# Ignition **URL:** https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?no_subcategories=false&page=15 [Latest](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/tags.md) **Page:** 16 --- ## [Power Table Auto Resize Column Not Working as Expected](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-table-auto-resize-column-not-working-as-expected/116766)
**Author:** [@andrew.vang.work](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andrew.vang.work)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2026, 7:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-table-auto-resize-column-not-working-as-expected/116766 "2026-08-12T19:09:22Z")
Hello all, I just wanted to see if anyone has ran into this issue regarding their Power Table and how you and your team worked around it. Essentially, I have a Power Table that has a custom script on the "propertyChang… --- ## [Suggestion on UI Design](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/suggestion-on-ui-design/116763)
**Author:** [@Anita.Shinde](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Anita.Shinde)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2026, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/suggestion-on-ui-design/116763 "2026-08-12T16:10:23Z")
Hi, I want to design a perspective view that includes a Calculate button and several input parameters required for performing a calculation. When the user clicks the Calculate button, the system runs the calculation an… --- ## [Force newly created user to modify their own password on initial login](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/force-newly-created-user-to-modify-their-own-password-on-initial-login/116760)
**Author:** [@r123](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/r123)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2026, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/force-newly-created-user-to-modify-their-own-password-on-initial-login/116760 "2026-08-12T16:08:21Z")
I was just wondering if there was a way to set it so that newly added users in the default user source would be required to create their own password the first time they log in? --- ## [Alarm Metrics not updating](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-metrics-not-updating/113213)
**Author:** [@KristijanG](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/KristijanG)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2026, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-metrics-not-updating/113213 "2026-08-12T15:58:07Z")
Hi, I have an issue with Alarm Metrics in Ignition 8.3. I have a folder with many UDT instances which can trigger alarms. I created a reference tag with reference to “\[.\]Alarm Metrics.activeAckCount”, however I noticed… --- ## [Chart Data Disappearing after Data Migration](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/chart-data-disappearing-after-data-migration/116381)
**Author:** [@jhavelka](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jhavelka)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2026, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/chart-data-disappearing-after-data-migration/116381 "2026-08-12T14:39:53Z")
I'm working on migrating data in our database from a transaction group table to a historian table. The historian table already has data for roughly the 2nd half of the month in this example (starting November 11, 2025), … --- ## [Perspective table filter results text change](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-table-filter-results-text-change/116701)
**Author:** [@Walter\_Chester](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Walter_Chester)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2026, 12:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-table-filter-results-text-change/116701 "2026-08-12T12:56:09Z")
I have a perspective table component and I changed the header to a darker color and when I enabled the filter I changed that to match. Unfortunately, that means that the filter results text is hard to read. I used DevTo… --- ## [Kafka connector connection](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/kafka-connector-connection/116761)
**Author:** [@jadhavganesh2](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jadhavganesh2)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2026, 12:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/kafka-connector-connection/116761 "2026-08-12T12:23:37Z")
i am trying to create kafka connector connection in Ignition 8.3.4, i am using trial version of ignition and kafka module. I tried to use the local kafka broker whihc i use for testing, tried remote broker. The create co… --- ## [Capturing/Logging Failed Bindings (without script transforms/binding only) in Perspective](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/capturing-logging-failed-bindings-without-script-transforms-binding-only-in-perspective/116755)
**Author:** [@aafabiano01](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/aafabiano01)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2026, 9:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/capturing-logging-failed-bindings-without-script-transforms-binding-only-in-perspective/116755 "2026-08-11T21:42:38Z")
In production, we have an intermittent issue of bindings failing. The binding in question uses a parameter passed to the popup to build a tagpath for reference in an expression tag binding. In this screenshot, I am r… --- ## [Paintable Canvas Hacks](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/paintable-canvas-hacks/85437)
**Author:** [@justinedwards.jle](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/justinedwards.jle)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2026, 6:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/paintable-canvas-hacks/85437 "2026-08-11T18:48:55Z")
I've been playing around with the paintable canvas quite a bit here lately for fun, and I was wondering if anybody had any cool hacks for canvas development they would be willing to share. To start things off, I'll shar… --- ## ["Service name is already in use"](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/service-name-is-already-in-use/116710)
**Author:** [@richard.d.white](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/richard.d.white)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2026, 6:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/service-name-is-already-in-use/116710 "2026-08-11T18:18:30Z")
Hello - I am trying to upgrade our version of Ignition 8.3.1 to the newest release 8.3.8. However the installer is showing "Service name is already in use". Can anyone advise how to proceed here? I've already tried in… --- ## [Udts without instance Tags count toward the tag count?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/udts-without-instance-tags-count-toward-the-tag-count/116740)
