# Ignition **URL:** https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?no_subcategories=false&page=874 [Latest](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/tags.md) **Page:** 875 --- ## [Query help: passing dynamic date parameter](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/query-help-passing-dynamic-date-parameter/57279)
**Author:** [@zacharyw.larson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zacharyw.larson)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2022, 8:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/query-help-passing-dynamic-date-parameter/57279 "2022-03-16T20:11:57Z")
can this be dynamic? Am I just doing it wrong? --- ## [Eaton Visual Designer Communication](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/eaton-visual-designer-communication/57233)
**Author:** [@rod.rebman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rod.rebman)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2022, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/eaton-visual-designer-communication/57233 "2022-03-16T20:05:29Z")
Has anyone successfully configured communication to an Eaton HMI Panel PC running Visual Designer? This appears to be communicating via OPC UA however I am uncertain which Ignition driver to implement in the device conf… --- ## [Can't Connect to MSSQL local DB](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cant-connect-to-mssql-local-db/56045)
**Author:** [@ahernandez](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ahernandez)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2022, 7:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cant-connect-to-mssql-local-db/56045 "2022-03-16T19:34:44Z")
Hi everyone, I’m having issues trying to connect to my local DB for MSSQL. I am using Ignition 8.1.10 and SQL server management studio v18.10. I have checked everything and followed all the steps online, but I am getting… --- ## [thecesrom/Ignition repo has moved to ignition-api GitHub org](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/thecesrom-ignition-repo-has-moved-to-ignition-api-github-org/57278)
**Author:** [@thecesrom.git](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/thecesrom.git)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2022, 7:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/thecesrom-ignition-repo-has-moved-to-ignition-api-github-org/57278 "2022-03-16T19:21:09Z")
What started as a personal project I uploaded to GitHub back in January 2018, a few months passed and the repo found a new home. Two years later it grew branches, and later it became a Python Package. And this week the… --- ## [Converting a json tag to a udt or a memory tag](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/converting-a-json-tag-to-a-udt-or-a-memory-tag/57256)
**Author:** [@Rolando\_Villalobos](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Rolando_Villalobos)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2022, 5:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/converting-a-json-tag-to-a-udt-or-a-memory-tag/57256 "2022-03-16T17:05:07Z")
I have a tag that is coming in as a json format but I’m wondering if there is a way to convert this json tag to inidividual memory tags? here is the property is of the tag { “accessRights”: “Read\_Only”, “dataType”: “… --- ## [Confirmation buttons edit](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/confirmation-buttons-edit/57214)
**Author:** [@Kaloyan\_Radomirov](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kaloyan_Radomirov)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2022, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/confirmation-buttons-edit/57214 "2022-03-16T15:49:34Z")
Hello everyone, is there a way to edit props in these confirmation buttons and the pencil to the right of the input? Like color for example. Thanks. --- ## [Ignition Thick Client](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-thick-client/57262)
**Author:** [@Mh.makfx](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Mh.makfx)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2022, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-thick-client/57262 "2022-03-16T15:47:46Z")
Hi, I have a client that would like to install Thick Clients at the Remote site levels on the HMI’s so when connectivity is lost to the sites from the Command Center they can control Locally. This will require the DA Dri… --- ## [Ignition and zenOn](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-and-zenon/57237)
**Author:** [@Ouissam\_Douadi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ouissam_Douadi)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2022, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-and-zenon/57237 "2022-03-16T15:41:36Z")
Hi , I want to know what’s the difference between this different scada platform ; ignition , zenOn and Citect … Thank you all --- ## [\[Feedback\] Gateway Metrics Dashboard](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feedback-gateway-metrics-dashboard/56172)
**Author:** [@amorthland](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/amorthland)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2022, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feedback-gateway-metrics-dashboard/56172 "2022-03-16T15:32:29Z")
Hello Everybody! We’ve put together a short survey containing several questions relating to the recently launched Metrics Dashboard feature in the Gateway, and should take approx. less than 3 minutes to complete. We wou… --- ## [Stacking plots using Perspective Time Series Chart](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/stacking-plots-using-perspective-time-series-chart/57265)
**Author:** [@AlThePal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AlThePal)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2022, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/stacking-plots-using-perspective-time-series-chart/57265 "2022-03-16T15:19:58Z")
I am displaying 2 plots in a Perspective Time Series Chart using the plots property. This results in 2 stacked charts taking up 50% of the space each. It is possible with Vision Easy Charts to change this ratio so the t… --- ## [SSL Cert Switch Over Best Practices](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ssl-cert-switch-over-best-practices/52315)
