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**Author:** [@Dani\_Tell](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Dani_Tell)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2022, 12:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/webdev-module-always-returns-a-404-error-in-trial-mode/61153 "2022-06-24T12:37:40Z")
Hi, I am trying to make a call to the Ignition API (WebDev Module). Here are the steps I’m trying to get my tag from Ignition. --- ## [\[SOLVED\] Retaining Perspective Text Field Entry Values after a save occurs from the Designer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/solved-retaining-perspective-text-field-entry-values-after-a-save-occurs-from-the-designer/61148)
**Author:** [@bmeyers](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bmeyers)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2022, 6:13am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/solved-retaining-perspective-text-field-entry-values-after-a-save-occurs-from-the-designer/61148 "2022-06-24T06:13:10Z")
I have a Perspective project with a text field (or numeric entry). When the user enters a value and a save occurs from the Designer the text fields and/or numeric entries revert to the default value (of nothing typically… --- ## [Perspective Text Field Data Entry Issue](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-text-field-data-entry-issue/61138)
**Author:** [@vcarranza](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/vcarranza)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2022, 11:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-text-field-data-entry-issue/61138 "2022-06-23T23:21:32Z")
I am attempting to log a number into a sql database. In Ignition perspective, I have a text field with a number (310-31149590, including the dash) and I have a button that has an onClick Event that executes a script when… --- ## [Is it possible to subscribe to MQTT topic on-demand via python script](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-it-possible-to-subscribe-to-mqtt-topic-on-demand-via-python-script/61135)
**Author:** [@framebuilder](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/framebuilder)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2022, 10:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-it-possible-to-subscribe-to-mqtt-topic-on-demand-via-python-script/61135 "2022-06-23T22:22:57Z")
Assuming we have the MQTT Engine module, is it possible to subscribe to an MQTT topic via python script? At this point, we’re looking at just reading plain vanilla payloads (non-Sparkplug). I know system.cirruslink.eng… --- ## [Menu tree switch pages](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/menu-tree-switch-pages/60530)
**Author:** [@lyhkch](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lyhkch)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2022, 10:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/menu-tree-switch-pages/60530 "2022-06-23T22:14:02Z")
Hi , I want to ues menu tree switch page. The elements on the screen are all the same , so i want to use only one page, change the link of the data by passing different parameters . When I click different item on menu tr… --- ## [Barcode Data Handling Script Write to Indirect Tag](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/barcode-data-handling-script-write-to-indirect-tag/38187)
**Author:** [@beckya](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/beckya)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2022, 6:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/barcode-data-handling-script-write-to-indirect-tag/38187 "2022-06-23T18:36:19Z")
I watched this video, but I need a script to write to tags indirectly I need the barcode data to write to the tag based on the machine number. I know how to write that in an expression but am not sure how to write it in… --- ## [Perspective Gauge Component Inner Range On Top of Out Range Needle](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-gauge-component-inner-range-on-top-of-out-range-needle/60590)
**Author:** [@edward.fowler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/edward.fowler)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-gauge-component-inner-range-on-top-of-out-range-needle/60590 "2022-06-23T18:16:58Z")
The inner range and needle are gray. The out range needle is black (showing in the blue range). Is it meant to be this way or is it a “design feature”? --- ## [Border Width Settings Not Implemented After Save or in Client](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/border-width-settings-not-implemented-after-save-or-in-client/60707)
**Author:** [@Drew\_Hitchcock](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Drew_Hitchcock)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2022, 6:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/border-width-settings-not-implemented-after-save-or-in-client/60707 "2022-06-23T18:04:22Z")
Messing around with borders trying to make stuff look good in a form I’m building out. I’ve updating the border width on some flex containers in the designer, but the border width settings I configured aren’t showing up … --- ## [runScript Tag Expression Binding on system.tag.queryTagCalculations Function Failing to Return Values to Tag](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/runscript-tag-expression-binding-on-system-tag-querytagcalculations-function-failing-to-return-values-to-tag/61078)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Weisberg](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Mark_Weisberg)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2022, 5:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/runscript-tag-expression-binding-on-system-tag-querytagcalculations-function-failing-to-return-values-to-tag/61078 "2022-06-23T17:48:32Z")
I am trying to calculate an hourly average from one historical tag (Outlet Temp) and display it with another tag (Outlet Temp Avg). This is the code that I entered in the script console, and it worked: def HourAverage(x… --- ## [Key events in Perspective App](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/key-events-in-perspective-app/61087)
