# Ignition **URL:** https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=1033 [Latest](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1034 --- ## [Chunked IDP Authentication - SSO Login](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/chunked-idp-authentication-sso-login/45381)
**Author:** [@nicholas.robinson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nicholas.robinson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2021, 4:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/chunked-idp-authentication-sso-login/45381 "2021-04-15T16:22:05Z")
We have implemented SSO for designer, gateway, and vision clients using 8.1.3. When we login to the gateway or a perspective session, the process is smooth and takes around 2-3 seconds max. However, when we login to a … --- ## [Way to silence alarms from faulty SQL bindings?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/way-to-silence-alarms-from-faulty-sql-bindings/45642)
**Author:** [@bkarabinchak.psi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bkarabinchak.psi)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2021, 2:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/way-to-silence-alarms-from-faulty-sql-bindings/45642 "2021-04-15T14:58:53Z")
Using Ignition 7.9.9. Came onto a project that has a window that has 10+ different containers underneath a root container. Each of these containers has a custom property “ReportData” with slightly different SQL Binding… --- ## [Execution Priority: Transaction Group vs. Gateway Tag Change Script Using a Shared Trigger](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/execution-priority-transaction-group-vs-gateway-tag-change-script-using-a-shared-trigger/45636)
**Author:** [@rbachman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rbachman)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2021, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/execution-priority-transaction-group-vs-gateway-tag-change-script-using-a-shared-trigger/45636 "2021-04-15T14:47:24Z")
I have a single tag that I would like to use to fire both a Transaction Group and a Gateway Tag Change Script. However, once the Transaction Group fires and provides a handshake back to the PLC, the original trigger tag … --- ## [Using system.gui.getDesktopHandles()](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-system-gui-getdesktophandles/45641)
**Author:** [@kwatkins](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kwatkins)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2021, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-system-gui-getdesktophandles/45641 "2021-04-15T14:36:17Z")
I am opening several desktops on different monitors. That part is working. What I am now trying is to check to see if a desktop is open all ready so I do not get an error if they try and open it again or if it is not op… --- ## [Report not rendering as expected](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-not-rendering-as-expected/45639)
**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2021, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-not-rendering-as-expected/45639 "2021-04-15T14:26:27Z")
v8.1.0 What’s going on here? Design: Rendered: --- ## [Ignition Reporting - Multiple Rows in Structured Column OR Any way to stretch Text Shape?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-reporting-multiple-rows-in-structured-column-or-any-way-to-stretch-text-shape/45586)
**Author:** [@DaveRNeal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/DaveRNeal)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2021, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-reporting-multiple-rows-in-structured-column-or-any-way-to-stretch-text-shape/45586 "2021-04-15T13:50:23Z")
Good Morning, I’m attempting to write a report with a table group that needs multiple rows. Some of these elements, however, need the ability to stretch depending on the amount of text being displayed. Here are my iss… --- ## [Dynamic position](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dynamic-position/8485)
**Author:** [@Ivan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ivan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2021, 1:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dynamic-position/8485 "2021-04-15T13:14:01Z")
Hello, Is there a way to dynamically change the coordinates of an object? I can't find any binding. Thanks. --- ## [Bad tag subscription on Vision client](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bad-tag-subscription-on-vision-client/45623)
**Author:** [@andreas.saetran](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andreas.saetran)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2021, 12:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bad-tag-subscription-on-vision-client/45623 "2021-04-15T12:40:11Z")
Hi, Having problems with bad tag subscriptions on our vision client. The picture below shows the problem: Diagnistic window for the current client: This problem occurs daily, with irregular intervals. Sometimes… --- ## [Select IP Address from List](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/select-ip-address-from-list/45630)
**Author:** [@nruimveld](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nruimveld)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2021, 12:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/select-ip-address-from-list/45630 "2021-04-15T12:40:03Z")
ip = system.tag.read(’\[System\]Client/Network/IPAddress’) if ip == ‘10.10.1.100’ or ‘10.10.1.101’ or ‘10.10.1.102’: ‘do something’ I know there’s a way to shorten the if statement to search through a list to see if the… --- ## [Slow respons with all controllers due to lost connection with one of them](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/slow-respons-with-all-controllers-due-to-lost-connection-with-one-of-them/45328)
**Author:** [@andreas.saetran](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andreas.saetran)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2021, 7:25am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/slow-respons-with-all-controllers-due-to-lost-connection-with-one-of-them/45328 "2021-04-15T07:25:23Z")
Hello! On my plants Ignition server we have connected several S7 controllers, most of them connected with IP address and only one connected with OPC-UA server (UPC-UA server in the S7-1200 PLC). The other day we lost c… --- ## [Previous Screen Button on Navigation Panel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/previous-screen-button-on-navigation-panel/45602)
