# Ignition

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## [Ignition 8 on EPIC PR2 not starting after FW update](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-on-epic-pr2-not-starting-after-fw-update/114514)

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**Author:** [@james.r.talich](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/james.r.talich)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2026, 4:00am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-on-epic-pr2-not-starting-after-fw-update/114514 "2026-03-17T04:00:33Z")

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Trying to work with LDAP, I lost ability to open Ignition from my EPIC system (See previous post: “LDAP log into ignition, lost privileges”). I decided to reinstall the EPIC system firmware as first step to restore. Ho…

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## [Why doesn’t the component show the tag name in my inherited Ignition project, while it works in another project?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/why-doesn-t-the-component-show-the-tag-name-in-my-inherited-ignition-project-while-it-works-in-another-project/114512)

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**Author:** [@hanzazk81](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/hanzazk81)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2026, 3:55am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/why-doesn-t-the-component-show-the-tag-name-in-my-inherited-ignition-project-while-it-works-in-another-project/114512 "2026-03-17T03:55:50Z")

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I have a parent project, and I created a new project inherited from it to learn the protocol and workflow. When I drop a component and link it to a tag, the name doesn’t appear. In another project that I’m using to learn…

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## [LDAP log into ignition, lost privileges](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ldap-log-into-ignition-lost-privileges/114475)

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**Author:** [@james.r.talich](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/james.r.talich)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2026, 3:46am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ldap-log-into-ignition-lost-privileges/114475 "2026-03-17T03:46:06Z")

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I have Ignition 8 installed on an OPTO22 EPIC PR2 and have been working to implement LDAP. I have gotten it to work with the Designer and Client. However, when I went back to login to Ignition for Administrative functi…

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## [Tag clamp mode not working](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-clamp-mode-not-working/114497)

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**Author:** [@miketob](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/miketob)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2026, 3:26am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-clamp-mode-not-working/114497 "2026-03-17T03:26:01Z")

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I have a tag that its values are normally in the range of 0 to 5 kg/cm2, but sometimes, when there is a problem with the sensor it goes to 83. This tag is being historized and graphed (its the orange pen): Since some…

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## [Difference in execution time between gwcmd in user space vs service space](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/difference-in-execution-time-between-gwcmd-in-user-space-vs-service-space/114509)

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**Author:** [@Leor\_Fishman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Leor_Fishman)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2026, 10:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/difference-in-execution-time-between-gwcmd-in-user-space-vs-service-space/114509 "2026-03-16T22:52:45Z")

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I’m noticing something very odd, where gwcmd -b in userspace (windows terminal, run as admin) on a machine takes ~3m, but running the exact same command from a windows service takes 6+m. any idea where to look for logs/…

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## [Different tag definitions for each deployment mode](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/different-tag-definitions-for-each-deployment-mode/114498)

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**Author:** [@dmcwilliam](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dmcwilliam)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2026, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/different-tag-definitions-for-each-deployment-mode/114498 "2026-03-16T22:24:50Z")

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I wrote a comment here last week, but it seems it may have been lost in that old thread. I am wondering what options there are available to have different tag definitions on each deployment mode. Basically we would hav…

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## [Using CSS class to animate individual elements from the drawing object](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-css-class-to-animate-individual-elements-from-the-drawing-object/114393)

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**Author:** [@Duckster](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Duckster)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2026, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-css-class-to-animate-individual-elements-from-the-drawing-object/114393 "2026-03-16T20:49:29Z")

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I am trying to style individual elements in my pump drawing and when I add the style to the object itself it applies to all elements but when I add the style to on specific element it does not work. Below is my current s…

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## [Kepware OPC UA Client Timeout](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/kepware-opc-ua-client-timeout/35039)

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**Author:** [@WMars](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/WMars)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2026, 8:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/kepware-opc-ua-client-timeout/35039 "2026-03-16T20:43:16Z")

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Hi, we are trying to connect Ignition V8 (8.0.12) to KEPServerEX 6 (V6.8). In this evironment Ignition is the OPC UA Server and Kepware will be the OPC UA Client. In Kepware we have created an OPC UA Client device which…

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## [MQTT Settings Gateway Webpage Not Working](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mqtt-settings-gateway-webpage-not-working/114507)

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**Author:** [@wenjing.deng](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/wenjing.deng)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2026, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mqtt-settings-gateway-webpage-not-working/114507 "2026-03-16T18:49:24Z")

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Hello, we have an MQTT engine 5.0.1 on an ignition gateway 8.3. We are using source control and after switching branches where the MQTT config doesn’t change, we are having an issue where the gateway webpage stops displa…

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## [\[IGN-15716\]Possible bug with system.util.audit in Edge](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-15716-possible-bug-with-system-util-audit-in-edge/114472)

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**Author:** [@michael.flagler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michael.flagler)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2026, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-15716-possible-bug-with-system-util-audit-in-edge/114472 "2026-03-16T17:43:01Z")

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I'm running Ignition Edge 8.1 52 currently and run into the following problem. When calling system.util.audit in Vision without specifying the auditProfile, it will error out: ValueError: No audit profile specified or f…

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## [Ignition scripting function for component creation](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-scripting-function-for-component-creation/104700)

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**Author:** [@Leor\_Fishman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Leor_Fishman)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2026, 5:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-scripting-function-for-component-creation/104700 "2026-03-16T17:34:17Z")

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Is there a system function to create a component in a window with a parameter dict in vision?

