# Ignition **URL:** https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?no_subcategories=false&page=150 [Latest](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/tags.md) **Page:** 151 --- ## [Template Repeating](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/template-repeating/109952)
**Author:** [@carter.doud](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/carter.doud)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2025, 10:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/template-repeating/109952 "2025-08-19T22:40:17Z")
Hi, I posted a bit ago about a timer program I was making. I realized it would make much more sense to use templates and template repeaters. The project is 100 different timers that get started with a barcode event. Rig… --- ## [Creating an expression tag which calls a gateway message handler?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/creating-an-expression-tag-which-calls-a-gateway-message-handler/109922)
**Author:** [@dom.dynamic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dom.dynamic)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2025, 9:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/creating-an-expression-tag-which-calls-a-gateway-message-handler/109922 "2025-08-19T21:18:45Z")
Is it possible to create an expression tag that can call a gateway message handler? I have a gateway message handler that writes a command to an IEC61850 tag to an IED. Currently, I am using a button in Vision with syst… --- ## [Perspective component's path](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-components-path/109958)
**Author:** [@praneeth.panjam](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/praneeth.panjam)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2025, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-components-path/109958 "2025-08-19T20:20:41Z")
Could someone confirm if I am doing this path correctly. \*\*FlexContainer/Big/A/parameters/Feeder Section/Feeder1SpeedField Big,A,parameters,Feeder Section - Flex Containers\*\* --- ## [Issue with configure events](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/issue-with-configure-events/109955)
**Author:** [@praneeth.panjam](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/praneeth.panjam)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2025, 5:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/issue-with-configure-events/109955 "2025-08-19T17:23:23Z")
I am trying to set up a button to save my data but the button is not working. Even the simple script is not showing the output in console when I click the button in browser (Live mode).could someone please help ot sa… --- ## [Conecting to a Woodward governor device (easYgen)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/conecting-to-a-woodward-governor-device-easygen/109949)
**Author:** [@crisdleon19](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/crisdleon19)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2025, 4:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/conecting-to-a-woodward-governor-device-easygen/109949 "2025-08-19T16:25:00Z")
I’m integrating many generators, some connected through Deepsea some through Woodward governor, for some reason all the Woodwards stays at connecting while the Deepsea one works without issue. My biggest issue is that t… --- ## [Database size using historian](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/database-size-using-historian/58713)
**Author:** [@craigb](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/craigb)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/database-size-using-historian/58713 "2025-08-19T16:09:44Z")
How do you guys/girls handle databases and purging when logging lots of values ? Most of my data comes in over MQTT based on value changed so I can be getting messages every few seconds. Some of that data is just displa… --- ## [Recording Session Logins](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/recording-session-logins/109909)
**Author:** [@Jack\_Nawiesniak](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jack_Nawiesniak)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2025, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/recording-session-logins/109909 "2025-08-19T14:31:02Z")
Hello all! This is my first post. I’m happy to be a part of this community. I’m trying to do something I expect is very common, but I’m spinning my wheels a little bit. I am using Ignition perspective in v8.1.48 and the… --- ## [Vision clients and Designer close when connecting via RDP (same user, same session)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-clients-and-designer-close-when-connecting-via-rdp-same-user-same-session/107922)
**Author:** [@klpe](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/klpe)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2025, 12:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-clients-and-designer-close-when-connecting-via-rdp-same-user-same-session/107922 "2025-08-19T12:23:22Z")
I'm running Ignition (version 8.1.47) on a Windows machine where both the Vision Client and the Designer Client are used locally. When connecting to the same machine via RDP (Remote Desktop), using the same Windows user… --- ## [Is Ignition 7.9 still in LTS?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-ignition-7-9-still-in-lts/94651)
**Author:** [@JamesPD](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JamesPD)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2025, 12:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-ignition-7-9-still-in-lts/94651 "2025-08-19T12:21:36Z")
According to inductiveautomation.com/blog/the-future-of-ignition-79-lts-and-eol-plans, 7.9 EOL was June 2024; however, Vertech states that 7.9 LTS extends into 2025, and the installers for 7.9.21 are still downloadable. … --- ## [Perspective Power Chart, discrete tags and compression](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-power-chart-discrete-tags-and-compression/109912)
**Author:** [@\_kje](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/_kje)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2025, 10:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-power-chart-discrete-tags-and-compression/109912 "2025-08-18T22:49:18Z")
I run into this problem frequently on the Perspective PowerChart with trended discrete tags that do not change values very often (such as setpoints and booleans) where if the time range is set too high and the point coun… --- ## [system.iec61850.getControlParams doesn't work](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-iec61850-getcontrolparams-doesnt-work/101653)
