# Ignition **URL:** https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?no_subcategories=false&page=841 [Latest](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/tags.md) **Page:** 842 --- ## [Perspective Date Range Component](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-date-range-component/59640)
**Author:** [@kgamble](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kgamble)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2022, 9:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-date-range-component/59640 "2022-05-16T21:19:08Z")
Out of curiosity, is there a plan to add the date range picker from the Alarm Journal as a 1st party component? It would be fantastic not to have to build something like this from scratch whenever you want to provide a … --- ## [Odd error message in my designer console logs](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/odd-error-message-in-my-designer-console-logs/59628)
**Author:** [@markusx1094](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/markusx1094)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2022, 8:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/odd-error-message-in-my-designer-console-logs/59628 "2022-05-16T20:11:59Z")
I keep getting this error message in my gateway logs. Does anyone know what this means and how I can fix it? Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.ClassCastException: class javax.swing.plaf.synth.SynthRootPan… --- ## [Meter Not Rending Correctly](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/meter-not-rending-correctly/59607)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Bullotta](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Rick_Bullotta)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2022, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/meter-not-rending-correctly/59607 "2022-05-16T17:47:11Z")
If using anything but the default Low/High bounds of 0-100, the meter does not render correctly in either Designer or the Vision Client. Image attached. --- ## [Different variable's value for each window instance](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/different-variables-value-for-each-window-instance/59603)
**Author:** [@mootez\_bh](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mootez_bh)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2022, 4:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/different-variables-value-for-each-window-instance/59603 "2022-05-16T16:52:29Z")
hello, i’m trying to have multiple instance of the same popup window and i want to pass a different value to each one. any help or idea is welcomed and thanks in advance --- ## [Pens disappear from the Power Chart after linking its source with indirection binding](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pens-disappear-from-the-power-chart-after-linking-its-source-with-indirection-binding/59619)
**Author:** [@Ahad\_Imtiaz](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ahad_Imtiaz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2022, 4:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pens-disappear-from-the-power-chart-after-linking-its-source-with-indirection-binding/59619 "2022-05-16T16:40:17Z")
Hi Community, I am facing an issue with the indirection of power charts. I want to add dynamic tag bindings to my power chart. In the designer pens of the PowerChart is visible but in the perspective launcher pens disap… --- ## [Very slow UDT Definition Editor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/very-slow-udt-definition-editor/58674)
**Author:** [@pgmo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pgmo)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/very-slow-udt-definition-editor/58674 "2022-05-16T15:39:24Z")
I’m on Ignition 8.1.15 (b2022030114) and I’m experiencing a very slow behaviour in the UDT Definition Editor when I need to switch to the Value Changed Event Editor or the Expression editor. Maybe that’s due to the very … --- ## [Bad fonts rendering on Ubuntu](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bad-fonts-rendering-on-ubuntu/59609)
**Author:** [@pgmo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pgmo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2022, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bad-fonts-rendering-on-ubuntu/59609 "2022-05-16T15:19:00Z")
I’m developing a Vision project on Ubuntu 22 with Ignition 8.1.17 (b2022051210). What I’m experincing is a very bad font rendering quality in the Designer: and in the menu of each page (texts with a Dialog Plain fo… --- ## [system.tag.queryTagHistory Data Exporting Strangely](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-querytaghistory-data-exporting-strangely/59605)
**Author:** [@John\_Reilly](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/John_Reilly)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2022, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-querytaghistory-data-exporting-strangely/59605 "2022-05-16T14:47:00Z")
Hi All, I am collecting data of lots of tags and am able to display the results as shown below in the Vision client. I need to extract the true values of this graph but when I press the save button on the graph I ge… --- ## [Is Perspective BarCode Scan write the data to different global tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-perspective-barcode-scan-write-the-data-to-different-global-tags/59577)
**Author:** [@yifeiliu08](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/yifeiliu08)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2022, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-perspective-barcode-scan-write-the-data-to-different-global-tags/59577 "2022-05-16T14:44:33Z")
I have design 3 views and all of them have the function use the camera to scan the barcode to read the data and need transfer the data to different tags but in the training video, if seems only can transfer to one de… --- ## [Update of Root, Intermediate, and Issuing CA Certificates](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/update-of-root-intermediate-and-issuing-ca-certificates/59615)
**Author:** [@nicholas.robinson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nicholas.robinson)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2022, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/update-of-root-intermediate-and-issuing-ca-certificates/59615 "2022-05-16T14:35:13Z")
For security updates, we have been given a mandate to update all of our SSL root, intermediate, and issuing CA certs. We CAN do this through SSL cert renewal, but I want to explore if we have the option of the updating … --- ## [Data too long for column at row](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/data-too-long-for-column-at-row/59587)
