# Ignition **URL:** https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?no_subcategories=false&page=837 [Latest](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/tags.md) **Page:** 838 --- ## [How to switch between ignition and ignition edge gateway](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-switch-between-ignition-and-ignition-edge-gateway/59956)
**Author:** [@lamho](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lamho)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2022, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-switch-between-ignition-and-ignition-edge-gateway/59956 "2022-05-24T14:44:30Z")
I am using ignition for a project, and ignition edge for another project. Is there an easy way to switch between ignition and ignition edge (ex: gateway, designer)? --- ## [Vision Screens Not Displaying Most Templates](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-screens-not-displaying-most-templates/59957)
**Author:** [@Aaron\_Ross](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Aaron_Ross)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2022, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-screens-not-displaying-most-templates/59957 "2022-05-24T14:29:05Z")
When editing in the designer, my screen looks as it always has. However, when the vision project is launched almost none of the templates are populated on the screen. This only happened to one window. Here are screenshot… --- ## [Tag browser issues with string array tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-browser-issues-with-string-array-tags/59950)
**Author:** [@james.vosler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/james.vosler)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2022, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-browser-issues-with-string-array-tags/59950 "2022-05-24T13:55:26Z")
When using the tag browser to inspect the values in a string array tag, I’ve noticed a couple issues. The item list under the value branch does not get updated to match changes to the array size Double-clicking i… --- ## [Self Signed Certificate with Perspective Workstation](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/self-signed-certificate-with-perspective-workstation/59953)
**Author:** [@tpile](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tpile)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2022, 1:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/self-signed-certificate-with-perspective-workstation/59953 "2022-05-24T13:42:07Z")
I am running Ignition 8.1.17 on Linux server. I created a self signed certificate using Config-\>Web Server. I am now trying to connect to the gateway using Perspective Workstation but am unable to because I need to add t… --- ## [MSSQL Server Database Connection Error : Faulted](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mssql-server-database-connection-error-faulted/59940)
**Author:** [@Gagan\_Sodhi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Gagan_Sodhi)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2022, 12:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mssql-server-database-connection-error-faulted/59940 "2022-05-24T12:38:30Z")
Hello , In trying to establish Database connection via MSSQL Server but getting the following error. java.net socket timeout exception: receive timed out. " Verify Server and Instance Names " " Check Firewall blockin… --- ## [Question for Vision Dropdown List](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-for-vision-dropdown-list/27895)
**Author:** [@Min.Liao](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Min.Liao)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2022, 12:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-for-vision-dropdown-list/27895 "2022-05-24T12:20:17Z")
Hi, I used a dropdown list in a template. But once I selected one in a window, the selection would keep in any window I opened using this template. I searched on the forum, the suggestion was that we can set the selecte… --- ## [Perspective graphic outline color darker than fill](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-graphic-outline-color-darker-than-fill/59905)
**Author:** [@jlandwerlen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jlandwerlen)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2022, 11:47am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-graphic-outline-color-darker-than-fill/59905 "2022-05-24T11:47:25Z")
If I have a graphic, example a simple valve, and I do a fill color dynamically, how would I set the stroke to a color a little darker than the fill color? I’m not really seeing a way to bind this. --- ## ["SampleQuickStart" Crashs in Ignition 8.1.17](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/samplequickstart-crashs-in-ignition-8-1-17/59882)
**Author:** [@Alberto\_AG](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Alberto_AG)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2022, 9:12am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/samplequickstart-crashs-in-ignition-8-1-17/59882 "2022-05-24T09:12:33Z")
Good afternoon. I’m trying Ignition 8.1.17 on my personal laptop (8GB RAM, Intel i5-7300HQ CPU). Now, I’m studying the “SampleQuickStart” project in the Designer. Somes times, if I have open 3 or 4 views in the Design… --- ## [Parameters to template View](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/parameters-to-template-view/59486)
**Author:** [@PRAMANJ](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/PRAMANJ)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2022, 3:26am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/parameters-to-template-view/59486 "2022-05-24T03:26:04Z")
In the IU video its explained that the Input to and Output from a view to be used as a template have to be defined as Parameters with input/out/both direction for each parameter. When Instantiating this view as embedded … --- ## [Nested UDT parameters override](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/nested-udt-parameters-override/59547)
**Author:** [@m.cornet](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/m.cornet)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2022, 2:25am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/nested-udt-parameters-override/59547 "2022-05-24T02:25:56Z")
Hi everyone, I am working with nested UDT and I have a lot of UDTs which implement another UDT instaces. I some cases, I have to override the nested UDT’s parameters. Then, since the UDT editor does not have an override… --- ## [Error in access to tag provider Edge](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-in-access-to-tag-provider-edge/59505)
