# Ignition

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## [Ignition OPC UA Server Redundancy](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-opc-ua-server-redundancy/41016)

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**Author:** [@mohamad.tayara](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mohamad.tayara)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 1, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-opc-ua-server-redundancy/41016 "2020-12-01T21:28:50Z")

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Following up on a previous topic Ignition OPC UA Server Tag Read I have done some tests in order to verify if the OPC UA server Redundancy is a supported feature when using a Redundant gateway setup. In Summary, a Redun…

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## [Ignition Licensing](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-licensing/41106)

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**Author:** [@yehet73190](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/yehet73190)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 1, 2020, 8:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-licensing/41106 "2020-12-01T20:40:24Z")

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I just want to check, once a license is activated can I still use that license again or do I need to buy another one if I want to use ignition on a different pc?

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## [History Enabled System Tags Not Logging](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/history-enabled-system-tags-not-logging/40461)

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**Author:** [@dion.botha](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dion.botha)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 1, 2020, 7:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/history-enabled-system-tags-not-logging/40461 "2020-12-01T19:45:07Z")

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Hi Guys, This morning I noticed that some of the system tags I have history enabled on (eg \[System\]Gateway/Performance/CPU Usage) are not actually logging as the Easy Chart never shows the values changing. V8.0.16

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## [Help finding a script that throws a bunch of errors](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/help-finding-a-script-that-throws-a-bunch-of-errors/41098)

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**Author:** [@wking](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/wking)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 1, 2020, 6:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/help-finding-a-script-that-throws-a-bunch-of-errors/41098 "2020-12-01T18:13:04Z")

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I have thousands of these exceptions in my logs and I would like to remedy them. But, I am not sure how to track this guy down. Any pointers? INFO | jvm 2 | 2020/12/01 11:43:16 | E \[S.SystemUtilities \] …

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## [How to remove a role of a user in ignition with scripts](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-remove-a-role-of-a-user-in-ignition-with-scripts/41091)

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**Author:** [@retinder.labana](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/retinder.labana)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 1, 2020, 5:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-remove-a-role-of-a-user-in-ignition-with-scripts/41091 "2020-12-01T17:40:53Z")

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I tried deleted role of a user via SQL query delete from scada\_user\_rl where user\_id = ( select id from scada\_users where primaryEmail =:email ) but that did not work. I can add roles to a user using SQL query but can…

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## [What replaced system.gui.openWindow in v7.9.14?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-replaced-system-gui-openwindow-in-v7-9-14/41097)

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**Author:** [@cbanzet](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cbanzet)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 1, 2020, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-replaced-system-gui-openwindow-in-v7-9-14/41097 "2020-12-01T17:33:58Z")

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I need to open a window in a mouse double-click event. I know there USED to be a system.gui.openWindow because I can see references to it on this forum (and I’m sure I have used it before). It’s not in the manual, even…

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## [How to use Script Data Source to Access multi-level Nested Query Data in Report Module](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-use-script-data-source-to-access-multi-level-nested-query-data-in-report-module/41077)

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**Author:** [@pdc5067](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pdc5067)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 1, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-use-script-data-source-to-access-multi-level-nested-query-data-in-report-module/41077 "2020-12-01T16:35:29Z")

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I currently have a Nested Query that contains 3 levels: |- ParentQuery |-- ChildQuery |— SubChild Query I first used what is found in the Scripting Data Source Doc to pull 5 different datasets and combine them into 1…

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## [Trigger page refresh based on client connectivity](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/trigger-page-refresh-based-on-client-connectivity/41086)

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**Author:** [@mcarritt1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mcarritt1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 1, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/trigger-page-refresh-based-on-client-connectivity/41086 "2020-12-01T15:48:05Z")

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Does anyone have an idea on how I could trigger a perspective page refresh if the client loses connection for a set period of time? My understanding is the scripts run on the gateway for perspective clients, so I’m not …

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## [Ad-Hoc trending can you add/remove visibility on y-axis labels to max trend area](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ad-hoc-trending-can-you-add-remove-visibility-on-y-axis-labels-to-max-trend-area/40961)

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**Author:** [@BT\_ca67](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/BT_ca67)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 1, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ad-hoc-trending-can-you-add-remove-visibility-on-y-axis-labels-to-max-trend-area/40961 "2020-12-01T15:47:04Z")

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Is there a place on the configuration to add visibility to users. Please see image below. The more pens added the smaller the graph area is…any way to hid y axis labels?

