# Ignition **URL:** https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?no_subcategories=false&page=955 [Latest](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/tags.md) **Page:** 956 --- ## [Python AttributeError when included in dir()](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/python-attributeerror-when-included-in-dir/51354)
**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2021, 9:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/python-attributeerror-when-included-in-dir/51354 "2021-09-27T21:05:20Z")
This is probably a lack of my Java knowledge... I got this from someone at IA to get a full list of all of the default alarm props: I'm trying to do something similar but for tags in general (history would be good as … --- ## [Rockwell DF1 using Moxa EIP3170](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/rockwell-df1-using-moxa-eip3170/28787)
**Author:** [@Chris\_Taylor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Chris_Taylor)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2021, 7:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/rockwell-df1-using-moxa-eip3170/28787 "2021-09-27T19:07:34Z")
I have a Micrologix 1100 and I’m using the DF1 port with default settings to connect to a Moxa EIP3170. I can successfully connect via the Moxa using rsLinx and can program etc using RS500. I can’t seem to get a connec… --- ## [Dragging tags into a folder in the tag browser while the Ctrl key is pressed does not produce the warning popup](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dragging-tags-into-a-folder-in-the-tag-browser-while-the-ctrl-key-is-pressed-does-not-produce-the-warning-popup/50301)
**Author:** [@chandler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/chandler)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2021, 6:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dragging-tags-into-a-folder-in-the-tag-browser-while-the-ctrl-key-is-pressed-does-not-produce-the-warning-popup/50301 "2021-09-27T18:10:38Z")
I am not sure if this is intended or not, but it is something that I noticed while selecting multiple tags. If you have Ctrl held while dragging and dropping a tag to a different folder, the “Really perform this move?” … --- ## [Binding property between different views](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/binding-property-between-different-views/51348)
**Author:** [@phandc](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/phandc)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2021, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/binding-property-between-different-views/51348 "2021-09-27T16:33:19Z")
Hi everyone! I’m trying to bind a property between different views. On viewA, I have a dropdown with two options: siteA and siteB, and a button. When a user clicks the button, it will popup viewB. I want to bind the dro… --- ## [Set value mode Discrete via script](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/set-value-mode-discrete-via-script/51312)
**Author:** [@Matrix\_Engineering](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matrix_Engineering)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2021, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/set-value-mode-discrete-via-script/51312 "2021-09-27T14:59:07Z")
Hi, is it possible to set value mode when using system.tag.edittag? Something like: system.tag.editTag(tagPath="Flex/Flextest",attributes={"HistoryEnabled":True, "HistoricalScanclass":"Default Historical", "ValueMode":… --- ## [Comparing dates in script](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/comparing-dates-in-script/51374)
**Author:** [@zacharyw.larson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zacharyw.larson)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2021, 2:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/comparing-dates-in-script/51374 "2021-09-27T14:41:50Z")
I don’t know what is wrong in my code The last line doesn’t run. Not sure if the if statements aren’t ending or what is going on today = system.date.now() dayBefore = system.date.addDays(today, -1) shift3yesterd… --- ## [Bug Report: Power Table configureCell()](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-report-power-table-configurecell/51315)
**Author:** [@nunya.biz](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nunya.biz)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2021, 2:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-report-power-table-configurecell/51315 "2021-09-27T14:24:02Z")
There’s a bug in the configureCell() extension function on the Power Table component in Vision. I tested on 8.1 and 7.9, both of which have the bug. When selecting a row from a power table, configureCell() does not exe… --- ## [Tag intermittency](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-intermittency/51030)
**Author:** [@jjguillenes](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jjguillenes)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2021, 10:21am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-intermittency/51030 "2021-09-27T10:21:38Z")
Hello mates, ive been suffering some kind of error, if thats the case, in some of my tags. im using two datatypes affecting 8 retorts, the thing is a few days ago only one of the retorts started having some comunication… --- ## [Project Library Trigger or Action](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/project-library-trigger-or-action/51370)
**Author:** [@batuhan.parlakay](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/batuhan.parlakay)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2021, 10:11am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/project-library-trigger-or-action/51370 "2021-09-27T10:11:41Z")
Hi, I wrote a code in Project Library script and I want it to run every 5 seconds in vision page. What can I do for it ? The script is not called with the Gateway Event, so I don’t know what to do. Thank you. --- ## [Report Schedule error](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-schedule-error/50095)
**Author:** [@taguililla](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/taguililla)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2021, 6:51am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-schedule-error/50095 "2021-09-27T06:51:36Z")
Hello, good morning. I have the next error when I run an email on Report Schedule: Attempted Action could not complete. WARN: Error in running distribution Email for report OEE-- class sun.font.CompositeFont cannot be… --- ## [\[FEATURE\] Add option to Find/Replace tool to exclude (or rather include) inherited projects](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-add-option-to-find-replace-tool-to-exclude-or-rather-include-inherited-projects/51364)