**Author:** [@Wladimir\_Celedon](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Wladimir_Celedon)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2022, 9:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-in-access-to-tag-provider-edge/59505 "2022-05-23T21:54:44Z")
Hi. I connected a Ignition Gateway 8.1 with a Ignition Edge, but I cannot see the tags. Is there another configuration that I forgot? --- ## [Flex Repeater not working on preview mode](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/flex-repeater-not-working-on-preview-mode/59484)
**Author:** [@Manu\_Balakrishnan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Manu_Balakrishnan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2022, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/flex-repeater-not-working-on-preview-mode/59484 "2022-05-23T21:25:23Z")
Hi Team, I have a user dropdown, dropdown change creates an array and assigns to custom property (array type), It is binded to instances property in Flex Repeater. Issue 1 On preview mode, when I change the dropdown F… --- ## [Perspective Pie Chart Title Color Not Always Working](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-pie-chart-title-color-not-always-working/59472)
**Author:** [@nicholas.robinson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nicholas.robinson)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2022, 9:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-pie-chart-title-color-not-always-working/59472 "2022-05-23T21:17:14Z")
Has anyone else seen that the color set on the pie chart title does not always render correctly on the client view? Designer in Preview Mode Client Session The label is there but renders in pure black Also, I se… --- ## [Feed in iframe properties](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feed-in-iframe-properties/59847)
**Author:** [@Andrea\_Rector](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Andrea_Rector)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2022, 7:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feed-in-iframe-properties/59847 "2022-05-23T19:23:41Z")
I want to embed a power BI report into Ignition. I can use an iframe component to show the report, but I really need each iframe to be fullscreen since we have a matrix of 4 reports to show, and I don’t want the tabs in … --- ## [Doubt on Numeric text field](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/doubt-on-numeric-text-field/59829)
**Author:** [@Amal\_Kottoor1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Amal_Kottoor1)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2022, 5:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/doubt-on-numeric-text-field/59829 "2022-05-23T17:38:47Z")
Hi Guys, I am not an expert in Ignition/Java first off all, but had a quick doubt on numeric text field. In an old post I saw that we could access the underlying component (JTable) of a Power Table to do some higher leve… --- ## [Accessing alarm pipeline properties from within a script block?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/accessing-alarm-pipeline-properties-from-within-a-script-block/36831)
**Author:** [@daelan.scroggins](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/daelan.scroggins)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2022, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/accessing-alarm-pipeline-properties-from-within-a-script-block/36831 "2022-05-23T17:33:06Z")
I’m attempting to read/write to a property that I’ve declared in a “Set Property” block within an alarm pipeline, and I can’t seem to figure out how to access it from within a script block… Ultimately what I’m hoping to … --- ## [Tag Change Script vs Script Console](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-change-script-vs-script-console/59913)
**Author:** [@eckman.tech](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/eckman.tech)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2022, 5:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-change-script-vs-script-console/59913 "2022-05-23T17:26:34Z")
First - I’ve searched through the forums and found a few related posts but am still lost on my issue. It’s a lot of code so I won’t be posting the whole script, I’ll just describe the intent and the different results I’… --- ## [Help with Gateway Warning messages in the Log](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/help-with-gateway-warning-messages-in-the-log/59915)
**Author:** [@MikeAllgood](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/MikeAllgood)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2022, 4:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/help-with-gateway-warning-messages-in-the-log/59915 "2022-05-23T16:32:17Z")
We did a deploy of an updated project branch this morning. After the deploy, we saw a number of the warning messages below in the log: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Delegate is not set at com.inductiveautomation.per… --- ## [BACnet gateway to emulate existing devices that are being decommissioned](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bacnet-gateway-to-emulate-existing-devices-that-are-being-decommissioned/59914)
**Author:** [@nathan1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nathan1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2022, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bacnet-gateway-to-emulate-existing-devices-that-are-being-decommissioned/59914 "2022-05-23T16:12:17Z")
Hello. We have a very old (un-editable) application that talks to a handful of BACnet devices that we are decommissioning. We’d like to keep this legacy application running by using a gateway of some kind to emulate the … --- ## [Flex Repeater Instances](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/flex-repeater-instances/59791)
**Author:** [@jwilliams](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jwilliams)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2022, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/flex-repeater-instances/59791 "2022-05-23T15:16:02Z")
I am using Ignition v8.1.5. I am trying to create a binding that would allow a user to set a value that would create a set of instances without having to go through each and every single instance creation manually. I ba… --- ## [Unable to edit View properities or permissions](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-edit-view-properities-or-permissions/59910)