**Author:** [@Diego\_Mejia](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Diego_Mejia)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2025, 3:55am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-iec61850-getcontrolparams-doesnt-work/101653 "2025-08-19T03:55:13Z")
Hello, I have a IEC61850 device and i try to operate comands. First i did a try in script console the fuction system.iec61850.getControlParams("rele") and i have this error then i do another try with system.opc.brows… --- ## [Confusion on alarm\_events Table Structure and Querying for Alarm Statistics (Ignition 8.1.45)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/confusion-on-alarm-events-table-structure-and-querying-for-alarm-statistics-ignition-8-1-45/109917)
**Author:** [@Lina\_Su](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Lina_Su)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2025, 3:01am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/confusion-on-alarm-events-table-structure-and-querying-for-alarm-statistics-ignition-8-1-45/109917 "2025-08-19T03:01:14Z")
I’m trying to use SQL queries to gather statistics from the alarm\_events table, such as the number of occurrences and duration for certain alarm types. However, I’m running into confusion regarding the structure of this … --- ## [Pass authentication challenge data to alarm display path in perspective](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pass-authentication-challenge-data-to-alarm-display-path-in-perspective/109914)
**Author:** [@Kishan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kishan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2025, 1:07am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pass-authentication-challenge-data-to-alarm-display-path-in-perspective/109914 "2025-08-19T01:07:42Z")
I am trying to record which user is passed the authentication challenge in an alarm journal table. Basically saying “User X changed system to Auto”. I have the authentication challenge working. I have the alarm working. … --- ## [How to transform a component inside of a vision template](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-transform-a-component-inside-of-a-vision-template/80122)
**Author:** [@justinedwards.jle](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/justinedwards.jle)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2025, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-transform-a-component-inside-of-a-vision-template/80122 "2025-08-15T18:11:26Z")
I have a button in a template, and I want to resize it to a perfect square at runtime regardless of how the template has been sized. To develop this, I have a Multi-State button inside a test template, and a test button… --- ## [Menu Tree opens URL on new tab](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/menu-tree-opens-url-on-new-tab/59531)
**Author:** [@Dean\_Walsh](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Dean_Walsh)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2025, 10:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/menu-tree-opens-url-on-new-tab/59531 "2025-08-18T22:40:19Z")
Hello, I am using a menu tree to switch between projects on the same gateway by setting the target url but the problem is it opens on a new tab, is there a way to have it just redirect the same tab, horizontal menu does … --- ## [TLS SNI and Version Incorrect from Gateway on Ignition 8.1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tls-sni-and-version-incorrect-from-gateway-on-ignition-8-1/109905)
**Author:** [@19tb21](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/19tb21)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2025, 10:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tls-sni-and-version-incorrect-from-gateway-on-ignition-8-1/109905 "2025-08-18T22:28:46Z")
I am having a strange issue with system.net.HTTP calls to an api endpoint. It works from console in designer on my windows machine but fails from gateway script context. The root cause appears to be that during TLS neg… --- ## [Transaction Group History and Logging](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/transaction-group-history-and-logging/78918)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Jensen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Earl_Jensen)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2025, 10:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/transaction-group-history-and-logging/78918 "2025-08-18T22:14:31Z")
Is there any sort of logging when Transaction Groups are triggered, like what is provided/sent and what response is received, errors, etc.? I have a nuisance Transaction where we are calling a mssql stored procedure tha… --- ## [Where are the Acknowledge Notes Stored?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/where-are-the-acknowledge-notes-stored/109899)
**Author:** [@raees.khan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/raees.khan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/where-are-the-acknowledge-notes-stored/109899 "2025-08-18T18:59:01Z")
Good Day, IA Community: I want to know where are the acknowledgement alarm notes stored? I need to retrieve them for a report I am currently constructing? Would it be possible to access them via name queries which I can… --- ## [Database Connection Cassandra](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/database-connection-cassandra/109898)
**Author:** [@kennethandrad](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kennethandrad)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2025, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/database-connection-cassandra/109898 "2025-08-18T18:29:18Z")
Hi. Is there a way to connect to my Cassandra server from Ignition and store tag data or similar, in order to build a big data system using NoSQL? Maybe through a script or something like that? --- ## [\[Feature-7306\]Schemas not showing in Query Browser for Oracle DB](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-7306-schemas-not-showing-in-query-browser-for-oracle-db/43487)
**Author:** [@robert.buckler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/robert.buckler)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-7306-schemas-not-showing-in-query-browser-for-oracle-db/43487 "2025-08-18T16:29:41Z")
Very new to Ignition and my current admin role in general. I have successfully connected to a couple of our company databases and am able to view all of the schemas in the Query Browser. I recently connected to one of ou… --- ## [Write to remote tag provider BUG?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/write-to-remote-tag-provider-bug/109866)