**Author:** [@csilk](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/csilk)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2022, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/data-too-long-for-column-at-row/59587 "2022-05-16T14:19:53Z")
I have a field called “Service Details” that a user enters in information. There are several other fields that the user has to enter information into. Once all the necessary fields have the required information, I have a… --- ## [Font config on macos for vision](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/font-config-on-macos-for-vision/59604)
**Author:** [@mcarritt1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mcarritt1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2022, 1:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/font-config-on-macos-for-vision/59604 "2022-05-16T13:12:40Z")
hi, I tried following this: Ignition Software Blog - Perfect Abstractions I was trying to do this on macos, to solve the same issue, some labels are being truncated with a '"…" on my macbook, where its not happening in… --- ## [Finding Components on Other Windows in ignition without open the another screen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/finding-components-on-other-windows-in-ignition-without-open-the-another-screen/59599)
**Author:** [@Shivani\_Shete](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Shivani_Shete)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2022, 1:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/finding-components-on-other-windows-in-ignition-without-open-the-another-screen/59599 "2022-05-16T13:07:23Z")
Hi following is the script for Finding Components on Other Windows in ignition, but for “system.gui.getWindow” you need to open continually open the another screen, so is it any other way that i will get the component d… --- ## [Unable to edit script in the (Add Transform) in Tag Binding](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-edit-script-in-the-add-transform-in-tag-binding/59601)
**Author:** [@Ahad\_Imtiaz](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ahad_Imtiaz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2022, 9:08am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-edit-script-in-the-add-transform-in-tag-binding/59601 "2022-05-16T09:08:25Z")
Hello Community, I am getting an issue that I cannot edit the script in the add transform option. Unable to type anything. What might be the issue? I have shared the screenshot. --- ## [\[IGN-1726\] Perspective session console](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-1726-perspective-session-console/59580)
**Author:** [@ASF](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ASF)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2022, 10:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-1726-perspective-session-console/59580 "2022-05-15T22:39:56Z")
Often when something is not working as expected in a perspective session, I wind up logging into the ignition server to check out the gateway wrapper log, to see what errors are occurring. Is there any way to embed a “c… --- ## [Weird behavior with perspective table](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/weird-behavior-with-perspective-table/59576)
**Author:** [@josborn](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/josborn)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/weird-behavior-with-perspective-table/59576 "2022-05-15T18:55:50Z")
I have a perspective table that is populated with a named query binding, this works fine. I am using a menu tree to switch between a couple views, and just noticed that sometimes when i switch to the view with the table … --- ## [Blocked Threads](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/blocked-threads/46503)
**Author:** [@kevin.deyoung](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kevin.deyoung)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2022, 4:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/blocked-threads/46503 "2022-05-15T16:44:59Z")
We have an Ignition Gateway that seems to die a slow death over the course of a couple of hours. It then restarts and the process begins again. The symptoms that we see are high CPU utilization on the Gateway Status page… --- ## [\[Bug\] Scrolling in View editor when initially opened](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-scrolling-in-view-editor-when-initially-opened/59585)
**Author:** [@peter](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/peter)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2022, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-scrolling-in-view-editor-when-initially-opened/59585 "2022-05-15T15:09:28Z")
This is 8.1.17, Perspective, running on Ubuntu I am editing a Perspective project and I open up a view, and that view is larger than can be fully shown on the screen, so the Perspective view editor shows vertical scroll… --- ## [Read historian from external software](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/read-historian-from-external-software/29141)
**Author:** [@vrautomation](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/vrautomation)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2022, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/read-historian-from-external-software/29141 "2022-05-15T15:12:02Z")
Simple question here. Can an external MES connect to the Ignition’s historian to get data? Thanks. --- ## [Gateway redirects to Perspective Session URL](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-redirects-to-perspective-session-url/59243)
**Author:** [@gaurav\_shitole](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/gaurav_shitole)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2022, 10:27am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-redirects-to-perspective-session-url/59243 "2022-05-15T10:27:10Z")
Hello there, I had installed Ignition on my PC and later restored gateway of Perspective Demo VM. After that I am not able to access my localhost:8088 as when I go to this address, it redirects me to perspective demo se… --- ## [Multiline Cell in Perspective Table](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/multiline-cell-in-perspective-table/46717)