**Author:** [@philin15](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/philin15)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2026, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/udts-without-instance-tags-count-toward-the-tag-count/116740 "2026-08-11T17:47:57Z")
As you can see, in the 'udtTest' tag provider I only create a udt library, but the tag count is already 48326. My question are: 1.if I don't create any instance of these udts, it still count toward the tag co… --- ## [Stored NULL values come back as 0.0 from history queries (SQL Historian and SDK historians)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/stored-null-values-come-back-as-0-0-from-history-queries-sql-historian-and-sdk-historians/116753)
**Author:** [@sam.donche](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sam.donche)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2026, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/stored-null-values-come-back-as-0-0-from-history-queries-sql-historian-and-sdk-historians/116753 "2026-08-11T15:07:11Z")
We're building a custom historian module for timescaledb on the 8.3 Historian SDK (gateway 8.3.3) and got a bug report that NULL values in history read back as 0.0. After digging in, it turns out this isn't specific to o… --- ## [Iframe url doesn't load when app launched from perspective workstation](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/iframe-url-doesnt-load-when-app-launched-from-perspective-workstation/116602)
**Author:** [@aymen.mehrez.ca](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/aymen.mehrez.ca)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2026, 2:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/iframe-url-doesnt-load-when-app-launched-from-perspective-workstation/116602 "2026-08-11T14:01:29Z")
Hi, am having an issue, where am adding a popup that opens a MS form, when i launch the app from the browser, it loads fine. However it just shows blank panel when i do so in perspective workstation (that is basically … --- ## [Migrating Ignition from local server to cloud ( licensing questions)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/migrating-ignition-from-local-server-to-cloud-licensing-questions/116745)
**Author:** [@Filippos\_Onisiforou](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Filippos_Onisiforou)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2026, 1:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/migrating-ignition-from-local-server-to-cloud-licensing-questions/116745 "2026-08-11T13:17:29Z")
Hi all, I'm planning to migrate our Ignition Gateway from a local on-premise server to a cloud server (e.g., AWS/Azure/GCP), and I want to make sure I handle the licensing correctly before starting. A few questions: L… --- ## [\[IGN-16691\]Gateway Event Script Compile Error](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-16691-gateway-event-script-compile-error/116115)
**Author:** [@lenny.toscano](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lenny.toscano)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2026, 12:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-16691-gateway-event-script-compile-error/116115 "2026-08-11T12:42:05Z")
I'm not sure if I'm crazy or what but I'm running into a compile error when trying to save a script for a Gateway Event. Crazy thing it I'm positive I was not getting this error running on 8.3.2. Then I upgraded to 8.3.… --- ## [Transaction group stuck 'unable to start' after reboot, no way to monitor or auto-recover?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/transaction-group-stuck-unable-to-start-after-reboot-no-way-to-monitor-or-auto-recover/116733)
**Author:** [@swest](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/swest)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 7:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/transaction-group-stuck-unable-to-start-after-reboot-no-way-to-monitor-or-auto-recover/116733 "2026-08-10T19:50:33Z")
We're on Ignition 8.3.7. When SQL Server isn't up yet at gateway reboot, the first transaction group to load fails to start and doesn't retry. Every other group in the project handles the same outage fine and starts degr… --- ## [JDBC and MSSQL Datetimeoffset](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/jdbc-and-mssql-datetimeoffset/107729)
**Author:** [@nicole.c](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nicole.c)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 6:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/jdbc-and-mssql-datetimeoffset/107729 "2026-08-10T18:41:51Z")
Hi all, Long time reader, first time poster. :slight\_smile: I was looking into some discussions here about the JDBC driver for SQL Server and Ignition and I'm a little confused as to why everything doesn't play nicely … --- ## [Component Security - Security Settings won't open](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/component-security-security-settings-wont-open/63692)
**Author:** [@Matt\_Risser](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matt_Risser)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/component-security-security-settings-wont-open/63692 "2026-08-10T18:11:29Z")
Ignition 8.1.20 Windows 10 Enterprise When I right click on a component, click Security, I don't get the 'Security Settings' window that I see in the Ignition 8.1 User manual located \[here\] (Component and Window S… --- ## [Tooltip when hovering over submit button on Perspective Form](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tooltip-when-hovering-over-submit-button-on-perspective-form/116735)
**Author:** [@spullen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/spullen)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tooltip-when-hovering-over-submit-button-on-perspective-form/116735 "2026-08-10T16:16:18Z")
I have a basic form in perspective with required fields and am looking for a way to display a popup when hovering over the submit button that details which fields are invalid/ why the form cannot be submitted yet. So far… --- ## [Binary Message Too Large in Ignition Designer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/binary-message-too-large-in-ignition-designer/112106)
**Author:** [@henderson.g](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/henderson.g)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/binary-message-too-large-in-ignition-designer/112106 "2026-08-10T15:55:42Z")
Hey everyone, Our team recently upgraded to Ignition 8.3.1. Overall, our upgrade process was pretty smooth. This is our “main” Ignition gateway, and we have almost 10 other Ignition gateways that are incoming connection… --- ## [Engineering Limit Enforcement lost on tag import](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/engineering-limit-enforcement-lost-on-tag-import/7795)
