# Ignition

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## [\[BUG?\] v8.3 - Script Console no longer sees script library changes without saving](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-v8-3-script-console-no-longer-sees-script-library-changes-without-saving/111380)

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**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2025, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-v8-3-script-console-no-longer-sees-script-library-changes-without-saving/111380 "2025-10-13T17:13:43Z")

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v8.3.0 Not sure if this one's a bug or an inadvertent change from a bug fix... But I noticed that in v8.3, making changes to script libraries no longer take affect inside the script console until you save the project. …

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## [Mimicking Button Hover State (Hover Class)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mimicking-button-hover-state-hover-class/111393)

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**Author:** [@VerminEngineer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/VerminEngineer)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2025, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mimicking-button-hover-state-hover-class/111393 "2025-10-13T17:02:01Z")

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Hello, I’m trying to recreate the effect that you get when you hover over a button with things other than a button (like a Label, Numeric Entry, etc). My hope is to create a class that I can apply to components, but if a…

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## [Creating a client tag thru script](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/creating-a-client-tag-thru-script/34694)

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**Author:** [@Henk](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Henk)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/creating-a-client-tag-thru-script/34694 "2025-10-13T15:49:43Z")

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Ignition 8.0.12 We try to create a vision client tag in a function by using the function ‘system.tag.configure’, but without any desired result. Can someone provide us with a small sample script in which this works suc…

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## [Event collision onMouseDown and onDoubleClick](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/event-collision-onmousedown-and-ondoubleclick/111092)

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**Author:** [@Nazar](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Nazar)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/event-collision-onmousedown-and-ondoubleclick/111092 "2025-10-13T15:33:53Z")

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Hi everyone, I am now making a device template in perspective and the template has an event onMouseDown which toggles an OPC tag. I also wanted to make a second event onDoubleClick to be able to open a pop-up view with …

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## [Alarm Journal Label Using Alarm "Name" Instead of "Label"](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-journal-label-using-alarm-name-instead-of-label/60499)

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**Author:** [@amarks](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/amarks)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2025, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-journal-label-using-alarm-name-instead-of-label/60499 "2025-10-13T14:29:12Z")

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I have alarms associated with a tag in a UDT. The alarm is triggering correctly, but it doesn’t look quite right in the alarm journal. I’ve hard-coded the display path to describe the alarm condition and the label is su…

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## [System.tag.browse empty folders](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-browse-empty-folders/111391)

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**Author:** [@danielps1818](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/danielps1818)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2025, 2:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-browse-empty-folders/111391 "2025-10-13T14:04:31Z")

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Hi! How can I search all the empty folders in a project? system.tag.browse( path = '\[ForTestRemove\]', filter = {'tagType':'Folder', 'hasChildren':False} ) It returns this: ▶ Return Any idea on how can I do this…

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## [JsonPayloadHandler Error](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/jsonpayloadhandler-error/111390)

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**Author:** [@eder.vargas.fdz](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/eder.vargas.fdz)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2025, 2:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/jsonpayloadhandler-error/111390 "2025-10-13T14:01:35Z")

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Hello, good morning. I'm receiving data from my MQTT broker, but when sending null data, I get this error: The JSON value for 'route/company/destination/station/61/host-serial-number-uri' is null. I'm using the payloa…

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## [\[BUG\] v8.3 - Perspective copy paste key copies empty list \[\] occasionally](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-v8-3-perspective-copy-paste-key-copies-empty-list-occasionally/111385)

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**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2025, 9:21am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-v8-3-perspective-copy-paste-key-copies-empty-list-occasionally/111385 "2025-10-13T09:21:54Z")

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HOLD THAT THOUGHT - I have a feeling it's something else overwriting the clipboard... v8.3.0 Occasionally when copying component keys (for example objects) in Perspective in the Designer, it will copy \[\] to the clipboa…

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## [Address configuration for s7 1200 + Modbus TCP](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/address-configuration-for-s7-1200-modbus-tcp/111360)

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**Author:** [@rsrigokul](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rsrigokul)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2025, 8:48am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/address-configuration-for-s7-1200-modbus-tcp/111360 "2025-10-13T08:48:12Z")

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error writing to value.value: Bad\_GatewayCommOff how to solve this issue for HR8.1 write

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## [Bacnet communication timeouts](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bacnet-communication-timeouts/111384)

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**Author:** [@Eskil\_Holum](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Eskil_Holum)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2025, 8:38am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bacnet-communication-timeouts/111384 "2025-10-13T08:38:34Z")

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Hi, We’re using the Ignition BACnet driver to communicate with three Beckhoff PLCs over BACnet. The initial communication works fine — we can establish the connection, read values, and even perform reads and writes succ…

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## [\[BUG\] v8.3 - Tag Browser collapses after editing tag value](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-v8-3-tag-browser-collapses-after-editing-tag-value/111377)