**Author:** [@tpatil](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tpatil)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2021, 4:27am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/previous-screen-button-on-navigation-panel/45602 "2021-04-15T04:27:02Z")
Hi, I created a Navigation Panel on left of the screen which is a Template so it could be used on all the screens. There is a Previous button which does not seem to work. I need to go back to the previous screen whi… --- ## [\[Bug\] PowerChat won't display data if there are any blank values in the result set](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-powerchat-wont-display-data-if-there-are-any-blank-values-in-the-result-set/45620)
**Author:** [@Matthew.gaitan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matthew.gaitan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 11:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-powerchat-wont-display-data-if-there-are-any-blank-values-in-the-result-set/45620 "2021-04-14T23:17:51Z")
As the title states. If there’s any blank data returned for a PowerChart pen then that pin will just fail to display on the Chart You can still export the data as a CSV though which is humorous. :smiley: Edit: I forgo… --- ## [Ignition 7.9 to 8.1 Upgrade issue with Expression binding](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-7-9-to-8-1-upgrade-issue-with-expression-binding/45609)
**Author:** [@justin.huggins](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/justin.huggins)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-7-9-to-8-1-upgrade-issue-with-expression-binding/45609 "2021-04-14T22:20:07Z")
In 7.9 we created the below expression to basically hide data that did not exist. It worked great. After we upgraded our project to 8.1.3, it will not work anymore. Based on the documentation for 8.1 data quality for … --- ## [Bad Quality UDT Instance on Gateway Status 8.1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bad-quality-udt-instance-on-gateway-status-8-1/45616)
**Author:** [@Yfactor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Yfactor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 10:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bad-quality-udt-instance-on-gateway-status-8-1/45616 "2021-04-14T22:15:49Z")
Hi there, I saw someone asked in the forum here, But I couldn't find an answer to it... The tags within the UDT are fine (good) Why are the UDT instances displayed as (bad) on gateway tag status? Thank you --- ## [How to set "Numeric Label" font?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-set-numeric-label-font/8204)
**Author:** [@rfong](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rfong)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-set-numeric-label-font/8204 "2021-04-14T21:32:35Z")
Ignition software version = 4.6.5. Java version on client and server 7.51. Server = RedHat Enterprise Linux version 5.7. Client = Windows 7 x64. In the Ignition Designer, I don't see a Font property for the Numeric Lab… --- ## [Script to lookup a dataset tag and bring corresponding column values?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/script-to-lookup-a-dataset-tag-and-bring-corresponding-column-values/45580)
**Author:** [@berkay.cinar](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/berkay.cinar)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 8:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/script-to-lookup-a-dataset-tag-and-bring-corresponding-column-values/45580 "2021-04-14T20:33:35Z")
Hello I want to create a memory dataset tag which includes all desired info and want to have a script that looks for the value and brings corresponding desired column result for that value. I tried this; OPName=lookup("… --- ## [If else swap to](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/if-else-swap-to/45560)
**Author:** [@andrews](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andrews)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 7:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/if-else-swap-to/45560 "2021-04-14T19:40:33Z")
I want to login then swap screen, if user does not have access go to access denied page here is my code. it will log on, but will not swap the window # This script was generated automatically by the navigation # script… --- ## [Perspective IP address of device for a session](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-ip-address-of-device-for-a-session/38091)
**Author:** [@mlatour](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mlatour)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 7:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-ip-address-of-device-for-a-session/38091 "2021-04-14T19:34:27Z")
Is there a way to get the IP address of the device that has opened a session in Perspective? We have multiple plants across the country, and want to default the home page to the plant someone is opening up a Perspective… --- ## [DB query to Excel script no longer works in Ignition 8](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/db-query-to-excel-script-no-longer-works-in-ignition-8/45603)
**Author:** [@sbeauregard66](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sbeauregard66)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 6:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/db-query-to-excel-script-no-longer-works-in-ignition-8/45603 "2021-04-14T18:35:23Z")
I have a number of scripts which covert db queries to excel an email them out. These no longer work ignition 8. I have fixed 2 things so far I’m stuck on the 3rd. Here is an example of one of them. I have replaced th… --- ## [Export to Excel feature on a header in Perspective](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/export-to-excel-feature-on-a-header-in-perspective/45601)
