I have a very complex 800+OPC-UA connections project across two IOservers. why in some cases, ignition uses the server's Timestamp in OnChange OPC-UA SampleMode? For same isolated cases I need exactly this. But how to…

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## [How to highlight button on another page in Ignition Vision with animation](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-highlight-button-on-another-page-in-ignition-vision-with-animation/111382)

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**Author:** [@piccagli26](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/piccagli26)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2025, 11:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-highlight-button-on-another-page-in-ignition-vision-with-animation/111382 "2025-10-13T23:09:03Z")

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Morning, everybody, I'm making a template with side buttons to navigate the SCADA using Ignition Vision I would like, when I press a button on the "X" page, the corresponding button on the "Y" page changes color to sign…

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## [Scroll with flex container](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/scroll-with-flex-container/58809)

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**Author:** [@Valerian\_LADIEU](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Valerian_LADIEU)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2025, 8:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/scroll-with-flex-container/58809 "2025-10-13T20:46:50Z")

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Hello everyone, I have a question about Perspective with flex containers. For my graduation project, I absolutely have to use a flex container view, and I wanted to know if it was possible to scroll with the mouse on t…

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## [system.date.format('HH') Gives Hour in AM/PM not 0-23](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-date-format-hh-gives-hour-in-am-pm-not-0-23/111411)

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**Author:** [@amarks](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/amarks)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2025, 8:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-date-format-hh-gives-hour-in-am-pm-not-0-23/111411 "2025-10-13T20:45:43Z")

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I am using system.date.format(startDate,'yyyy\_MM\_dd\_HHmm'). It is currently 15:36 but I am getting 2025\_10\_13\_0336 instead of 2025\_10\_13\_1536. Why? My startDate comes from an expression function dateArithmetic(now(), -1…

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## [Referencing Template Canvas Parameters in Expressions](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/referencing-template-canvas-parameters-in-expressions/111408)

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**Author:** [@derick.haifley](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/derick.haifley)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2025, 7:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/referencing-template-canvas-parameters-in-expressions/111408 "2025-10-13T19:14:57Z")

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Here’s a breakdown of what I have: Ignition Version: 8.1 Module: Vision A Template Canvas with Templates that each have Custom Properties assigned to them. I understand these Custom Properties are saved in the Paramet…

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## [\[BUG\] Copy/Paste of Python code doesn't maintain correct tabs](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-copy-paste-of-python-code-doesnt-maintain-correct-tabs/37893)

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**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2025, 6:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-copy-paste-of-python-code-doesnt-maintain-correct-tabs/37893 "2025-10-13T18:01:12Z")

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This has been bugging me for a while, but when you copy and paste Python code, the first line has the correct position, however the following lines of code are all indented. Example below, I copied this: And when pas…

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## [Finding a query in projects](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/finding-a-query-in-projects/111335)

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**Author:** [@Sweetz](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Sweetz)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2025, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/finding-a-query-in-projects/111335 "2025-10-13T17:52:24Z")

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Hello, I have about 14 perspective projects (Identical GUI with different station no.s). I have the following query (Trace log screenshot) running every few seconds from different projects, but I am not able to find it …

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## [Popup Under Component](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/popup-under-component/111403)

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**Author:** [@Phil\_B](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Phil_B)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2025, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/popup-under-component/111403 "2025-10-13T17:52:19Z")

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For Perspective is there a good way to have a popup open directly under a component and match its width? (similar to how the datetime picker works) i can get it on a fixed style coordinate container but the view i need i…

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## [What "Node was asked for child 1 while status=LOADING" mean?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-node-was-asked-for-child-1-while-status-loading-mean/111398)

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**Author:** [@danielps1818](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/danielps1818)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2025, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-node-was-asked-for-child-1-while-status-loading-mean/111398 "2025-10-13T17:15:04Z")

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While doing this: ▶ Code I got this warnings: 15:01:16.074 \[AWT-EventQueue-0\] WARN com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.tags.tree.node.AbstractBrowseNode -- Node\[New Folder\] was asked for child 1 while status=LOADING…

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