**Author:** [@JGJohnson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JGJohnson)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 11:29am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/engineering-limit-enforcement-lost-on-tag-import/7795 "2026-08-10T11:29:25Z")
When working with UDTs if I export a UDT to csv format and then import that same file the engineering limits are retained but the engineering limit enforcement reverts to "None" for all items. It would be nice if that … --- ## [Remote Tag Provider subscriptions created by Tag References when source tag value never changes](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/remote-tag-provider-subscriptions-created-by-tag-references-when-source-tag-value-never-changes/116645)
**Author:** [@thidalgo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/thidalgo)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 11:17am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/remote-tag-provider-subscriptions-created-by-tag-references-when-source-tag-value-never-changes/116645 "2026-08-10T11:17:47Z")
Hi all, I'm trying to better understand how subscriptions work between gateways when using a Remote Tag Provider in Ignition 8.1. Let's assume the following architecture: Gateway A exposes tags through a Remote Tag P… --- ## [How to refresh or reload updated view.json changes in an Ignition project without restarting the Gateway?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-refresh-or-reload-updated-view-json-changes-in-an-ignition-project-without-restarting-the-gateway/116538)
**Author:** [@Prasanna](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Prasanna)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 10:00am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-refresh-or-reload-updated-view-json-changes-in-an-ignition-project-without-restarting-the-gateway/116538 "2026-08-10T10:00:02Z")
Hi Community, I am currently developing an AI chatbot within an Ignition project. The chatbot is able to read project view information from a view.json file stored on the local C drive and provide responses based on tha… --- ## [Perspective 8.3 Recipe queuing](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-8-3-recipe-queuing/116726)
**Author:** [@Arr](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Arr)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 9:23am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-8-3-recipe-queuing/116726 "2026-08-10T09:23:37Z")
Hi, In my SCADA system I have got a recipe with about 40 parameters. There is a functionality expected that operator can make a Recipe Queue. I thought of something like a table with 10 rows where user chooses in each r… --- ## [Technical Analysis of TimescaleDB Historian Throughput Bottleneck and Store-and-Forward Risk](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/technical-analysis-of-timescaledb-historian-throughput-bottleneck-and-store-and-forward-risk/116722)
**Author:** [@narimannejadm](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/narimannejadm)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 7:03am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/technical-analysis-of-timescaledb-historian-throughput-bottleneck-and-store-and-forward-risk/116722 "2026-08-10T07:03:51Z")
Problem Statement: Our current architecture involves 16,000 tags configured with “On Change” history logging. We are utilizing PostgreSQL with the TimescaleDB extension to optimize ingestion rates and minimize memory ov… --- ## [Script Datasource - Reading Tag Historian Query results in Reporting Module 6.1.25](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/script-datasource-reading-tag-historian-query-results-in-reporting-module-6-1-25/116242)
**Author:** [@ashraf.zainal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ashraf.zainal)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 6:49am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/script-datasource-reading-tag-historian-query-results-in-reporting-module-6-1-25/116242 "2026-08-10T06:49:02Z")
Ignition: 8.1.25 Reporting Module: 6.1.25 Historian: IgnitionDB01 (MSSQL) Setup: Tag Historian Query data key named ITLoad\_Start Tag paths added by dragging from IgnitionDB01 historian browser Script datasource name… --- ## [Powerchart search functionality in the tag browser](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/powerchart-search-functionality-in-the-tag-browser/116693)
**Author:** [@jayachandran.m](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jayachandran.m)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 6:25am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/powerchart-search-functionality-in-the-tag-browser/116693 "2026-08-10T06:25:13Z")
Hi, The default powerchart tag browser of perspective lacks the search functionality, is there any workaround to add search function. Thanks Jayachandran M --- ## [Alarm status not refreshing live over a proxied (2-hop) Remote Tag Provider Perspective 8.3](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-status-not-refreshing-live-over-a-proxied-2-hop-remote-tag-provider-perspective-8-3/116619)
**Author:** [@Anna\_Goldberg](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Anna_Goldberg)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 5:53am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-status-not-refreshing-live-over-a-proxied-2-hop-remote-tag-provider-perspective-8-3/116619 "2026-08-10T05:53:41Z")
Hey all, running into an issue on 8.3.x and hoping someone's seen this before. Setup: 3 gateways — a remote site gateway with the actual alarms, a central "backend" gateway with a direct Gateway Network connection to th… --- ## [SSO for Windows Perpective Workstation(Single-Sign-On)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sso-for-windows-perpective-workstation-single-sign-on/59491)
**Author:** [@tadeja.saje](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tadeja.saje)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2026, 12:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sso-for-windows-perpective-workstation-single-sign-on/59491 "2026-08-09T12:34:57Z")
Hello, we have computers that are joined in domain. In our windows 10 computers also runs different aplications that are logged with SSO.(ignition perspective 8.1.7) In gateway is set option: -SSO Enabled -Designer A… --- ## [Re login & break in trend after redundancy failover](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/re-login-break-in-trend-after-redundancy-failover/116718)
**Author:** [@Mohammed\_Afthab](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Mohammed_Afthab)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2026, 9:41am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/re-login-break-in-trend-after-redundancy-failover/116718 "2026-08-09T09:41:08Z")
We need to re login each time when ignition failover to its redundant pair any option to avoid that. Also we have a break in the trends, though the poll rate is higher than the failover time. [Previous page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?no_subcategories=false&page=14) [Next page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?no_subcategories=false&page=16)