**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2021, 6:27am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-add-option-to-find-replace-tool-to-exclude-or-rather-include-inherited-projects/51364 "2021-09-27T06:27:13Z")
It would be useful, for projects at the upper levels of inheritance, to have the option of excluding results found within inherited projects. Using find/replace on results found in inherited projects will override those … --- ## [Keychain expression on image properties](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/keychain-expression-on-image-properties/51359)
**Author:** [@jbrad](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jbrad)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2021, 12:45am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/keychain-expression-on-image-properties/51359 "2021-09-27T00:45:48Z")
I’m trying to use the keychain expression on the image property for scale: Page%2?1:-1 and X location: Page%2?430:10 If I use these expressions in a text box they evaluate correctly, but only seem to evaluate the fin… --- ## [\[FEATURE\] Perspective - Resizing components doesn't show guides and snaps to other component extended positions](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-perspective-resizing-components-doesnt-show-guides-and-snaps-to-other-component-extended-positions/51357)
**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2021, 12:25am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-perspective-resizing-components-doesnt-show-guides-and-snaps-to-other-component-extended-positions/51357 "2021-09-27T00:25:03Z")
When moving a component in a coord container you get red guides that extend from other components so that you can easily snap your component to the same positions as other components. However this feature hasn’t been ext… --- ## [Siemens OPC-UA Server Error looking up endpoint](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-opc-ua-server-error-looking-up-endpoint/51342)
**Author:** [@andrew.marano](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andrew.marano)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2021, 6:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-opc-ua-server-error-looking-up-endpoint/51342 "2021-09-26T18:21:21Z")
Hi All, I’m having an issue getting connected to a Siemens S7-1500 OPC-UA server, from Ignition. Environment is Ignition 8.1.7, and Siemens S7-1500 CPU 151-2 PN. \*\*These devices are on different subnets, which probabl… --- ## [Tag Historian Compress](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-historian-compress/51347)
**Author:** [@monc](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/monc)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2021, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-historian-compress/51347 "2021-09-26T16:47:14Z")
Hello, We have a historical table that’s growing really fast. It’s only 2 and half months but the data is already at 75GB. Is there a way to compressed the tag historian table data? --- ## [After upgrade to Ignition 8.1, this happens at least once a day --Please help](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/after-upgrade-to-ignition-8-1-this-happens-at-least-once-a-day-please-help/51339)
**Author:** [@llaari](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/llaari)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2021, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/after-upgrade-to-ignition-8-1-this-happens-at-least-once-a-day-please-help/51339 "2021-09-26T14:21:51Z")
we upgraded from 7.9 to 8.1 on July 26th, we experienced numerous issues, the latest is the memory leaks: we have 1 master and 1 backup(redundant) gateways, both have 32GB of memory and the master “gobbles” up the memory… --- ## [Writing to components' Custom Property from inside a parameterized popup window](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/writing-to-components-custom-property-from-inside-a-parameterized-popup-window/51307)
**Author:** [@ahmed.fouad](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ahmed.fouad)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2021, 9:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/writing-to-components-custom-property-from-inside-a-parameterized-popup-window/51307 "2021-09-25T21:01:10Z")
Hello everyone, I will try to explain my problem in a few bulletpoints. I am grateful for any help/insights offered. Objective: A one-shot button found inside a parameterized popup window should set the value of a cust… --- ## [Named Queries Not Working](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/named-queries-not-working/28388)
**Author:** [@bvaldovinos](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bvaldovinos)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/named-queries-not-working/28388 "2021-09-25T13:17:09Z")
Ignition Version: 7.9.12 Gateway PC: CentOS Linux 7. Zulu 8.40 MySQL on the Gateway PC Version: 5.7.27 Client PC: Windows 10. Zulu 8.38 The problem I’m facing is that no named queries are working. I even have a named… --- ## [Multiple Gateways -\> One Database Historian](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/multiple-gateways-one-database-historian/51328)
**Author:** [@kwieczorkowski](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kwieczorkowski)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2021, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/multiple-gateways-one-database-historian/51328 "2021-09-24T19:27:23Z")
Hello, I am working on a project where we will have a gateway in a central location which will handle the visualization portion of the project. We will then have multiple gateways across various customer sites that will… --- ## [Tag history error message](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-history-error-message/51327)