**Author:** [@nicholas.robinson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nicholas.robinson)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2022, 3:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ssl-cert-switch-over-best-practices/52315 "2022-03-16T15:10:30Z")
I would like to hear from the forum what are your best practices for switching from one SSL cert to another. A bit of background: Fleet size: 100’s of gateways Dependency: SAML ACS URL contains SSL specific address in… --- ## [Perspective - Flex container - Hierarchic meta.name](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-flex-container-hierarchic-meta-name/57208)
**Author:** [@luc.martin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/luc.martin)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2022, 12:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-flex-container-hierarchic-meta-name/57208 "2022-03-16T12:24:31Z")
I’m on 8.1.15 I want to build a binding on a label by using the third level parent meta name, is there a way to acheive this ? I want to get the “DCM\_shot\_id” meta.name from the “value”, I have tried {parent.parent.p… --- ## [Wrapper log file headers](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/wrapper-log-file-headers/57232)
**Author:** [@cgele](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cgele)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2022, 12:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/wrapper-log-file-headers/57232 "2022-03-16T12:15:21Z")
Does anyone know the column header names in the wrapper logs? Based on what I am seeing column 1 appears to be the logger type (not sure about this one) column 2 appears to be the java machine name column 3 is the da… --- ## [Perspective query VS scripting](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-query-vs-scripting/57250)
**Author:** [@Paul.M](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Paul.M)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2022, 12:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-query-vs-scripting/57250 "2022-03-16T12:13:08Z")
Hello, I have a question, maybe a little basic but…I need to create a interface in Perspective with data from a single place. It’s better to create a lot of small queries to make basic math like SUM or COUNT values fr… --- ## [Tag history queries are kind of messed up](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-history-queries-are-kind-of-messed-up/57164)
**Author:** [@pascal.fragnoud](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pascal.fragnoud)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2022, 8:36am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-history-queries-are-kind-of-messed-up/57164 "2022-03-16T08:36:51Z")
Hello folks, I’m trying to figure out what’s going on with tag history. I’m on 8.1.10. The results for pointCount and periodic queries are utterly wrong. I’m comparing the results of the different modes and here’s what… --- ## [Perspective Alarm Journal not returning data](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-alarm-journal-not-returning-data/57244)
**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2022, 4:35am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-alarm-journal-not-returning-data/57244 "2022-03-16T04:35:03Z")
v8.1.Dinosaur (5) Not sure if this is related to 8.1.5, but I’m seeing an issue where my Alarm Journal component isn’t returning any results. I’ve set the props.name to the name of my alarm journal (incidentally, this i… --- ## [Audit logging of system.tag.write\* functions explicitly excluded from perspective?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/audit-logging-of-system-tag-write-functions-explicitly-excluded-from-perspective/57184)
**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2022, 11:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/audit-logging-of-system-tag-write-functions-explicitly-excluded-from-perspective/57184 "2022-03-15T23:06:27Z")
A customer has just noticed that some of their operator actions aren't being logged in Perspective clients. I just confirmed this and it looks like the only actions not working are those using the system.tag.write\* func… --- ## [Parameter Reading operator (Path Structure)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/parameter-reading-operator-path-structure/57229)
**Author:** [@Adrian\_Bravo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Adrian_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2022, 9:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/parameter-reading-operator-path-structure/57229 "2022-03-15T21:11:25Z")
Hi All, I’ve been doing some work with UDT, Parameters and nested UDT. I have encountered a very curious and strange situation/problem so i need some help in the form of a clarification. Sometimes i change Parameters f… --- ## [{PathToTag} puts “/“ into the tag path instead of a decimal for UDT paths](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pathtotag-puts-into-the-tag-path-instead-of-a-decimal-for-udt-paths/57215)
**Author:** [@rossrohrer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rossrohrer)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pathtotag-puts-into-the-tag-path-instead-of-a-decimal-for-udt-paths/57215 "2022-03-15T18:59:52Z")
Hello! I am new to ignition, and i am trying to build my UDT tags in ignition to talk to identically formatted data types in my Allen Bradley PLC. At first i was able to use things like Root instance name in this format… --- ## [How to change the table in SQL](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-change-the-table-in-sql/15639)
**Author:** [@lyhkch](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lyhkch)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2022, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-change-the-table-in-sql/15639 "2022-03-15T18:07:26Z")
ignition will Generate a table every month,like "sqlt\_data\_1\_2017\_10","sqlt\_data\_1\_2017\_09" , how to switch to a different table in SQL based on the time control, like this: SELECT dateadd(s, sqlt\_data\_1\_2017\_10.t\_stamp … --- ## [How to stop the black bar at bottom from covering the scroll bar?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-stop-the-black-bar-at-bottom-from-covering-the-scroll-bar/57207)
