# Ignition **URL:** https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?no_subcategories=false&page=727 [Latest](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/tags.md) **Page:** 728 --- ## [Best practices for off-line development](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-practices-for-off-line-development/67202)
**Author:** [@ltoscano](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ltoscano)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 12:59am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-practices-for-off-line-development/67202 "2022-12-27T00:59:45Z")
Hey Everyone, Still kinda new to Ignition and here's what I'm trying to determine. If I have an end user who has an Ignition system all set up and running, and we're adding a new PLC to their system with relevant PLC t… --- ## [Showing (BAD) for the tags on designer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/showing-bad-for-the-tags-on-designer/67977)
**Author:** [@Abdalsattar\_Almaroof](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Abdalsattar_Almaroof)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2022, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/showing-bad-for-the-tags-on-designer/67977 "2022-12-26T18:24:13Z")
I connect the PLC S7 1200 to the ignition but It can't read tags, and the designer tag value always showing (BAD), I made multiple changes on the OPC item path for many formats for example \[plc\_1\]IX0,\[plc\_1\]MX1, and \[P… --- ## [2FA, step by step](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/2fa-step-by-step/63257)
**Author:** [@ISEMAREN\_AAG](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ISEMAREN_AAG)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2022, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/2fa-step-by-step/63257 "2022-12-26T17:02:06Z")
Good morning. I’d like to set up 2FA on Ignition with an identity provider like OKTA. I have read the documentation but there is no step by step guide how to do it for 2FA. Can someone who has done it help me, please? … --- ## [Bar Chart- XY chart- x Axis Change from Time Axis to Labels](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bar-chart-xy-chart-x-axis-change-from-time-axis-to-labels/67980)
**Author:** [@Bharadwaj\_G](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Bharadwaj_G)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2022, 4:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bar-chart-xy-chart-x-axis-change-from-time-axis-to-labels/67980 "2022-12-26T16:37:59Z")
Hi, am looking solution to visualize in bar chart x Axis as Label and Y axis as Value. ex: Label: workShop, Paint Shop, Count:44, 80 tried with XY Chart in perspective and stuck to configure x Axis as Labels. can som… --- ## [SQL Query to check if data exists](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sql-query-to-check-if-data-exists/60326)
**Author:** [@csilk](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/csilk)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2022, 11:09am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sql-query-to-check-if-data-exists/60326 "2022-12-26T11:09:43Z")
I have a dropdown that is populated through a query and I have “custom options” enabled for the dropdown. Basically, I want to run a query that will check to see if the selected value, of the dropdown, exists in the dat… --- ## [How to Calculate total Runtime and StopTime from Timestamp in MSSQL](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-calculate-total-runtime-and-stoptime-from-timestamp-in-mssql/67873)
**Author:** [@Ganesh\_Shinde1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ganesh_Shinde1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2022, 7:04am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-calculate-total-runtime-and-stoptime-from-timestamp-in-mssql/67873 "2022-12-26T07:04:15Z")
Hi I Have a Status Tag of an Machine with values of Running, Idle, Downtime , these Tag's I am storing in MSSQL dB using Transaction group , Now I have to calculate the total time that the status is in running mode and … --- ## [Alarms.HighestUnackedPriority](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarms-highestunackedpriority/67962)
**Author:** [@Caleb\_Bohon](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Caleb_Bohon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarms-highestunackedpriority/67962 "2022-12-23T19:22:07Z")
In one of the updates to 8.0 or 8.1 the properties for alarm info on a tag changed. Thats kind of understandable, but the worst change was that Alarms.HighestUnackedPriority now is supposed to be an integer, but instead… --- ## [Dynamic report creation or merging of reports](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dynamic-report-creation-or-merging-of-reports/62066)
**Author:** [@Carla\_Ratto](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Carla_Ratto)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 3:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dynamic-report-creation-or-merging-of-reports/62066 "2022-12-23T15:27:17Z")
Hi, I created a generic report that displays the information for one machine, and I would like to instance it multiple times as I have several machines (but depending on the plant I’m working on, there can be different … --- ## [Problem with email notifications](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-with-email-notifications/67924)
**Author:** [@Michal\_Goralczyk](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Michal_Goralczyk)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 1:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-with-email-notifications/67924 "2022-12-23T13:49:43Z")
Hello, I have a problem with email notifications in ignition. I have email settings -\> SMTP Profile created and its work fine. I can send a test email. I created also alarm notification profiles: Unfortunatel… --- ## [How to change poll rates to Modbus devices?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-change-poll-rates-to-modbus-devices/67959)
**Author:** [@Pedro\_Guardone](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Pedro_Guardone)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 1:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-change-poll-rates-to-modbus-devices/67959 "2022-12-23T13:46:48Z")
Poll rate to modbus device appears to be 1 second, I need it to be slower, how can this be done? --- ## [Time zones in Perspective](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/time-zones-in-perspective/67957)