**Author:** [@dholt](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dholt)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 5:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/export-to-excel-feature-on-a-header-in-perspective/45601 "2021-04-14T17:54:25Z")
Hello all! I’m trying to work something out to have a feature on the header that is applied on all perspective windows to read if the current view has a param called “exportData”. If that param is there I plan to have an… --- ## [BUG MQTT Engine: Server Settings: ClientID limited to 24characters](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-mqtt-engine-server-settings-clientid-limited-to-24characters/45597)
**Author:** [@321liftoff](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/321liftoff)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-mqtt-engine-server-settings-clientid-limited-to-24characters/45597 "2021-04-14T17:44:30Z")
The MQTT Engine fails to create a connection to an MQTT server when the clientID is set to more than 24 characters. For example, a clientID of 01234567890123456789012 works, but a clientID of 012345678901234567890123 fa… --- ## [Tags value to dataset](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tags-value-to-dataset/45590)
**Author:** [@Kevin\_DLeon](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin_DLeon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tags-value-to-dataset/45590 "2021-04-14T15:14:37Z")
hello, i want to make a dataset with the values of a n number of tags, in this case i have a folder with 3 int tags and i have this code but it gives me the error: “list indices must be integers” 1st I declare the 2 … --- ## [Expression tag error](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/expression-tag-error/45570)
**Author:** [@nnaik](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nnaik)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 2:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/expression-tag-error/45570 "2021-04-14T14:46:21Z")
Hello, I have created an expression tag to increment a value every second based on State tag and want to retain the value. My expression is if({\[.\]State}=1,{\[.\]ActualTime}+1,{\[.\]ActualTime}+0) If state = 1 increment … --- ## [Current best solutions for SQL HA, Redundancy and Backups](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/current-best-solutions-for-sql-ha-redundancy-and-backups/39446)
**Author:** [@richardNZ15](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/richardNZ15)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/current-best-solutions-for-sql-ha-redundancy-and-backups/39446 "2021-04-14T14:30:55Z")
Hi all, I have got the opportunity recently to upgrade a clients server hardware (yay!) which is running Ignition and MariaDB servers. My original architecture was a pair of physical servers, with the following configu… --- ## [Get Path to File](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/get-path-to-file/45504)
**Author:** [@kghali](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kghali)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 12:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/get-path-to-file/45504 "2021-04-14T12:50:27Z")
I have some pdfs that I want to present on Perspective Module. I created a database to upload the paths to it and I want the pdf viewer to fetch the path of each pdf file from the database and present that file. The pro… --- ## [Search tags online](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/search-tags-online/45576)
**Author:** [@bert.drijkoningen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bert.drijkoningen)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 12:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/search-tags-online/45576 "2021-04-14T12:15:24Z")
Hi, I’m making my first demo application to check and test the different possibilities of Ignition. The biggest thing I’m missing at the moment is an online tag search in the viewer. Is this possible? Or is there a worka… --- ## [Any experience with bluetooth and WilIot battery-free bluetooth tag](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/any-experience-with-bluetooth-and-wiliot-battery-free-bluetooth-tag/45578)
**Author:** [@JantjeBeton](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JantjeBeton)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 9:19am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/any-experience-with-bluetooth-and-wiliot-battery-free-bluetooth-tag/45578 "2021-04-14T09:19:58Z")
A potential customer is looking for an integration partner for his production line and warehouse. His main concern is tracking products into and from the warehouse. They are currently thinking about using Wiliot battery … --- ## [Issue in split list](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/issue-in-split-list/43628)
**Author:** [@prasath.t](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/prasath.t)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2021, 11:54am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/issue-in-split-list/43628 "2021-02-23T11:54:40Z")
\[u’BP Compressors’, u’SPA Compressors’\] i need to remove u from the list . please let me know how to remove the u --- ## [Perspective Power Chart - Predefine Pens](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-power-chart-predefine-pens/45568)
**Author:** [@AnthonyF](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AnthonyF)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 6:26am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-power-chart-predefine-pens/45568 "2021-04-14T06:26:34Z")
Hi All, I’ve noticed the Power Chart allows bindings to the Pen Source object, but the documentation does not give much detail on what is expected here, other than a value or string. Can anyone shed any light on how to… --- ## [Data backgroundColor style](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/data-backgroundcolor-style/45517)
**Author:** [@james.beeley](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/james.beeley)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 12:27am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/data-backgroundcolor-style/45517 "2021-04-14T00:27:09Z")
I want a table to colour rows based on the priority and acknowledgement status of the alarm. I’m unable to use an Alarm Status Table because I want to set the headings. I have implemented a Table with a script to popula… [Previous page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=1032) [Next page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=1034)