**Author:** [@michael.black](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michael.black)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2021, 6:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-history-error-message/51327 "2021-09-24T18:39:47Z")
I am getting the following error in my logs. The datasource ‘DB’ cannot accept data of the given type \[sqltaghistory\] The log properties show its related to store-forward-name DB which is the name of my Oracle DB. --- ## [Alarm journal on different gateways](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-journal-on-different-gateways/51326)
**Author:** [@michael.black](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michael.black)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2021, 6:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-journal-on-different-gateways/51326 "2021-09-24T18:23:19Z")
I split up a project between frontend and backend with the backend containing connections to plc and to an oracle database. The frontend contains perspective, has access to the Oracle DB and has a remote tag provider to… --- ## [Occurring alarm after gateway shutdown/failover](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/occurring-alarm-after-gateway-shutdown-failover/51324)
**Author:** [@JR7](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JR7)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2021, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/occurring-alarm-after-gateway-shutdown-failover/51324 "2021-09-24T17:25:37Z")
Hi All, I have an Ignition ver. 8.1.7 and have a redundancy setup. When we do a force failover / main gateway had to be shutdown, all the registered/not active alarm was shown in our alarm history like the image below. … --- ## [Read GREEN PASS QR CODE](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/read-green-pass-qr-code/51314)
**Author:** [@andrea.wohlers](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andrea.wohlers)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/read-green-pass-qr-code/51314 "2021-09-24T16:29:44Z")
Hello everybody! If you’re in Europe you’ve heard this situation of the GREEN PASS. I can read the QR code using a barcode reader than I have this “encrypted” string, does someone have done something to read it? thank … --- ## [Find invalid tags?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/find-invalid-tags/50266)
**Author:** [@peter](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/peter)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2021, 4:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/find-invalid-tags/50266 "2021-09-24T16:25:25Z")
(I’d expect that this is a dupe of something, but I haven’t found it yet) I’m developing both the PLC program and HMI at the same time. As the code is changing hourly there is a chance that a tag I’ve imported into the… --- ## [AlarmStatus - table border](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarmstatus-table-border/22525)
**Author:** [@mazeyrat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mazeyrat)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarmstatus-table-border/22525 "2021-09-24T14:49:41Z")
The border property of the alarm status component has no effect on the table inside the alarm status component. I would like to suppress the border of the table inside the alarm status. Is it possible ? --- ## [Green arrows on components with conditional properties between them](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/green-arrows-on-components-with-conditional-properties-between-them/51270)
**Author:** [@splata](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/splata)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2021, 1:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/green-arrows-on-components-with-conditional-properties-between-them/51270 "2021-09-24T13:52:31Z")
hello I´ve this little visual issue i did bind the enable property betwen the toggle button, slide bar and buttons . i did check the necessarily the bidirectional check box because i need to write and read the tags… --- ## [Datetime translation errror](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/datetime-translation-errror/51300)
**Author:** [@prasath.t](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/prasath.t)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2021, 12:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/datetime-translation-errror/51300 "2021-09-24T12:00:34Z")
Hi i have function raw\_time = datetime.strptime(req\_time, '%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Z %Y') when i change language from english to french in client and excute i am getting this error can any one help me out in this --- ## [Create a dynamic view on the same page using Flex Repeater](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/create-a-dynamic-view-on-the-same-page-using-flex-repeater/51276)
**Author:** [@phandc](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/phandc)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2021, 9:16am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/create-a-dynamic-view-on-the-same-page-using-flex-repeater/51276 "2021-09-24T09:16:11Z")
Hi everyone, I’m new to Ignition Perspective. On the main page, I have a dropdown with two options: siteA and siteB. Each site has a different number of components. For example, siteA has one component and siteB has two… --- ## [Add function to detect inactivity time in Perspective](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/add-function-to-detect-inactivity-time-in-perspective/51249)
**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2021, 8:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/add-function-to-detect-inactivity-time-in-perspective/51249 "2021-09-23T20:39:53Z")
As in Vision, please add a function for Perspective. --- ## [OPC write-back settings available for Expression Tags is missing](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-write-back-settings-available-for-expression-tags-is-missing/51284)
**Author:** [@brandon222](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/brandon222)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2021, 8:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-write-back-settings-available-for-expression-tags-is-missing/51284 "2021-09-23T20:34:24Z")
Sorry I know this question has probably been asked before but I can’t think of a simple way for my situation. I need to write a static number to the PLC. Theres 28 of them per UDT and I have 100 of them. The number very … [Previous page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?no_subcategories=false&page=954) [Next page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?no_subcategories=false&page=956)