**Author:** [@Lautaro\_Cides](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Lautaro_Cides)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 1:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/time-zones-in-perspective/67957 "2022-12-23T13:42:32Z")
I have a problem here: on the same screen... how can I get the local time from my pc? I need to use this since the screen I am using could be opened in other countries. I have tried using system.date.now(). But it only… --- ## [Dropdown multi select](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dropdown-multi-select/67878)
**Author:** [@KEERTHANA\_HEMANTH](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/KEERTHANA_HEMANTH)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 4:58am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dropdown-multi-select/67878 "2022-12-23T04:58:26Z")
I have a dropdown list on a view in perspective created with multiselect enabled. Based on the user selection I need to log the selected options to my database. How can I proceed to do this. --- ## [Tables not retaining "selected data" property from designer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tables-not-retaining-selected-data-property-from-designer/67930)
**Author:** [@will.glancy](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/will.glancy)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 4:26am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tables-not-retaining-selected-data-property-from-designer/67930 "2022-12-23T04:26:15Z")
just updated to ignition version 8.1.22 and i've noticed that some of my components in perspective aren't loading properly because it cannot find the bindings. in previous versions, if you were in designer and selected … --- ## [Blank Emailed Report](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/blank-emailed-report/67866)
**Author:** [@G\_S\_I](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/G_S_I)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 2:33am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/blank-emailed-report/67866 "2022-12-23T02:33:35Z")
I am working with an existing report. I configured an Email action and report gets emailed fine with all the data on it. I tried doing two Run Script actions and the reports gets emailed but with no data. They appear jus… --- ## [Out of Memory Error And what is heap size?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/out-of-memory-error-and-what-is-heap-size/67923)
**Author:** [@kyungjun\_kim](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kyungjun_kim)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 11:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/out-of-memory-error-and-what-is-heap-size/67923 "2022-12-22T23:09:04Z")
Hello. While I was using the VISION project and doing CSV export, Out of Memory occurred. (Data exports one day's worth of data every second.) I changed heap size it to 8192M through Designer Launcher -\> Manage, but t… --- ## [I cant seem to get mounted folders to work?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/i-cant-seem-to-get-mounted-folders-to-work/67894)
**Author:** [@IgnitionNewbie](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/IgnitionNewbie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 7:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/i-cant-seem-to-get-mounted-folders-to-work/67894 "2022-12-22T19:50:19Z")
So this company is using a shared network drive to organize all its files , I dont know if this is contributing to any of my issues or not but i figured id mention it If i make a file resource of an image itself in a fo… --- ## [Limit Perspective Sessions/Pages](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/limit-perspective-sessions-pages/67888)
**Author:** [@Nikolai\_Wolterstorff](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Nikolai_Wolterstorff)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 7:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/limit-perspective-sessions-pages/67888 "2022-12-22T19:37:49Z")
Is there a way for Ignition to internally limit & reject Sessions and/or Pages? During some benchmarking there were enough pages open that it crashed the gateway, and then went into a cyclic cycle of restarting, trying t… --- ## [Gateway Messages with inherited projects](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-messages-with-inherited-projects/35404)
**Author:** [@thijs1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/thijs1)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 7:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-messages-with-inherited-projects/35404 "2022-12-22T19:11:41Z")
Hi, I'm trying to send a message to a Gateway Message Handler defined on the parent project. When defining the message handler on the client project, it works ok : system.util.sendRequest("Childproject", "test", {"da… --- ## [Perspective Table Changing display order of columns having bindings](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-table-changing-display-order-of-columns-having-bindings/67927)
**Author:** [@francois.morin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/francois.morin)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 6:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-table-changing-display-order-of-columns-having-bindings/67927 "2022-12-22T18:41:43Z")
Is there a way to simply change the order of columns in a perspective table having header translate() expression on each columns. Currently, If I add or delete a column, all the bindings are offset. This is caused by t… --- ## [System.date.format() returns wrong calendar week](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-date-format-returns-wrong-calendar-week/67828)
**Author:** [@henning.e.heine](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/henning.e.heine)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-date-format-returns-wrong-calendar-week/67828 "2022-12-22T14:48:35Z")
Hi there, i am calculating the calendar week from a timestamp in a property transform script. The script is not returning what I would expect. Here is the code: timestamp = 1671540467576 date = system.date.fromMillis(… --- ## [Accessing g\[Attributes Style\] Property](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/accessing-g-attributes-style-property/42924)
