# Ignition

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## [\[IGN-15096\] Device Delete Off-screen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-15096-device-delete-off-screen/112851)

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**Author:** [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 16, 2025, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-15096-device-delete-off-screen/112851 "2025-12-16T21:30:02Z")

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I discovered today that in v8.3.2, if there is a long list of devices, a device close to the bottom margin will have the "Delete" option hidden below the lower edge. :frowning: As shown here: Might be zoom-related, …

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## [How to remove the additional time axis at the bottom of Power Chart (historical mode)?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-remove-the-additional-time-axis-at-the-bottom-of-power-chart-historical-mode/112155)

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**Author:** [@lizandra.santos](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lizandra.santos)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 16, 2025, 6:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-remove-the-additional-time-axis-at-the-bottom-of-power-chart-historical-mode/112155 "2025-12-16T18:38:10Z")

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Hi everyone, I'm using the Power Chart component in Perspective (Ignition version 8.1.49), and I'm trying to remove the additional time axis that appears at the bottom when the chart is in historical mode — a kind of mi…

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## [Perspective failed to load](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-failed-to-load/112847)

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**Author:** [@keillen.hayes](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/keillen.hayes)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 16, 2025, 4:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-failed-to-load/112847 "2025-12-16T16:51:54Z")

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Hi, I have ignition installed but unable to design any perspective views on designer. Can anyone help, I’m guessing its my firewall or something blocking a certain dependency. Cheers. 16:36:37.284 \[Designer-Startup\] I…

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## [Printing to Markem-Imaje 5200](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/printing-to-markem-imaje-5200/19826)

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**Author:** [@isaiah](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/isaiah)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 16, 2025, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/printing-to-markem-imaje-5200/19826 "2025-12-16T16:50:55Z")

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All, I am working on a project using Markem-Imaje 5200 printers. We are using Colos to send the print jobs to the printer, ahead of the dynamic data. Curious if anyone has worked with these printers before? We are so…

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## [Issues connecting to Ignition OPC-UA Server](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/issues-connecting-to-ignition-opc-ua-server/112844)

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**Author:** [@cr2509](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cr2509)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 16, 2025, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/issues-connecting-to-ignition-opc-ua-server/112844 "2025-12-16T16:48:58Z")

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I’ve been having a lot of trouble getting the Siemens Opcenter OPC-UA client to connect to the Ignition server (v8.1), and I finally discovered the workaround of setting the Ignition Security Policies to Basic256Sha256,N…

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## [Perspective Date Time Picker taking value one day back](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-date-time-picker-taking-value-one-day-back/112839)

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**Author:** [@Veeramani\_D](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Veeramani_D)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 16, 2025, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-date-time-picker-taking-value-one-day-back/112839 "2025-12-16T15:14:29Z")

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In the Perspective Date Time Picker component, the selected date and time is coming one day earlier than what is chosen in the component. Even though I select the correct date and time, the value received is shifted back…

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## [Adding TimescaleDB to Postgres](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/adding-timescaledb-to-postgres/112750)

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**Author:** [@Shea\_Molthen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Shea_Molthen)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 16, 2025, 2:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/adding-timescaledb-to-postgres/112750 "2025-12-16T14:41:32Z")

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I’ve got a current PostgresDB system with a few partitions so far and I’m interested to converting to TimescaleDB. I found this guide (thanks @michael.flagler - for sharing!). I’ve also seen some methods of migrating t…

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## [sortOrder property on dates Perspective Table](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sortorder-property-on-dates-perspective-table/112810)

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**Author:** [@danielps1818](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/danielps1818)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 16, 2025, 2:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sortorder-property-on-dates-perspective-table/112810 "2025-12-16T14:09:53Z")

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Hi! Having problem with this: The custom: How I set up sortOrder: Even setting the column to sort enable, descending and configuring sortOrder the table doesn't get sorted. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. An…

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## [Dynamic authentication challange](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dynamic-authentication-challange/112698)

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**Author:** [@Nikolai\_Eskild\_Jense](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Nikolai_Eskild_Jense)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 16, 2025, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dynamic-authentication-challange/112698 "2025-12-16T13:04:58Z")

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I am working on implementing electronic signatures for a perspective page where users are required to sign for an action before it gets performed. I am currently working with the session event authentication challenge, w…

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## [Failed to upgrade to websocket: Unexpected HTTP Response Status Code: 405 Method Not Allowed](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/failed-to-upgrade-to-websocket-unexpected-http-response-status-code-405-method-not-allowed/112835)

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**Author:** [@ckotadiya](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ckotadiya)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 16, 2025, 1:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/failed-to-upgrade-to-websocket-unexpected-http-response-status-code-405-method-not-allowed/112835 "2025-12-16T13:03:46Z")