**Author:** [@robert.yevdokimov](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/robert.yevdokimov)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2022, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-edit-view-properities-or-permissions/59910 "2022-05-23T14:39:06Z")
We recently deployed a new gateway on a server with a public address. However when I link it to the designer, create a new project and try to edit a new or imported view I get nothing. This is on version 8.1.17. Doesn’t … --- ## [Alarms based on params](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarms-based-on-params/59892)
**Author:** [@Freddy\_Haggblom](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Freddy_Haggblom)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2022, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarms-based-on-params/59892 "2022-05-23T14:30:17Z")
Is there any way to separate which alarms should be visible in alarmtable? I have one parent project where I make all design changes(where I have one alarm-table), but for each child project I would like to have separate… --- ## [Format the Unicode date](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/format-the-unicode-date/59900)
**Author:** [@prasath.t](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/prasath.t)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2022, 12:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/format-the-unicode-date/59900 "2022-05-23T12:43:56Z")
i am getting time in unicode format 5/10/2022 19:00:40.4 (unicode type) i wan to format the unicode time want the output like this 2022\_5 (year and month i want ) how to format the unicode? --- ## [\[IGN-6097\] Internal DB maintenance-SQLite VACUUM](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-6097-internal-db-maintenance-sqlite-vacuum/59814)
**Author:** [@gregory.sachs](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/gregory.sachs)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2022, 12:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-6097-internal-db-maintenance-sqlite-vacuum/59814 "2022-05-23T12:17:57Z")
I have a config.idb that is 1.9gb; however if I do a test vacuum operation on it it will shrink to ~90mb. Is it safe to do this? Is there a different, approved means of compacting the db? The gateway is 8.1.17. I’m a… --- ## [Client tags - Ignition 7.9](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/client-tags-ignition-7-9/59760)
**Author:** [@f.boz](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/f.boz)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2022, 12:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/client-tags-ignition-7-9/59760 "2022-05-23T12:00:51Z")
Hi everyone! I am having troubles with Client Tags in Ignition 7.9. I am using a designer and a client instance in a virtual machine through a plant’s VPN. Well, I created some date’s Client Tags to change them with a… --- ## [Problem with OPC operations](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-with-opc-operations/16583)
**Author:** [@jorgev259](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jorgev259)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2022, 11:41am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-with-opc-operations/16583 "2022-05-23T11:41:07Z")
Im having problems with any OPC operation (checking Devices through the OPC browser, creating tags, etc) where they all fail with this error GatewayException: UaServiceFaultException: status=Bad\_UserAccessDenied, mes… --- ## [Push Notifications](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/push-notifications/38499)
**Author:** [@kgamble](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kgamble)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2022, 11:01am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/push-notifications/38499 "2022-05-23T11:01:20Z")
I know that its not really possible with any existing built in functionality to display a push notification on a mobile device with the Perspective app. However has anyone else done push notifications in any way outside… --- ## [Display title on multiple screens](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/display-title-on-multiple-screens/59238)
**Author:** [@Benjamin\_Nielsen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Benjamin_Nielsen)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2022, 7:51am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/display-title-on-multiple-screens/59238 "2022-05-23T07:51:22Z")
Hello, I am using Vision in my project and I am trying to display the screen title of the selected screen on each monitor. I have 3 monitors where the operator can select a different screen on every monitor. On top of … --- ## [Named Queries in Value Changed Tag Event Scripts](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/named-queries-in-value-changed-tag-event-scripts/28589)
**Author:** [@gerhard.louw](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/gerhard.louw)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2022, 11:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/named-queries-in-value-changed-tag-event-scripts/28589 "2022-05-22T23:16:14Z")
Good day, I am having difficulty in executing a Named Query in a Value Changed Tag Event Script. So this idea is that when my control step changes it populates a database for reporting. When I test the name query it w… --- ## [Refresh windows after making a change](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/refresh-windows-after-making-a-change/59869)
**Author:** [@Esmeralda\_Lopez](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Esmeralda_Lopez)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2022, 8:37am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/refresh-windows-after-making-a-change/59869 "2022-05-22T08:37:04Z")
Hello everyone, I want to refresh all windows to see the new change, how can I do that? If some 2 State Toggle change : TAG State toggle | Do ===============|============================ 'ON' | Enabl… [Previous page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?no_subcategories=false&page=836) [Next page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?no_subcategories=false&page=838)