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**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2025, 4:28am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-v8-3-tag-browser-collapses-after-editing-tag-value/111377 "2025-10-13T04:28:23Z")

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v8.3.0 I hadn't noticed this in a very long time in v8.1, but i've just upgraded to 8.3 and my tag browser collapses whenever I edit the value of a value directly in the tag browser :frowning: It doesn't affect editing…

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## [\[FEATURE\] v8.3 - Gateway Web Portal - Highlight if a setting has been changed from the saved version](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-v8-3-gateway-web-portal-highlight-if-a-setting-has-been-changed-from-the-saved-version/111376)

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**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2025, 3:49am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-v8-3-gateway-web-portal-highlight-if-a-setting-has-been-changed-from-the-saved-version/111376 "2025-10-13T03:49:24Z")

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It would be a great addition if settings that are "dirty" / changed from their existing are changed when editing settings from the UI, prior to saving them. Currently there is no change indicating what settings are dirty…

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## [V8.3 - Show what the default setting is in the "Restore Default" tooltip](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/v8-3-show-what-the-default-setting-is-in-the-restore-default-tooltip/111375)

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**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2025, 3:39am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/v8-3-show-what-the-default-setting-is-in-the-restore-default-tooltip/111375 "2025-10-13T03:39:39Z")

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There's a "Restore Default" action against configuration settings, but there's nowhere I can see that tells you what the default is that it's going to restore. This used to be mentioned in the info text beside the settin…

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## [\[FEATURE\] v8.3 - Allow multi-selection of users in the web portal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-v8-3-allow-multi-selection-of-users-in-the-web-portal/111374)

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**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2025, 3:30am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-v8-3-allow-multi-selection-of-users-in-the-web-portal/111374 "2025-10-13T03:30:50Z")

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I'd like to be able to bulk delete users from user sources in the new gateway web portal, particularly for new projects where there could be 50 users and you want to delete 40 of them, for example.

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## [\[BUG\] v8.3 - Cannot delete selected devices when only subset is selected](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-v8-3-cannot-delete-selected-devices-when-only-subset-is-selected/111373)

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**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2025, 2:38am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-v8-3-cannot-delete-selected-devices-when-only-subset-is-selected/111373 "2025-10-13T02:38:53Z")

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v8.3.0 I just tried to delete 20 device connections from the gateway web portal by multi-selecting them using the "select all" checkbox (showing only 20 of 27 - this is important - devices on the page,) and it said it …

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## [V8.3 - Unable to perform any actions when multi-selecting projects from gateway web portal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/v8-3-unable-to-perform-any-actions-when-multi-selecting-projects-from-gateway-web-portal/111372)

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**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2025, 2:28am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/v8-3-unable-to-perform-any-actions-when-multi-selecting-projects-from-gateway-web-portal/111372 "2025-10-13T02:28:42Z")

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v8.3.0 I want to delete all of these selected projects (i'm re-basing this gateway for a new project) but I don't seem to be able to do anything after multi-selecting projects (as much fun as it was to select all of …

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## ['No perspective session attached to this thread' when using system.perspective.sendMessage](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/no-perspective-session-attached-to-this-thread-when-using-system-perspective-sendmessage/111371)

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**Author:** [@k.jin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/k.jin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2025, 12:44am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/no-perspective-session-attached-to-this-thread-when-using-system-perspective-sendmessage/111371 "2025-10-13T00:44:58Z")

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Hi everyone, I’m currently trying to send a message from one view to another but I keep running into the 'No perspective session attached to this thread' error. Setup is very basic, I have a message handler setup on a …

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## [Restoring data for a wrongly deleted tag](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/restoring-data-for-a-wrongly-deleted-tag/111258)

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**Author:** [@Andrew\_Lendon](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Andrew_Lendon)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2025, 10:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/restoring-data-for-a-wrongly-deleted-tag/111258 "2025-10-12T22:14:46Z")

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My customer wrongly requested that I delete a tag and now wants it restored. Using a gateway backup, I exported and then imported the required tag back into Ignition. I have updated the sqlth\_te table so that this tag’s…

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## [OPC UA Client Connection Limit](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-ua-client-connection-limit/58423)

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**Author:** [@Shea](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Shea)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2025, 1:11am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-ua-client-connection-limit/58423 "2025-10-12T01:11:40Z")

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I’ve seen some stuff suggesting the client limit to the OPC UA server is capped at 100 clients and can’t be changed. Is this a licensing issue? Is there any way to increase this limit? Thanks!