**Author:** [@zacht](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zacht)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2022, 5:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/key-events-in-perspective-app/61087 "2022-06-23T17:29:12Z")
I’m trying to use Key events in the perspective mobile application. using the following settings, I can’t seem to get it to work. regex: zach script: \_l=system.util.getLogger('ztest') \_l.info('zach from keypress event… --- ## [Perspective Desktop Session Timeout](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-desktop-session-timeout/61111)
**Author:** [@jacob.ramirez](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jacob.ramirez)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2022, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-desktop-session-timeout/61111 "2022-06-23T17:21:56Z")
In the project properties for perspective, there is a property called Session Timeout Desktop that says “The time, in seconds, for that the Gateway will wait for desktop devices to respond.” What if the perspective sess… --- ## [Power Chart - Ignore Zero values?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-chart-ignore-zero-values/60898)
**Author:** [@tyler.robertson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tyler.robertson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2022, 4:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-chart-ignore-zero-values/60898 "2022-06-23T16:22:14Z")
Hi all - Love the power chart for all kinds of things, especially our HVAC trending - but I was wondering if there was any way to ignore zero values, both for accurate averages and for the auto-range 'y axis. I don’t n… --- ## [Unable to deserialize resource - Perspective designer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-deserialize-resource-perspective-designer/60987)
**Author:** [@uy\_huynh](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/uy_huynh)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2022, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-deserialize-resource-perspective-designer/60987 "2022-06-23T15:57:19Z")
Updating from old laptop win 10 to new laptop win 11. Having this problem on the win 11, the old laptop win 10 working fine. This problem happens to all views. Tried following: -Remove SSL -Restart Server -Create new… --- ## [Dock View Table column misaligned when data is changed](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dock-view-table-column-misaligned-when-data-is-changed/61047)
**Author:** [@chrisl](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/chrisl)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2022, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dock-view-table-column-misaligned-when-data-is-changed/61047 "2022-06-23T15:51:37Z")
Table Column’s misaligned when data is changed. Table Props: --- ## [Bad value on tags on edge - ABMicroLogixTransport, ABMicroLogixReadRequest](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bad-value-on-tags-on-edge-abmicrologixtransport-abmicrologixreadrequest/39208)
**Author:** [@yehet73190](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/yehet73190)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2022, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bad-value-on-tags-on-edge-abmicrologixtransport-abmicrologixreadrequest/39208 "2022-06-23T15:30:59Z")
hi, we're trying to work on edge and we keep getting values on tags even if the device is connected. i tried dragging & dropping down tags as well from the opc browser but still no luck is there any additional settings… --- ## ["Dynamic" UDT instance](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dynamic-udt-instance/60787)
**Author:** [@Carla\_Ratto](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Carla_Ratto)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2022, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dynamic-udt-instance/60787 "2022-06-23T15:29:59Z")
Hi, For the moment, I have an UDT that we can call PlantUDT, which possesses several parameters and 2 folders : MachineA and MachineB, which contains all the tags. But now, I would like to make the number of MachineA a… --- ## [PerspectiveWorkstation on Headless Raspberry PI](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspectiveworkstation-on-headless-raspberry-pi/60916)
**Author:** [@MicroVAX\_II](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/MicroVAX_II)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2022, 2:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspectiveworkstation-on-headless-raspberry-pi/60916 "2022-06-23T14:50:38Z")
Hope all is well, I am trying to run the perspective workstation on a headless raspberry pi. Below are the services/scripts and errors that launch perspectiveworkstation. I know my services are working because the comme… --- ## [Python dictionary help](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/python-dictionary-help/61084)
**Author:** [@zacharyw.larson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zacharyw.larson)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2022, 2:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/python-dictionary-help/61084 "2022-06-23T14:41:38Z")
I want to use a machine name the product code to look up the run rate. Some machines make the same products at different speeds. When I look up dictionaries on W3schools though and other python dictionary references, I… --- ## [Disable / Grey out items in a Dropdown component?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disable-grey-out-items-in-a-dropdown-component/61113)
**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2022, 2:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disable-grey-out-items-in-a-dropdown-component/61113 "2022-06-23T14:01:11Z")
Is it possible to disable and grey out items in a dropdown component in Perspective? --- ## [Gateway Exception : Read Timed Out Caused By SocketTimeoutException](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-exception-read-timed-out-caused-by-sockettimeoutexception/37352)
**Author:** [@alainia.spencer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/alainia.spencer)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2022, 1:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-exception-read-timed-out-caused-by-sockettimeoutexception/37352 "2022-06-23T13:23:48Z")
I had an issue this morning where my users were not able to access a particular project, I had other running in the same gateway that were working just fine. The error message that every client received when trying to … --- ## [Doubt on Later.py Module](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/doubt-on-later-py-module/61104)