**Author:** [@zacharyw.larson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zacharyw.larson)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2022, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-stop-the-black-bar-at-bottom-from-covering-the-scroll-bar/57207 "2022-03-15T17:52:44Z")
vs I was asked how big a screen has to be to view the full page. The black bar was hiding the scroll bar. I wondered if there is an easy way to have the black bar hidden. Or is there an easy way to show the scrol… --- ## [Troubleshooting clock drift](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/troubleshooting-clock-drift/52754)
**Author:** [@rbachman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rbachman)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2022, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/troubleshooting-clock-drift/52754 "2022-03-15T17:41:16Z")
We’re experiencing some Clock Drift errors, and I’m pretty confident it is related to JVM Garbage Collection. The errors nearly always correlate when it looks like GC runs. I’m new to JVM GC, so I’m trying to figure … --- ## [How to name project script modules properly?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-name-project-script-modules-properly/57212)
**Author:** [@hewking32](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/hewking32)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2022, 4:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-name-project-script-modules-properly/57212 "2022-03-15T16:44:11Z")
Hi All I had strange problem with message “attributeerror - object has not attribute getlogger” - see screenshot below One of my project modules was called logging which i think somehow clashed with the external librar… --- ## [Pass through mouse clicks - Perspective](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pass-through-mouse-clicks-perspective/57180)
**Author:** [@Chris\_Bingham](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Chris_Bingham)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pass-through-mouse-clicks-perspective/57180 "2022-03-15T15:56:13Z")
tl;dr: Ignition 8.1.15, Perspective Module: I'm looking for an elegant way to utilize all of the built-in animations & events (onMouseOver, onActionPerformed, etc) of a button which is NOT in the foreground. After some … --- ## [How to determine gateway startup and shutdown times?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-determine-gateway-startup-and-shutdown-times/57186)
**Author:** [@elijah.puga](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/elijah.puga)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2022, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-determine-gateway-startup-and-shutdown-times/57186 "2022-03-15T15:14:20Z")
Does Ignition have a functionality to determine the datetime of gateway startup and shutdown? --- ## [Help with Exception, org.python.core.PyException: SystemExit: 0](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/help-with-exception-org-python-core-pyexception-systemexit-0/57206)
**Author:** [@MikeAllgood](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/MikeAllgood)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2022, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/help-with-exception-org-python-core-pyexception-systemexit-0/57206 "2022-03-15T14:40:24Z")
In our Validation system we have seen the below error a few times, though is seems to be intermittent, and I’d like to get some help deciphering this if possible. This is being generated by a script on a button in an em… --- ## [Write to array in Vision](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/write-to-array-in-vision/57205)
**Author:** [@Benjamin\_Nielsen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Benjamin_Nielsen)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2022, 2:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/write-to-array-in-vision/57205 "2022-03-15T14:34:38Z")
Hello, I am trying to write string values to an array. However, I am getting a fault: I have tried system.tag.writeBlocking system.opc.writeValue(s) Giving permission in project settings I hope you can help --- ## [Best way to design my development setup for multiple projects](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-way-to-design-my-development-setup-for-multiple-projects/57169)
**Author:** [@Brianw\_Wolowich](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Brianw_Wolowich)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2022, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-way-to-design-my-development-setup-for-multiple-projects/57169 "2022-03-15T14:31:07Z")
I will need to be able to create multiple projects for multiple customers. There will be over 40 projects in total. What is the best way to setup my development computer so I don’t have 40 VMs. The sites are all indiv… --- ## [Perspective - Architecture for local fallback and distribute views](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-architecture-for-local-fallback-and-distribute-views/57199)
**Author:** [@mojoeswa](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mojoeswa)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2022, 12:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-architecture-for-local-fallback-and-distribute-views/57199 "2022-03-15T12:30:11Z")
Hi. I have made an overview of an architecture that includes a central gateway and a local gateway. The idea is to show how a system can be built to handle network errors between the central gateway and the local gatewa… --- ## [Store date and time when a OPC tag value come to a tag](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/store-date-and-time-when-a-opc-tag-value-come-to-a-tag/57191)
**Author:** [@Atanu\_Sanyal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Atanu_Sanyal)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2022, 7:29am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/store-date-and-time-when-a-opc-tag-value-come-to-a-tag/57191 "2022-03-15T07:29:03Z")
Hello guys, Hope you are doing well. I am facing issues with a script that is working in 7.9.17 properly but not working in 8.1.7. This script is to store realtime date and time once a alarm generate, alarm is in a OP… [Previous page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?no_subcategories=false&page=873) [Next page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?no_subcategories=false&page=875)