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## [Siemens Enhanced driver extremely slow](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-enhanced-driver-extremely-slow/114494)

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**Author:** [@Robbe\_Meyvis](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Robbe_Meyvis)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2026, 5:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-enhanced-driver-extremely-slow/114494 "2026-03-16T17:28:08Z")

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I’m using the Siemens Enhanced driver with Ignition Edge 8.3.4, but it’s extremely slow. It can take up to 10 seconds to see a tag changing. Below my setup: To try to get it a bit more useable, I troed changing …

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## [Disable devices in Gateway Startup Script (v8.3.0)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disable-devices-in-gateway-startup-script-v8-3-0/111599)

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**Author:** [@cbanzet](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cbanzet)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2026, 2:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disable-devices-in-gateway-startup-script-v8-3-0/111599 "2026-03-16T14:53:33Z")

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I have glanced through many Gateway startup script questions, some of which don't even have answers, so I'm guessing the community is tired of looking at them, but here's mine. I recently upgraded to v8.3, but I doubt t…

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## [Request for "auto-draw" feature in Ignition](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/request-for-auto-draw-feature-in-ignition/114337)

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**Author:** [@bfox](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bfox)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2026, 2:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/request-for-auto-draw-feature-in-ignition/114337 "2026-03-16T14:12:22Z")

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Hello, my company works heavily with conveyors, and we use Ignition to create most of our HMIs. Currently, we utilize 3D renderings of these conveyors as an underlay image that we then draw objects over-top within Igniti…

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## [Power Chart not showing loss of connection to Remote Tag Provider](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-chart-not-showing-loss-of-connection-to-remote-tag-provider/114483)

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**Author:** [@jimin.mathew](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jimin.mathew)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2026, 2:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-chart-not-showing-loss-of-connection-to-remote-tag-provider/114483 "2026-03-16T14:06:45Z")

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Hi everyone, I’m currently troubleshooting a behavior in a distributed Ignition architecture and want to see if there’s a way for handling the powerchart when a data source goes offline. The Setup: Central Gateway: …

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## [Add color picker in Table vision](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/add-color-picker-in-table-vision/114499)

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**Author:** [@Raphael](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Raphael)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2026, 1:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/add-color-picker-in-table-vision/114499 "2026-03-16T13:12:18Z")

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I need to display a specific message in a Vision view depending on an integer tag from my PLC. I created a dataset tag containing the message, background color, and foreground color for the label. To allow updates with…

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## [Vision Client Redundancy in Ignition 8.3](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-client-redundancy-in-ignition-8-3/114482)

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**Author:** [@jeff.liew](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jeff.liew)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2026, 1:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-client-redundancy-in-ignition-8-3/114482 "2026-03-16T13:05:15Z")

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I recently upgraded the Ignition Gateway, Designer Launcher, and Vision Client Launcher from version 8.1 to 8.3.4 The upgrade was performed by running the installer directly on the device without removing the old version…

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## [Not able to resize popups](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/not-able-to-resize-popups/111670)

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**Author:** [@daniel.arvik](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/daniel.arvik)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2026, 9:41am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/not-able-to-resize-popups/111670 "2026-03-16T09:41:31Z")

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Hi, I’m having an issue with resizing popups. When dragging any corner or edge the window size goes really small and I’m not able to adjust it at all.

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## [Modbus Float Polling](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modbus-float-polling/114495)

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**Author:** [@Ryan\_Shaw](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ryan_Shaw)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 15, 2026, 9:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modbus-float-polling/114495 "2026-03-15T21:43:58Z")

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Hi all. I am studying how Modbus TCP protocol works in Ignition using a Codesys Control Win V3 SoftPLC as a PLC emulator. In the PLC, I created a union for my float types as this was the only way I found I was able to …

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## [Open-source CLI for the Ignition 8.3 REST API — ignition-cli](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/open-source-cli-for-the-ignition-8-3-rest-api-ignition-cli/113881)

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**Author:** [@florian](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/florian)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [March 15, 2026, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/open-source-cli-for-the-ignition-8-3-rest-api-ignition-cli/113881 "2026-03-15T15:47:16Z")

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Hey everyone, With Ignition 8.3 shipping a full REST API, I wanted a proper CLI tool for the operations I kept doing through the web UI or curl scripts. Nothing like that existed, so I built ignition-cli; an open-source…

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## [Ctrl-z, ctrl-y in preview mode](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ctrl-z-ctrl-y-in-preview-mode/114492)

