# Ignition

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## [Frequent Gateway Disconnection in Android Perspective App](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/frequent-gateway-disconnection-in-android-perspective-app/63134)

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**Author:** [@abcruz](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/abcruz)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 20, 2022, 1:43am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/frequent-gateway-disconnection-in-android-perspective-app/63134 "2022-08-20T01:43:58Z")

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Hello, our android tablets (Samsung S2 with android version 7 and Samsung tab S16 with android version 12) are encountering frequent disconnection from our gateway server that we need to turn off and on our WiFi connecti…

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## [Onload scripting for each window](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/onload-scripting-for-each-window/4065)

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**Author:** [@ecujak](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ecujak)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [August 20, 2022, 12:08am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/onload-scripting-for-each-window/4065 "2022-08-20T00:08:00Z")

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How do I run scripts when a window loads? Is there an "onload" event?

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## [Alarms - AnyChange Mode](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarms-anychange-mode/62916)

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**Author:** [@ISEMAREN\_AAG](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ISEMAREN_AAG)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 10:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarms-anychange-mode/62916 "2022-08-19T22:40:15Z")

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Good afternoon. On Ignition 8.1.15, I am trying to set alarms for a device. This device has a single tag to read the alarm codes. The alarm is activated when the code is greater than 0. These codes are between 1 and 20…

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## [Counting Alarm Priorities in Power table according System Areas](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/counting-alarm-priorities-in-power-table-according-system-areas/63042)

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**Author:** [@Sandeep\_Narra](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Sandeep_Narra)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 9:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/counting-alarm-priorities-in-power-table-according-system-areas/63042 "2022-08-19T21:52:42Z")

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Hello All, I have a power table which displays the Alarms of Different Systems of a site and each system has four different alarm priorities. I want to count Each total number of alarms of each system according to prior…

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## [Perspective Barcode Scanner Input: Manual Entry](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-barcode-scanner-input-manual-entry/63201)

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**Author:** [@dkhayes117](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dkhayes117)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-barcode-scanner-input-manual-entry/63201 "2022-08-19T21:10:18Z")

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What would be the best way to allow users to manually type a barcode in then trigger the barcode scanner input’s onActionPerformed script? The component is using a regex pattern instead of prefix/suffix. The view will …

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## [Bad\_stale status tag remote connection](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bad-stale-status-tag-remote-connection/62895)

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**Author:** [@rodrigo.yoshiaki](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rodrigo.yoshiaki)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bad-stale-status-tag-remote-connection/62895 "2022-08-19T20:54:21Z")

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I have a problem getting tags from another remote server, I’m connected but this problem appears after a while with the application running, as you can see in the image, I’m connected to a remote server, but in the tag s…

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## [Label Text bound to the current path of indirect tag binding of LED display](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/label-text-bound-to-the-current-path-of-indirect-tag-binding-of-led-display/63220)

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**Author:** [@Erick\_Klassen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Erick_Klassen)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/label-text-bound-to-the-current-path-of-indirect-tag-binding-of-led-display/63220 "2022-08-19T19:54:04Z")

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I would like to create an LED display and bind the value to a tag, and then have a label below it that shows which tag the LED is bound to. So, if the LED display is changing display with an indirect tag, I want to see …

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## [Timeout Alarm Setting](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/timeout-alarm-setting/63217)

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**Author:** [@cbarker](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cbarker)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 6:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/timeout-alarm-setting/63217 "2022-08-19T18:40:53Z")

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Hello All I am wondering if there is an alarm setting for timeouts. As in the value of a tag has not changed for x time, therefore something is wrong. This ignores the timestamp of the tag, checking only the value. This…

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## [New to ignition: tag quality error-configuration](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/new-to-ignition-tag-quality-error-configuration/63159)

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**Author:** [@Richard\_Said](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Richard_Said)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 6:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/new-to-ignition-tag-quality-error-configuration/63159 "2022-08-19T18:13:00Z")

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I’m new to ignition and just downloaded designer. I’m launching a new project on localhost and following the “configure an alarm” training. Everything was fine until the guy in the video went to edit the OPC tag and add …

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## [Button Backround Alpha Channel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/button-backround-alpha-channel/63123)

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**Author:** [@Aaron\_Kay](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Aaron_Kay)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 6:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/button-backround-alpha-channel/63123 "2022-08-19T18:04:36Z")

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The button alpha channel doesn’t seem to work? Specifically, if i enable ‘fill area’ and set the background color to an alpha value of anything greater than 0, it will be totally opaque. I know you can change it in the p…

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## [Trying to change color for ValueMarker on Bar Chart](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/trying-to-change-color-for-valuemarker-on-bar-chart/63196)