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## [Can we update transaction group by using scripting or any igniton function?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-we-update-transaction-group-by-using-scripting-or-any-igniton-function/41083)

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**Author:** [@anarula](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/anarula)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 1, 2020, 12:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-we-update-transaction-group-by-using-scripting-or-any-igniton-function/41083 "2020-12-01T12:40:03Z")

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export xml file of transaction group via any function or any scripting method? how can we edit xml file via python in igniton itself? how to save transcation groups after any edit via scripting only? wether we can use t…

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## [Create dataset from webapi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/create-dataset-from-webapi/41042)

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**Author:** [@Mitchel.Gommers](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Mitchel.Gommers)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 1, 2020, 8:02am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/create-dataset-from-webapi/41042 "2020-12-01T08:02:18Z")

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Hello, I want to make a dataset from an webapi. I am using this script: from urlib import urlopen import json url= ("http://xxxxxxx") Results = system.net.httpGet(url) dictResults = system.util.jsonDecode(results) P…

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## [Perspective table slow problem](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-table-slow-problem/41082)

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**Author:** [@yifeiliu08](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/yifeiliu08)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 1, 2020, 7:27am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-table-slow-problem/41082 "2020-12-01T07:27:20Z")

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This is the first time I use perspective to do a project, I have 20 column, the first column is named ID, I want to hide it, so I add 20 column in the table column and made the first column ID visible false I also …

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## [Mouse Entered or Mouse moved events not working in Client](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mouse-entered-or-mouse-moved-events-not-working-in-client/41024)

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**Author:** [@Gaurav.Shitole](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Gaurav.Shitole)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [December 1, 2020, 4:37am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mouse-entered-or-mouse-moved-events-not-working-in-client/41024 "2020-12-01T04:37:36Z")

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Hi there, I having a strange issue in my application. I have wrote a SQL query to fetch a certain data into a Dropdown-Menu based on IN function. So for example: SELECT recipe\_name FROM recipe WHERE recipe\_id IN (1,2,……

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## [\[BUG\] 8.1.0 Copying and pasting tags into the tag browser fails without errors if UDT definition doesn't exist](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-8-1-0-copying-and-pasting-tags-into-the-tag-browser-fails-without-errors-if-udt-definition-doesnt-exist/41075)

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**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 11:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-8-1-0-copying-and-pasting-tags-into-the-tag-browser-fails-without-errors-if-udt-definition-doesnt-exist/41075 "2020-11-30T23:19:08Z")

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I’m copying UDT instance tags from one gateway to another, same version, but the gateway i’m pasting to (apparently) doesn’t have the UDT definition for the tags i’m pasting. However, I don’t get any warnings and my tags…

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## [\[BUG: 1193\] 8.1.0 Tag browser tag add/remove collapses all nested folders within folder modified](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-1193-8-1-0-tag-browser-tag-add-remove-collapses-all-nested-folders-within-folder-modified/40830)

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**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 11:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-1193-8-1-0-tag-browser-tag-add-remove-collapses-all-nested-folders-within-folder-modified/40830 "2020-11-30T23:12:25Z")

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v8.1.0 When adding, moving, or removing tags within a folder, if the folder has sub-directories, then these are all collapsed for all designer sessions. This is super annoying, especially if multiple people are working …

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## [Report Scripting: Accessing Nested Query with Nested Query](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-scripting-accessing-nested-query-with-nested-query/33211)

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**Author:** [@tommy](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tommy)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 11:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-scripting-accessing-nested-query-with-nested-query/33211 "2020-11-30T23:02:28Z")

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I’m working on a report that has two layers of nested queries. I’m having trouble accessing the nested query on the second tier within the scripting data source. Does anyone have an idea how to go about this?

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## [Custom Perspective Table Sorting](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/custom-perspective-table-sorting/30045)

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**Author:** [@md.szyman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/md.szyman)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 10:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/custom-perspective-table-sorting/30045 "2020-11-30T22:36:58Z")

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Is it possible to customize how a table sorts to allow sorting a column based on something other than the value that is visible in the table? For instance, I have a table showing database values that exist as some decim…

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## [Adding text to the bottom of the home page (V8.1)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/adding-text-to-the-bottom-of-the-home-page-v8-1/40813)

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**Author:** [@rpulsifer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rpulsifer)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/adding-text-to-the-bottom-of-the-home-page-v8-1/40813 "2020-11-30T21:12:08Z")

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Since Ignition acts (and actually is) a webpage, and as we are launching a Gateway in China - Chinese regulations require us to put our ICP license # and company information at the bottom of our “Home” page. A single lin…

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## [License Disappearing](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/license-disappearing/41066)

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**Author:** [@drojas](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/drojas)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 8:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/license-disappearing/41066 "2020-11-30T20:56:51Z")

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We just had a PC reboot (probably from a Windows Update or manually from an operator) and after restart, Ignition showed no license installed. What happened? What could cause the gateway to lose its license? An antivi…

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## [\[1190\] v8.1.0 Dataset editor shrinks columns upon refresh](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/1190-v8-1-0-dataset-editor-shrinks-columns-upon-refresh/40941)

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**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/1190-v8-1-0-dataset-editor-shrinks-columns-upon-refresh/40941 "2020-11-30T19:55:41Z")