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**Author:** [@justinedwards.jle](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/justinedwards.jle)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 15, 2026, 1:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ctrl-z-ctrl-y-in-preview-mode/114492 "2026-03-15T13:46:39Z")

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I am developing a ctrl-z and ctrl-y functionality for a user form, and I noticed that pressing these buttons in the designer performs the designer action even when in preview mode. I'm not sure I would classify this as a…

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## [Move scroll bar in perspective table to the location of selected row](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/move-scroll-bar-in-perspective-table-to-the-location-of-selected-row/51452)

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**Author:** [@pkhoshroo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pkhoshroo)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2026, 5:50am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/move-scroll-bar-in-perspective-table-to-the-location-of-selected-row/51452 "2026-03-14T05:50:18Z")

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Hello everyone, When I change the “SelectedRow” in the perspective table component, the scroll bar does not move to the selected row location. Below is the video. Any idea how this can be fixed? Thank you!

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## [\[IGN-15475\] Unable to save changes to Gateway config](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-15475-unable-to-save-changes-to-gateway-config/113070)

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**Author:** [@Thorbjorn\_Knudsen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Thorbjorn_Knudsen)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2026, 6:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-15475-unable-to-save-changes-to-gateway-config/113070 "2026-03-13T18:15:14Z")

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As you can see in the title of the topic, the gateway settings “save changes“ is greyed out even if I try to change something in on the page. This is an backup from 8.1.51 to 8.3.2, cannot change anything about the back…

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## [MS365 Exchange Online SMTP OATH2 Error 501 5.5.4 Invalid Domain Name](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ms365-exchange-online-smtp-oath2-error-501-5-5-4-invalid-domain-name/94199)

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**Author:** [@Johnnie\_McCord](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Johnnie_McCord)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2026, 5:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ms365-exchange-online-smtp-oath2-error-501-5-5-4-invalid-domain-name/94199 "2026-03-13T17:23:10Z")

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Hello all, I am trying to set up email notifications using MS365/Exchange Online modern Auth (OAuth SMTP). I have followed this guide on configuring the application on the Entra/Exchange side of things: Authenticate an…

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## [Removing Outer Border on Embedded View](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/removing-outer-border-on-embedded-view/114486)

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**Author:** [@TechEnlive](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/TechEnlive)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2026, 4:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/removing-outer-border-on-embedded-view/114486 "2026-03-13T16:09:32Z")

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Hi Team, I’m trying to remove the outer border on an embedded view. I’ve already set borderStyle to hidden and none, but it doesn’t seem to work. Could you advise on the correct way to remove it? Thanks in advance.

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## [Tags Ignore Audit Log](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tags-ignore-audit-log/32316)

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**Author:** [@jlandwerlen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jlandwerlen)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2026, 3:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tags-ignore-audit-log/32316 "2026-03-13T15:17:48Z")

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Is there a way to have a tag ignore the audit log? I have some UDTs with memory tags, these tag values are changed via scripting. Whenever the tag values change the audit profile will see it and insert in SQL. I would…

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## [Designer won't start](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-wont-start/114485)

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**Author:** [@Ryan\_Deardorff](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ryan_Deardorff)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2026, 2:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-wont-start/114485 "2026-03-13T14:09:07Z")

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I had several Designers open when I left last night, and overnight my machine installed updates and rebooted. When I tried to open a Designer, it got stuck loading Perspective: I killed the process, closed the Launc…

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## [Imported tags from 7.9 don't match the tags shown in 8.1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/imported-tags-from-7-9-dont-match-the-tags-shown-in-8-1/114033)

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**Author:** [@rick.walters](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rick.walters)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2026, 1:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/imported-tags-from-7-9-dont-match-the-tags-shown-in-8-1/114033 "2026-03-13T13:46:56Z")

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I am doing some gateway migrations from 7.9.21 to 8.1.52. I exported the project and the tags from 7.9 and imported it all into 8.1. The screens and display values look good except that I have properties missing in the…

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## [Cannot uninstall Ignition 8.3.3 on Linux machine](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cannot-uninstall-ignition-8-3-3-on-linux-machine/114480)

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**Author:** [@martin.bruck](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/martin.bruck)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2026, 11:46am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cannot-uninstall-ignition-8-3-3-on-linux-machine/114480 "2026-03-13T11:46:06Z")

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Hi, I did a test installation of Ignition 8.3.3 on an Ubuntu 24.04 server. Now I want to uninstall the software and followed the manual Linux - Install | Ignition User Manual ./uninstall and Uninstall.run are not workin…

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## [Sub-columns / Grouped Column Headers in Perspective Table Component](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sub-columns-grouped-column-headers-in-perspective-table-component/114478)

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**Author:** [@Gokul\_M](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Gokul_M)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2026, 8:53am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sub-columns-grouped-column-headers-in-perspective-table-component/114478 "2026-03-13T08:53:28Z")

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Hi everyone, Is there a way to add grouped/sub-column headers in the Perspective Table component? Where multiple columns sit under a single parent header with a colored top border, like in the screenshot below.

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