**Author:** [@David\_Lopez](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/David_Lopez)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2025, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/write-to-remote-tag-provider-bug/109866 "2025-08-18T15:58:53Z")
Hello! I’m trying to write to a remote tag provider using a button onActionPerformed script. configuration = self.view.custom.configuration #Write into memory tag paths = \['\[default\]configuration','\[default\_bkp\]confi… --- ## [Tag browse function using UDT child tag](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-browse-function-using-udt-child-tag/109878)
**Author:** [@mario.lopez](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mario.lopez)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2025, 2:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-browse-function-using-udt-child-tag/109878 "2025-08-18T14:04:36Z")
I am using the system.tag.browse to search recursively a specific UDT instances in my tag directory. The UDT I want to find has a memory tag defined with a string value. I would like to use the browse function to get the… --- ## [Using OPC-UA Historical Access in Ignition scripting](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-opc-ua-historical-access-in-ignition-scripting/86940)
**Author:** [@Dan\_Lozie](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Dan_Lozie)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2025, 1:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-opc-ua-historical-access-in-ignition-scripting/86940 "2025-08-18T13:53:12Z")
I'm looking for a way to use OPC-UA Historical Access from Ignition to pull historical data from a third party HA enabled OPC-UA server. I know this is possible from other clients, but I can't seem to find a way to do i… --- ## [Ignition Perspective – Zooming Flex View Without Scrollbars](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-perspective-zooming-flex-view-without-scrollbars/109849)
**Author:** [@TechEnlive](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/TechEnlive)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2025, 9:37am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-perspective-zooming-flex-view-without-scrollbars/109849 "2025-08-18T09:37:27Z")
Hi, I have a Flex root view in Ignition Perspective that contains three Coordinate Containers. The design screen size is 1600×800. Issue: On a laptop screen (smaller than 1600px width), both horizontal and vertical… --- ## [Data Pruning Question](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/data-pruning-question/89837)
**Author:** [@Pico\_Sankari](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Pico_Sankari)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2025, 9:30am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/data-pruning-question/89837 "2025-08-18T09:30:48Z")
Does having data pruning enabled effect data on a database that is not from historized tags? This would be tables coming from transaction groups and SQL queries. --- ## [Siemens s7-300 string address syntax](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-s7-300-string-address-syntax/109735)
**Author:** [@Madas\_Oke](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Madas_Oke)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2025, 8:54am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-s7-300-string-address-syntax/109735 "2025-08-18T08:54:35Z")
'm trying to retrieve HMI data with the STRING tag via a Siemens S7-300 PLC with OPC UA.. In HMI source TIA Portal, DB41.DBX90.0 is for inputting product name. In Simatic Manager, DB41.DBX90.0 is a string\[18\]. Ig… --- ## [Snowflake JDBC driver compatibility with 8.1.37](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/snowflake-jdbc-driver-compatibility-with-8-1-37/109862)
**Author:** [@wfiller](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/wfiller)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2025, 10:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/snowflake-jdbc-driver-compatibility-with-8-1-37/109862 "2025-08-17T22:04:33Z")
My company is still using 8.1.37. I know tsk tsk. We have downloaded 8.3 beta and are planning to migrate but before November I need to update our Snowflake database connection. We are currently using snowflake-jdbc-3… --- ## [Connecting: determining protocol](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connecting-determining-protocol/109851)
**Author:** [@crisdleon19](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/crisdleon19)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connecting-determining-protocol/109851 "2025-08-17T17:29:27Z")
i have an issue with a micrologix 1100 where it never connects an just shows that message any recommendation? --- ## [How to trigger a stylesheet animation on click](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-trigger-a-stylesheet-animation-on-click/109855)
**Author:** [@Aiasa21](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Aiasa21)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2025, 12:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-trigger-a-stylesheet-animation-on-click/109855 "2025-08-17T12:12:01Z")
Good morning everyone, I’m experimenting with stylesheets and I’d like to ask what’s the best solution to manage an animation that runs only for a specific amount of time once I click on an icon. For example, at the mo… --- ## [Gradient Tool Values for binding/expression purposes](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gradient-tool-values-for-binding-expression-purposes/80859)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Minuth](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Mark_Minuth)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2025, 7:48am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gradient-tool-values-for-binding-expression-purposes/80859 "2025-08-17T07:48:34Z")
Is it possible to access the actual positions you set the linear gradient tool to to use with bindings or expressions or scripting? Specifically, they're called the "Linear fill gradient start location" and "Linear fill … [Previous page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?no_subcategories=false&page=149) [Next page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?no_subcategories=false&page=151)