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**Author:** [@Raymond\_Sipes](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Raymond_Sipes)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/trying-to-change-color-for-valuemarker-on-bar-chart/63196 "2022-08-19T17:30:24Z")

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Hello! I am following this forum question here, which shows how to add the valuemarker as well as changing the color of the line. Although, I am having trouble getting the line to change colors. I am sure it has someth…

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## [\[FEATURE REQUEST\] Perspective Menu Tree - Select an item with script](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-request-perspective-menu-tree-select-an-item-with-script/63215)

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**Author:** [@mazeyrat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mazeyrat)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-request-perspective-menu-tree-select-an-item-with-script/63215 "2022-08-19T17:25:52Z")

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When we have a perspective menu tree and we use system.perspective.navigate to open a view, we would like to be able to select an item in the menu tree to go to this view to sync the menu tree in this case of navigate fr…

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## [How do I export block group table to csv using perspective](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-do-i-export-block-group-table-to-csv-using-perspective/62728)

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**Author:** [@Levi\_Overmyer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Levi_Overmyer)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-do-i-export-block-group-table-to-csv-using-perspective/62728 "2022-08-19T16:28:33Z")

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I am new to scripting. I have tags in a block transaction group. I like the way the table looks with my tags. How do I configure my export to .csv button on page view to use the date range and pull the data from table…

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## [Modification of multi-state button component](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modification-of-multi-state-button-component/63178)

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**Author:** [@Erick\_Klassen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Erick_Klassen)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modification-of-multi-state-button-component/63178 "2022-08-19T16:15:41Z")

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I would like to make a button that is a mash-up of the factorytalk view multi-state pushbutton and momentary pushbutton. I would like to be able to make as many styles as I want linked to a “indicator value”, and I woul…

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## [Multiple Instances of Executable Global Script Modules](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/multiple-instances-of-executable-global-script-modules/63202)

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**Author:** [@dominicfabiilli](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dominicfabiilli)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 2:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/multiple-instances-of-executable-global-script-modules/63202 "2022-08-19T14:17:29Z")

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I have some questions about “living” copies of global script modules. My team is working on a Check In / Check Out scanning system that will have multiple Perspective sessions running, and they will all reference the sa…

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## [NoSQL Graph DB with Ignition](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/nosql-graph-db-with-ignition/63179)

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**Author:** [@miles.brim](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/miles.brim)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 1:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/nosql-graph-db-with-ignition/63179 "2022-08-19T13:47:11Z")

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I noticed that many of the NoSQL posts on the forum did not lead to any implementations that I could find. So I thought I would share a little of what I have done with MSSQL Graph DBs. I am also looking for some feedba…

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## [Default black hex code?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/default-black-hex-code/63158)

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**Author:** [@zacharyw.larson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zacharyw.larson)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/default-black-hex-code/63158 "2022-08-19T13:45:48Z")

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Using 8.1.0 I set some text in a label to color #FFFFFF, now it doesn’t match the others though. I delete color and it still looks darker. I changed it to #555555 and #2b2b2b. What is the default black color of text? …

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## [Report Module make page size scale to amount of rows in it?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-module-make-page-size-scale-to-amount-of-rows-in-it/63192)

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**Author:** [@IgnitionNewbie](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/IgnitionNewbie)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 12:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-module-make-page-size-scale-to-amount-of-rows-in-it/63192 "2022-08-19T12:25:48Z")

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I am using the report module to make excel sheets and theres a ton of data so right now I have the page height set unreasonably high to get all the rows , but it be nice if there was just a setting that made the page hei…

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## [Timer Tag error whenever a new day begins](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/timer-tag-error-whenever-a-new-day-begins/63189)

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**Author:** [@Dharani\_T](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Dharani_T)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 11:54am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/timer-tag-error-whenever-a-new-day-begins/63189 "2022-08-19T11:54:31Z")

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Hi, I have done a logic in which timer tag (will extract the minute of the current time stamp) and it will trigger another boolean tag by setting it as one. Once the 'value changed' function in boolean tag is completed,…

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## [No historical tag information could be found for any of the specified paths](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/no-historical-tag-information-could-be-found-for-any-of-the-specified-paths/63188)

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**Author:** [@Dharani\_T](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Dharani_T)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 11:31am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/no-historical-tag-information-could-be-found-for-any-of-the-specified-paths/63188 "2022-08-19T11:31:05Z")

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Hi, I have a problem in the tag historian for udt in the project. I could see the following error in the gateway for a specific machine which i could not able to find the cause of the issue. Kindly help in resolving th…

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## [Progress Bar in the Power Table?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/progress-bar-in-the-power-table/10487)