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Hello, we are facing websocket error as mentioned below. this gateway is hosted in EC2 instance and getting this error. Due to this, I am unable to perform any action in the designer. Message WebSocket error T…

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## [Alarm notification pipeline question](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-notification-pipeline-question/112820)

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**Author:** [@Nol](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Nol)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 16, 2025, 12:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-notification-pipeline-question/112820 "2025-12-16T12:32:24Z")

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I'm troubleshooting an issue where some of our users claim they receive the SMS alarm notifications delayed ~15 min. When reading through the documentation of the notification block it says it messages each user on the R…

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## [\[FEATURE\] Allow Markdown in Gateway Notes section](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-allow-markdown-in-gateway-notes-section/112830)

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**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2025, 11:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-allow-markdown-in-gateway-notes-section/112830 "2025-12-15T23:53:52Z")

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It’d be nice to be able to add Markdown in the GW notes section on the web portal to format the text nicely and add url links

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## [\[IGN-15109\]Tag export function in webdev](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-15109-tag-export-function-in-webdev/112817)

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**Author:** [@akivabrookler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/akivabrookler)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2025, 11:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-15109-tag-export-function-in-webdev/112817 "2025-12-15T23:20:50Z")

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I am trying to write a webdev module to export tags. This code will run correctly in the script console filePath = "C:\\\\TagExports\\\\tags-export.json" system.tag.exportTags(filePath=filePath, tagPaths=\[""\]) But it fail…

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## [IGN-15020 Null error shows when closing Sessions within Perspective Sessions on UI](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-15020-null-error-shows-when-closing-sessions-within-perspective-sessions-on-ui/112804)

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**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2025, 10:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-15020-null-error-shows-when-closing-sessions-within-perspective-sessions-on-ui/112804 "2025-12-15T22:44:48Z")

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I get this error when trying to kill any Perspective session:

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## [Expression Tag Missevaluating Tag in Script](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/expression-tag-missevaluating-tag-in-script/112826)

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**Author:** [@richhull](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/richhull)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2025, 9:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/expression-tag-missevaluating-tag-in-script/112826 "2025-12-15T21:43:37Z")

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So I have this OPC tag that returns the current position of a cart, however, when I try to use this tag in a separate expression tag, the value and datatype of the tag completely changes. I have tried everything c…

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## [Table - onRowDoubleClick - event.value & arrays](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-onrowdoubleclick-event-value-arrays/112818)

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**Author:** [@code\_skin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/code_skin)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2025, 7:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-onrowdoubleclick-event-value-arrays/112818 "2025-12-15T19:19:00Z")

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I use a column View to parse arrays which works but when I tried to pass event.value from a onRowDoubleClick event, the value is empty instead of what is shown in the table. Is this a bug or expected behavior?

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## [How do I sum the cumulative values of tags over a shift?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-do-i-sum-the-cumulative-values-of-tags-over-a-shift/112813)

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**Author:** [@chris.alexander](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/chris.alexander)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-do-i-sum-the-cumulative-values-of-tags-over-a-shift/112813 "2025-12-15T19:18:08Z")

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I am working on building an OEE dashboard and I have ran into a common obstacle: How do I sum the cumulative values of tags over a shift? For example, Performance is defined as the (Standard Cycle Time X Cycle Count)/(Ru…

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## [Images folder location in containerized Vision 8.1 for rendering disk image](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/images-folder-location-in-containerized-vision-8-1-for-rendering-disk-image/112801)

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**Author:** [@sherman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sherman)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2025, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/images-folder-location-in-containerized-vision-8-1-for-rendering-disk-image/112801 "2025-12-15T18:00:17Z")

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When running in a containerized version of Ignition 8.1, does anyone know where I can find the images folder absolute path that I can access with the Vision Images widget? I need to transfer things into a tmp folder the…

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## [\[BUG\] Unsigned SMALLINT throws query Exception](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-unsigned-smallint-throws-query-exception/112815)

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**Author:** [@Ryan\_Deardorff](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ryan_Deardorff)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-unsigned-smallint-throws-query-exception/112815 "2025-12-15T17:29:33Z")

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I have an unsigned SMALLINT column in my MySQL database. Querying via Ignition doesn’t work because it’s using java.lang.Short which only supports the range for a signed value. Caused by: com.inductiveautomation.igniti…

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## [I would like to build my own chatgpt for my team to interface within my ignition pages](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/i-would-like-to-build-my-own-chatgpt-for-my-team-to-interface-within-my-ignition-pages/112812)

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**Author:** [@stephen.lawson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/stephen.lawson)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2025, 5:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/i-would-like-to-build-my-own-chatgpt-for-my-team-to-interface-within-my-ignition-pages/112812 "2025-12-15T17:09:24Z")