**Author:** [@Amal\_Kottoor1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Amal_Kottoor1)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2022, 11:57am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/doubt-on-later-py-module/61104 "2022-06-23T11:57:21Z")
Hi Guys, So I am having a tag change client event scripts where I needed some delay, we used to do time.sleep() functionality before, but going through the posts in forum by @pturmel and others I understood that using S… --- ## [Report Pie Chart](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-pie-chart/61091)
**Author:** [@VVVVVV](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/VVVVVV)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2022, 11:22am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-pie-chart/61091 "2022-06-23T11:22:47Z")
In my dataset that I write to a tag that the pie chart is tied to, I have headers denoting the shift that the value is for that is displayed in the legend. However on my chart the legend displays an \_ instead of a numbe… --- ## [Run vision client on computer other than gateway computer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/run-vision-client-on-computer-other-than-gateway-computer/56844)
**Author:** [@michael.black](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michael.black)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2022, 10:55am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/run-vision-client-on-computer-other-than-gateway-computer/56844 "2022-06-23T10:55:59Z")
I have one gateway computer which will contain four projects. I want to run three of the four projects on separate computers. How would I set up a shortcut to the vision project on a computer other than the one running… --- ## [Using the Report module but Trigger Based](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-the-report-module-but-trigger-based/61097)
**Author:** [@IgnitionNewbie](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/IgnitionNewbie)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2022, 7:56am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-the-report-module-but-trigger-based/61097 "2022-06-23T07:56:07Z")
So I have this report set up and I was tinkering around with the schedule tab and seeing there is a lot of time options for when to save this report But is there anyway to make reports record or send only when the machi… --- ## [Ignition 7.9.10 - TLS 1.2 Support?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-7-9-10-tls-1-2-support/61088)
**Author:** [@jaspinall](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jaspinall)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2022, 12:23am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-7-9-10-tls-1-2-support/61088 "2022-06-23T00:23:53Z")
Good Day, Noticing a new error in our email pipeline advising that TLS 1.0 and 1.1 are no longer supported and client should be upgraded to support TLS 1.2 Just wondering if this is a limitation of Ignition 7.9.10? Do … --- ## [Forced/Manual ways to change data on the output tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/forced-manual-ways-to-change-data-on-the-output-tags/61085)
**Author:** [@Snsn\_Nsns](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Snsn_Nsns)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2022, 12:13am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/forced-manual-ways-to-change-data-on-the-output-tags/61085 "2022-06-23T00:13:32Z")
Hello. I am trying to find ways by which we could manually/force and re-write the data values on the output tags via ignition or node-red or ignition designer. Please help me with it and thank you very much. --- ## [Redundant server always stopping and starting](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/redundant-server-always-stopping-and-starting/28467)
**Author:** [@emovspunk1996](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/emovspunk1996)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 11:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/redundant-server-always-stopping-and-starting/28467 "2022-06-22T23:01:39Z")
I have a problem on my redundant server as it is always stopping and starting and after some time passes it is fully stopped. I cant seem to find what causes the problem. MasterTCPChannel 18Sep2019 17:57:31 (id=60) Shut… --- ## [Format of Session Key Event RegEx](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/format-of-session-key-event-regex/61086)
**Author:** [@zacht](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zacht)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 10:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/format-of-session-key-event-regex/61086 "2022-06-22T22:14:06Z")
This page of the manual discusses the Session Key Event RegEx option, but there aren’t many specifics on the regex language. Is there somewhere I can read about the required pattern? It doesn’t appear to match the python… --- ## [Cannot find "all providers" under tags in Ignition 8.1. I could find it on Ignition 8.0](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cannot-find-all-providers-under-tags-in-ignition-8-1-i-could-find-it-on-ignition-8-0/60982)
**Author:** [@Snsn\_Nsns](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Snsn_Nsns)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 9:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cannot-find-all-providers-under-tags-in-ignition-8-1-i-could-find-it-on-ignition-8-0/60982 "2022-06-22T21:29:30Z")
Cannot find “all providers” under tags in Ignition 8.1. I could find it on Ignition 8.0 . Could you please help me with it ? Thank you. --- ## [PDF Report send to email](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pdf-report-send-to-email/61077)
**Author:** [@Paul.M](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Paul.M)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 8:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pdf-report-send-to-email/61077 "2022-06-22T20:50:25Z")
Hello guys, I'm trying to send a pdf report as an email attachment. The script will run according to a schedule, the report will be generated with "system.report.executeReport". Everything work until I add my "attachme… [Previous page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?no_subcategories=false&page=819) [Next page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?no_subcategories=false&page=821)