**Author:** [@anastasia.blinova](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/anastasia.blinova)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2022, 8:27am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/multiline-cell-in-perspective-table/46717 "2022-05-14T08:27:32Z")
I have string with ‘\\n’ character. When I display it in a table, it shows as one line. Is there a way to create multiline strings in a Perspective table? --- ## [Perspective scripting will trigger twice](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-scripting-will-trigger-twice/59535)
**Author:** [@yifeiliu08](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/yifeiliu08)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2022, 5:51am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-scripting-will-trigger-twice/59535 "2022-05-14T05:51:49Z")
here is the code C=currentValue.value Stock=Carcass.LotStock(Lot=C) system.perspective.print(Stock) # I use the print to see the output system.tag.write('\[Malu OPC tags\]Carcass/Scan/BarCode',C) --- ## [Transitioning from system.net.httpPost() to system.net.httpClient()](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/transitioning-from-system-net-httppost-to-system-net-httpclient/59558)
**Author:** [@kevin.deyoung](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kevin.deyoung)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2022, 9:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/transitioning-from-system-net-httppost-to-system-net-httpclient/59558 "2022-05-13T21:56:05Z")
Due to httpPost() being deprecated in the future I’m attempting to transition a working SOAP interface to httpClient() as suggested in a number of discussions. I attempted to view differences in the frame on the wire and… --- ## [OEE using historian](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/oee-using-historian/23940)
**Author:** [@vrautomation](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/vrautomation)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2022, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/oee-using-historian/23940 "2022-05-13T21:04:56Z")
Hi everyone :slight\_smile: I succesfully create OEE projects using relational database. Tag event were pushing relational data in DB about operator, quantity, quality, downtime etc… But does someone have done it using… --- ## [\[IGN-5998\] Scheduled Backup Retention Count doesn't differentiate gateways](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-5998-scheduled-backup-retention-count-doesnt-differentiate-gateways/59169)
**Author:** [@witman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/witman)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2022, 8:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-5998-scheduled-backup-retention-count-doesnt-differentiate-gateways/59169 "2022-05-13T20:51:57Z")
We recently setup some Ignition servers to do scheduled backups to one central location. The change a while back to prefix backup names with Ignition gateway name is great, and we figured we could put them all in one fol… --- ## [Text field is interpreting symbol "&" like concatenate (+)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/text-field-is-interpreting-symbol-like-concatenate/59524)
**Author:** [@Thiago\_Vilela](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Thiago_Vilela)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2022, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/text-field-is-interpreting-symbol-like-concatenate/59524 "2022-05-13T17:02:50Z")
Hello, I have a Textfield (input), and I’m using it to get information from a barcode that returns something like this: ab12345&xxx754xx&acd458www55 the problem after I press enter and try to get the value (text) self… --- ## [Email Notification of Logs](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/email-notification-of-logs/59548)
**Author:** [@Vijay\_Krishna\_G\_M1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Vijay_Krishna_G_M1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2022, 4:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/email-notification-of-logs/59548 "2022-05-13T16:52:03Z")
Dear Team, Hope you are doing well Scope: Test by sending Email Notification of Logs whenever there is a warning, error etc… to Operator/Technician’s mail address Requesting your support for the below mentioned: How… --- ## [\[Bug-15838\]Perspective Popup Extends Beyond Specified Dimensions When Zoomed In While Using Safari](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-15838-perspective-popup-extends-beyond-specified-dimensions-when-zoomed-in-while-using-safari/31463)
**Author:** [@Rmorgan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Rmorgan)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2022, 2:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-15838-perspective-popup-extends-beyond-specified-dimensions-when-zoomed-in-while-using-safari/31463 "2022-05-13T14:34:10Z")
We seem to have found what appears to be a bug with the perspective popup where if you are zoomed in on a co-ordinate view, then click on an icon which brings up a pop up, the pop then goes a bit mad with scaling and bec… --- ## [Sparkline chart dynamic min,max glyph color](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sparkline-chart-dynamic-min-max-glyph-color/59074)
**Author:** [@KEHT](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/KEHT)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2022, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sparkline-chart-dynamic-min-max-glyph-color/59074 "2022-05-13T14:27:41Z")
I am trying to bind High Marker Color in a sparkline chart bound to tag history set to display 1 day of data to corresponding colors on a moving analog indicator using such expression: if(({ZoneReadings.AHU 0 Zone Data.… --- ## [Tag Provider Inheritance](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-provider-inheritance/59395)
**Author:** [@PFollansbee](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/PFollansbee)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2022, 12:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-provider-inheritance/59395 "2022-05-13T12:56:05Z")
I’m working on a project to establish templates for various ‘canned’ AB AOI’s that cover a number of sensors and actuators that are repeated across various pieces of equipment. The goal is to have versioned AOI’s → versi… [Previous page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?no_subcategories=false&page=840) [Next page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?no_subcategories=false&page=842)