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For example, when deleting, columns are shrunk back to original. (Database editor should really open and auto-fit columns, but they don’t and 9/10 times columns are too narrow)

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## [Modbus TCP Uncertain\_InitialValue](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modbus-tcp-uncertain-initialvalue/41057)

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**Author:** [@alicia](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/alicia)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 7:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modbus-tcp-uncertain-initialvalue/41057 "2020-11-30T19:44:12Z")

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I’m using a Moxa E1240 remote IO device. I had values coming in, but now they’re saying uncertain\_InitialValue when I subscribe and in the tag that I created. However, if I read from quick client there are good valu…

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## [Using a Non-Alarm Property Tag in Pipeline switch block](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-a-non-alarm-property-tag-in-pipeline-switch-block/40951)

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**Author:** [@mhicks1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mhicks1)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-a-non-alarm-property-tag-in-pipeline-switch-block/40951 "2020-11-30T18:58:23Z")

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I am trying to send alarms to different Notification Blocks using a Switch. Is it possible to use any tag in the Switch Block vs an Alarm property tag, to send it to a different Notification Block? Below, I am using a …

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## [\[bug-1038\]8.1 Tag Browser causing high CPU utilization](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-1038-8-1-tag-browser-causing-high-cpu-utilization/41053)

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**Author:** [@Matthew.gaitan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matthew.gaitan)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-1038-8-1-tag-browser-causing-high-cpu-utilization/41053 "2020-11-30T18:11:03Z")

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Hey all, I’m testing upgrading one of our systems that’s on 7.9 to 8.1 and I ran into an issue. If I have the tag browser open / interact with it and a lot of tag writes happen to a folder that’s visible (but not open)…

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## [Dump all UDT instance details to XML?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dump-all-udt-instance-details-to-xml/41054)

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**Author:** [@jburgess](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jburgess)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dump-all-udt-instance-details-to-xml/41054 "2020-11-30T17:36:14Z")

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Version 8.0. I’m trying to write a script to export a full UDT instance to an XML file, and by using untangle, walk the document and output parts of it into a CSV file for editing in Excel. I started with system.tag.ex…

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## [V8.1 Federated Settings - Not Working](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/v8-1-federated-settings-not-working/40940)

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**Author:** [@lorenzo.mateo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lorenzo.mateo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/v8-1-federated-settings-not-working/40940 "2020-11-30T17:22:52Z")

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The new IdP settings on Ignition 8.1, Session Expiration and Session Inactivity Timeout is not working. I have tried setting Session Expiration to 0 and Session Inactivity Timeout to 1 and vice versa of my test project…

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## [Popup Window Placement Ver7.9.10](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/popup-window-placement-ver7-9-10/40960)

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**Author:** [@bob.cappelletti](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bob.cappelletti)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/popup-window-placement-ver7-9-10/40960 "2020-11-30T17:07:04Z")

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I have created a Popup window and set it as Floating It does not want to open at the floating coordinates, cant figure out what I am doing wron?

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## [Alarm journal display path filter (uppercase and lowercase letter)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-journal-display-path-filter-uppercase-and-lowercase-letter/41051)

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**Author:** [@lachguerabdallah](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lachguerabdallah)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-journal-display-path-filter-uppercase-and-lowercase-letter/41051 "2020-11-30T16:36:50Z")

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hello I’m using the component’s text field to filter the Alarm Journal table by display path, but the problem is that it distinguishes between uppercase and lowercase letter. is there any way to fix that? in the Status …

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## [Installed / Running Modules](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/installed-running-modules/41043)

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**Author:** [@dcamp1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dcamp1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/installed-running-modules/41043 "2020-11-30T15:13:54Z")

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If I’m not using some of these modules can I uninstall them? I don’t see an option to turn-off. Please see Picture!

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## [Perspective 8.1: Views have been changed into folders](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-8-1-views-have-been-changed-into-folders/41017)

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**Author:** [@vinh.nguyen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/vinh.nguyen)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-8-1-views-have-been-changed-into-folders/41017 "2020-11-30T14:09:25Z")

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My views I have worked on have turned into folders, there was a couple threads back with this same issue but there was no real solution aside from it being mentioned to be patched out. Is there a way to get them back int…

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## [Upgrade 7.9.12 -\> 7.9.13 : Opc Connection faulted](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/upgrade-7-9-12-7-9-13-opc-connection-faulted/30901)

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**Author:** [@y.pfister](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/y.pfister)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 11:41am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/upgrade-7-9-12-7-9-13-opc-connection-faulted/30901 "2020-11-30T11:41:30Z")

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I’ve updated Ignition to version 7.9.13. But I can no longer connect to Beckhoff UA OPC servers. I have the following error: nonce must be at least 32 bytes UaException: status=Bad\_NonceInvalid, message=nonce must be…

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