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**Author:** [@Cas](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Cas)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 11:03am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/progress-bar-in-the-power-table/10487 "2022-08-19T11:03:47Z")

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Hi all, I need to use an embedded Progress Bar (only available in Table component) but also need the Cell Spanning feature (only available in Power Table component)... It seems mutually exclusive. So, is there any way …

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## [Perspective DropDown – add new value by editing selected value](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-dropdown-add-new-value-by-editing-selected-value/63186)

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**Author:** [@falko](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/falko)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 7:39am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-dropdown-add-new-value-by-editing-selected-value/63186 "2022-08-19T07:39:45Z")

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Hello, I want to set the selected item in the dropdown and start editing selected item, but as soon as I start typing it will replace selected item with characters which I am typing instead of adding these characters at…

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## [currentValue.value and previousValue.value not working](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/currentvalue-value-and-previousvalue-value-not-working/63130)

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**Author:** [@Dharani\_T](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Dharani_T)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 5:24am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/currentvalue-value-and-previousvalue-value-not-working/63130 "2022-08-19T05:24:45Z")

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Hi, I have written a Value changed script for a memory tag in which i used below condition, if ( previousValue.value != currentValue.value and currentValue.value == 1 ): it worked for earlier days, now i found out tha…

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## [Script datasource in reporting module only returns first row](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/script-datasource-in-reporting-module-only-returns-first-row/63087)

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**Author:** [@amy.sudibyo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/amy.sudibyo)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 12:30am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/script-datasource-in-reporting-module-only-returns-first-row/63087 "2022-08-19T00:30:57Z")

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newList = \[\] rowData = \[\] for i in range(4): newList.append(i) rowData.append(\[i\]) header = \['Numbers'\] ds = system.dataset.toDataSet(header,rowData) data\['testKey'\] = newList We are building a number of r…

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## [Power Chart on Perspective app not exporting?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-chart-on-perspective-app-not-exporting/63125)

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**Author:** [@hayden](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/hayden)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 12:29am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-chart-on-perspective-app-not-exporting/63125 "2022-08-19T00:29:23Z")

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Hey all, I’ve been trying to export a trend on the Ignition App, however when I use it, it doesn’t seem to export at all and doesn’t give any feedback of an error. I was hoping to have an Ipad client be able to export s…

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## [Perspective XY Bar Chart in flex resizing](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-xy-bar-chart-in-flex-resizing/63171)

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**Author:** [@bschroeder](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bschroeder)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 18, 2022, 9:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-xy-bar-chart-in-flex-resizing/63171 "2022-08-18T21:03:11Z")

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I’m trying to make a dashboard type of page for a customer and I’m running into a couple of things with the XYChart that is making me tear my hair out. I’ve created a widget that is a flex column container, added a labe…

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## [Ignition Vision Tag Write Error after Making AB PLC Edit](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-vision-tag-write-error-after-making-ab-plc-edit/62956)

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**Author:** [@Ryan\_Blahnik](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ryan_Blahnik)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 18, 2022, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-vision-tag-write-error-after-making-ab-plc-edit/62956 "2022-08-18T20:20:25Z")

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One of our customers is currently running a vision project on 8.1.18 communicating with an AB L74 on V24. Whenever we make a PLC edit we are running into an issue where tag writes from the Ignition app fail for about a 3…

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## [Can i see how often a Perspective Project is used?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-i-see-how-often-a-perspective-project-is-used/63176)

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**Author:** [@Neil\_Carty](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Neil_Carty)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 18, 2022, 8:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-i-see-how-often-a-perspective-project-is-used/63176 "2022-08-18T20:15:28Z")

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I have been asked to create numerous projects and have done so but i would like to know if the projects are actually being used. Is there a log any where on the gateway that shows both historical and active sessions. I…

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## [Current time in 'Unix Timestamp'](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/current-time-in-unix-timestamp/63173)

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**Author:** [@Abdalrahman\_Hajjaj](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Abdalrahman_Hajjaj)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 18, 2022, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/current-time-in-unix-timestamp/63173 "2022-08-18T19:35:15Z")

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How can I get current date and time in Unix Timestamp? or How can I convert current date and time into Unix Timestamp ?

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## [Hot to view if someone made changes to cetain projects](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/hot-to-view-if-someone-made-changes-to-cetain-projects/27032)

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**Author:** [@miculacristianradu](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/miculacristianradu)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 18, 2022, 6:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/hot-to-view-if-someone-made-changes-to-cetain-projects/27032 "2022-08-18T18:57:17Z")

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Hello guys, Can you tell me how I can view if someone did some modifications to a project? I tried to look in the gateway page, sections “logs” but didn’t find nothing relevant there. Thank you!!

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