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My idea is to have/create my teams own chatbot to respond to issues with equipment/ HUD screens when maintenance puts in issues. The information that is provided comes from the chat bot is what my team feeds it. If the c…

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## [\[IGN-15104\]Ignition Gateway restarts Itself (v8.1.18 16GB Memory allocation)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-15104-ignition-gateway-restarts-itself-v8-1-18-16gb-memory-allocation/61598)

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**Author:** [@tyler.bennett](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tyler.bennett)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-15104-ignition-gateway-restarts-itself-v8-1-18-16gb-memory-allocation/61598 "2025-12-15T17:03:34Z")

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Yesterday we concurrently updated the gateway memory allocation (8GB to 16GB) and updated the ignition software version (v8.1.17 to v 8.1.18). Today we have had a number of instances where the gateway appear to have res…

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## [Table-subview open by default](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-subview-open-by-default/112785)

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**Author:** [@jon.amelibia](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jon.amelibia)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2025, 4:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-subview-open-by-default/112785 "2025-12-15T16:36:59Z")

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Hi folks! Does anyone know if its possible to insert a subview in a table row that is opened by default? Cheers!

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## [Designer Launcher 1.3.0](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-launcher-1-3-0/112814)

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**Author:** [@jfan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jfan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-launcher-1-3-0/112814 "2025-12-15T15:49:19Z")

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Anyone run into an issue where the designer launcher from 8.3 cannot open projects from 8.1.X?

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## [Tag Historian For Array Types](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-historian-for-array-types/112542)

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**Author:** [@eve.kaczkowski](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/eve.kaczkowski)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2025, 3:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-historian-for-array-types/112542 "2025-12-15T15:34:26Z")

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Hello, I want to get the tag history for a string array tag type. I am running version 8.3 and would like to use an internal Ignition database, such as the new Core Historian or Legacy Historian. This tag is part of a UD…

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## [Pager Size Selection Missing on Small View](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pager-size-selection-missing-on-small-view/112708)

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**Author:** [@tebright1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tebright1)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2025, 2:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pager-size-selection-missing-on-small-view/112708 "2025-12-15T14:12:32Z")

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The Page Size dropdown on a table is disappearing on a small width view. How do I fix this visual? Desktop Width: Mobile Width:

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## [Ignition Gateway Server SSD vs HDD](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-gateway-server-ssd-vs-hdd/112811)

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**Author:** [@meg101](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/meg101)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2025, 1:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-gateway-server-ssd-vs-hdd/112811 "2025-12-15T13:31:45Z")

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Hi, I’m looking at sizing a server for an ignition project and was wondering if there’s any reason I can’t have a HDD over an SSD. Trying to keep costs down and there is a significant difference in price. Thanks

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## [Make elements transparent when mouse out of them](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/make-elements-transparent-when-mouse-out-of-them/112761)

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**Author:** [@danielps1818](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/danielps1818)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2025, 9:12am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/make-elements-transparent-when-mouse-out-of-them/112761 "2025-12-15T09:12:54Z")

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I have some buttons with the opacity set to 0.25 I want that if you hover the mouse the opacity is set to 1 so you can see clearly the buttons. I tried this: onMouseEnter: self.props.style.opacity = 1 onMouseLeave: …

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## [DateTime Picker defaulting only the time](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/datetime-picker-defaulting-only-the-time/112802)

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**Author:** [@Cory\_Lambert](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Cory_Lambert)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2025, 8:43am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/datetime-picker-defaulting-only-the-time/112802 "2025-12-15T08:43:08Z")

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I’m trying to set only the time in the picker to a default value. Right now, the value stays null until the user selects a date, but the time is defaulted to midnight. 99.99% of the item, users interacting with the com…

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## [Perspective - best way to transform two or more properties (avoiding script transform)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-best-way-to-transform-two-or-more-properties-avoiding-script-transform/112796)

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**Author:** [@davee\_s](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/davee_s)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2025, 8:36am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-best-way-to-transform-two-or-more-properties-avoiding-script-transform/112796 "2025-12-15T08:36:13Z")

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I am using Ignition 8.1.50 with Perspective module. I know that in transforms is better to use map/expressions rather than scripts, but I want to understand if is possible to create a logic like this without a script tr…

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## [Corrupted e-mail attachment](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/corrupted-e-mail-attachment/112805)

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**Author:** [@Hefin\_Price](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Hefin_Price)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2025, 3:21am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/corrupted-e-mail-attachment/112805 "2025-12-15T03:21:10Z")

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I set up a function last year to send an e-mail once a task has been completed. It would create a report attach it to an e-mail and send to a recipient responsible for the task. It’s worked flawlessly until we upgraded…

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