**Author:** [@james.beeley](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/james.beeley)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 2:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/accessing-g-attributes-style-property/42924 "2022-12-22T14:01:46Z")
In the designer, I want a simple gauge to have a red value. I’ve placed a simple gauge, and given it a red fill style parameter. In the external debugger, I see that fill is being overridden by a fill parameter in g\[Att… --- ## [system.tag.writeBlocking result - result of write or tag quality?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-writeblocking-result-result-of-write-or-tag-quality/67906)
**Author:** [@Alysse](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Alysse)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 1:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-writeblocking-result-result-of-write-or-tag-quality/67906 "2022-12-22T13:33:57Z")
Is the QualityCode result of system.tag.writeBlocking() the result of the write (i.e. Good = the tag was successfully written to) or is it the quality of the tag at the time of writing? --- ## [Enable / disable a data type tag according to a datatype parameter](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/enable-disable-a-data-type-tag-according-to-a-datatype-parameter/31754)
**Author:** [@lachguerabdallah](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lachguerabdallah)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 5:21am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/enable-disable-a-data-type-tag-according-to-a-datatype-parameter/31754 "2022-12-22T05:21:21Z")
hello, How can I enable / disable a data type tag according to a datatype parameter? for example if my\_parameter = 1 deactivate tag\_A. if my\_parameter = 2 deactivate tag\_A and tag\_B Thanks a lot --- ## [Tree component styled differently in Designer vs Perspective Session](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tree-component-styled-differently-in-designer-vs-perspective-session/67854)
**Author:** [@Jacob\_Barlow](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jacob_Barlow)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 1:03am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tree-component-styled-differently-in-designer-vs-perspective-session/67854 "2022-12-22T01:03:51Z")
Hey all, quick question regarding why a component would look different in designer vs in perspective. The tree component looks like this, with correctly inverted colors in designer: And then in the perspective sessio… --- ## [How do you make a very large map transform? (17K options)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-do-you-make-a-very-large-map-transform-17k-options/67851)
**Author:** [@Davis\_Hatrel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Davis_Hatrel)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2022, 10:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-do-you-make-a-very-large-map-transform-17k-options/67851 "2022-12-21T22:14:19Z")
I am trying to display the SPN (fault code standard for CAT engines) description in my project given the SPN number. Usually I would use a map transform on a binding to do something like this, but in this case there are … --- ## [How does drvid in sqlth\_partitions relate to scid and to entries in sqlth\_te?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-does-drvid-in-sqlth-partitions-relate-to-scid-and-to-entries-in-sqlth-te/23840)
**Author:** [@mpderbec](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mpderbec)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2022, 9:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-does-drvid-in-sqlth-partitions-relate-to-scid-and-to-entries-in-sqlth-te/23840 "2022-12-21T21:44:11Z")
I’m trying to figure out if my SQL queries should care about the drvid that is in the sqlth\_partitions table. I need to go from an entry in sqlth\_te to a query against a historical data table (e.g., sqlt\_data\_1\_2019\_04). … --- ## [Ignition VoIP SIP Trunk issue](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-voip-sip-trunk-issue/67880)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Giske](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Richard_Giske)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2022, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-voip-sip-trunk-issue/67880 "2022-12-21T18:26:08Z")
Hi, Got an issue, where me and the IT department is struggeling. Have set up a VoIP Notification, but keep getting an error and unable to get connected. After some research, it seems Ignition is sending the initial co… --- ## [Binding a Drop Down List from Custom Object in root Container in Perspective](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/binding-a-drop-down-list-from-custom-object-in-root-container-in-perspective/67881)
**Author:** [@soundwavesct](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/soundwavesct)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2022, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/binding-a-drop-down-list-from-custom-object-in-root-container-in-perspective/67881 "2022-12-21T18:20:54Z")
I am calling a REST API to populate a dataset that is stored in the root container of my Perspective Page (Custom property named response). I want to bind my drop down list (value and label) based on this data with is i… --- ## [How to set focus in perspective](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-set-focus-in-perspective/46006)
**Author:** [@NII](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/NII)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2022, 6:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-set-focus-in-perspective/46006 "2022-12-21T18:15:09Z")
I have a pop-up view in perspective that contains some labels, buttons and a textfield. I’d like to set the focus to the textfield when the pop-up opens, how can I do this? --- ## [Writing to Client Tags from scripts](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/writing-to-client-tags-from-scripts/67817)
**Author:** [@PRAMANJ](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/PRAMANJ)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2022, 5:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/writing-to-client-tags-from-scripts/67817 "2022-12-21T17:49:32Z")
I presume to write to client tags from scripts the same scripting function holds good system.tag.writeAsync(path, 0) where path the is \[client\]path for the tag and also hope these client tags used to store properties t… [Previous page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?no_subcategories=false&page=726) [Next page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?no_subcategories=false&page=728)