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## [Ignition Edge and Ignition Server](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-edge-and-ignition-server/111361)

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**Author:** [@Sudeep\_Kadlak](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Sudeep_Kadlak)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2025, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-edge-and-ignition-server/111361 "2025-10-11T18:51:45Z")

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Ignition Edge and Ignition Server , I want to fetch Ignition Server Tags on Ignition Edge gateway. Can you suggest any link or step by step procedure to do this

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## [\[feature-1967\]Customizing Perspective Login Page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-1967-customizing-perspective-login-page/25006)

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**Author:** [@mitchell-ACS](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mitchell-ACS)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2025, 12:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-1967-customizing-perspective-login-page/25006 "2025-10-11T12:53:50Z")

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Is there a way to customize the Perspective login page? At this point, all I really need is to make it use the project Title instead of the Name because the project name is Some\_Project, and the project title is Some Pr…

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## [Connecting Sick FX3 PLC to Ignition using a profinet Gateway](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connecting-sick-fx3-plc-to-ignition-using-a-profinet-gateway/111349)

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**Author:** [@Olivier\_Carrier](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Olivier_Carrier)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2025, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connecting-sick-fx3-plc-to-ignition-using-a-profinet-gateway/111349 "2025-10-11T12:47:59Z")

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Hey all, I have to get data from the Sick FX3 cpu to our ignition system. For that, there’s a number of gateways available on the Sick system. The rest of the shop is all Siemens PLC. So if possible, we’d use the profin…

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## [Multiselect dropdown in Vision](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/multiselect-dropdown-in-vision/58749)

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**Author:** [@rahul.bhakte](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rahul.bhakte)\
**Replies:** 29\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2025, 1:07am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/multiselect-dropdown-in-vision/58749 "2025-10-11T01:07:17Z")

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Do we have multi selection facility in vision dropdown component like we have in perspective? Sorry! off topic.

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## [\[FEATURE\] Perspective Power Chart - Make x-trace box more intuitive](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-perspective-power-chart-make-x-trace-box-more-intuitive/71345)

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**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2025, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-perspective-power-chart-make-x-trace-box-more-intuitive/71345 "2025-10-10T21:20:01Z")

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It's been a while since I made a fuss about the Power Chart in Perspective, but my frustrations with it are well and truly all still there.. Another one to add to the list: The x-trace box is not very intuitive or us…

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## [Project selection from \`Platform \> Projects\` is unclear](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/project-selection-from-platform-projects-is-unclear/111356)

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**Author:** [@bghunt](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bghunt)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2025, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/project-selection-from-platform-projects-is-unclear/111356 "2025-10-10T20:03:22Z")

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I’m trying to disable a couple projects and I thought if I select their check box then I could disable them as a batch. There doesn’t seem to be any action I can take once they are selected. Why are there checkboxes? A…

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## [Reporting Tag Historian Query Error](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reporting-tag-historian-query-error/78369)

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**Author:** [@Dan\_Kevin\_Dagapioso](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Dan_Kevin_Dagapioso)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2025, 6:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reporting-tag-historian-query-error/78369 "2025-10-10T18:58:52Z")

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I have given an error like this in my report: WARN: Error invoking script.Traceback (most recent call last): File "function:updateData", line 62, in updateData TypeError: list indices must be integers NOTE: Line 62 i…

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## [Report Data Script Print Location](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-data-script-print-location/111355)

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**Author:** [@amarks](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/amarks)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2025, 6:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-data-script-print-location/111355 "2025-10-10T18:32:55Z")

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Where do print outputs from a report’s data updateData script print?

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## [Perspective: Any easy way to rearrange order of property array elements?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-any-easy-way-to-rearrange-order-of-property-array-elements/30959)

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**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2025, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-any-easy-way-to-rearrange-order-of-property-array-elements/30959 "2025-10-10T18:24:07Z")

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Is there an easy way to reorder array elements in a component’s properties? E.g. reordering the columns of a table. I know I can copy the property, paste into notepad, then cut and paste to move around, but this seems l…

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## [httpPost to httpClient](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/httppost-to-httpclient/111340)

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**Author:** [@jennifer.ang](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jennifer.ang)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2025, 4:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/httppost-to-httpclient/111340 "2025-10-10T16:37:22Z")

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Hi, I am trying to convert from system.net.httpPost to system.net.httpClient. Can anyone help me? Original: system.net.httpPost(postUrl,"application/json","{\\"value1\\":\\"" + str(value1) + "\\"}") Change to: postResul…

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## [Remote Gateway OPC UA connection help](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/remote-gateway-opc-ua-connection-help/111304)

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**Author:** [@EDoepke](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/EDoepke)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2025, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/remote-gateway-opc-ua-connection-help/111304 "2025-10-10T15:47:13Z")

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I am upgrading two plants from Wondeware to Ignition. Gateway one is SIPSD-WWTP. That machine has 2 NICs in it to be able to poll a telemetry system. Second gateway is SIPSD-RO. This second gateway needs to read appr…

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