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**Author:** [@flavien](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/flavien)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2020, 4:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/data-query-in-perspective/40953 "2020-11-25T16:40:19Z")
Hi, In perspective, I use a template repeater to instances 3 views in a responsive page (like in demo V8). The first instance is a view which generate a db query and send result to the others view instances (1 chart and… --- ## [Message Handler not working in popup](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/message-handler-not-working-in-popup/40924)
**Author:** [@Gaurav.Shitole](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Gaurav.Shitole)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2020, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/message-handler-not-working-in-popup/40924 "2020-11-25T16:30:48Z")
Hello, I need help regarding message handler which I am listening in the popup. Alert Popup Screenshot with Message Handler I have a table in view called Recipes and there is a popup called alert. What I am doing is… --- ## [XY chart, week number position](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/xy-chart-week-number-position/40950)
**Author:** [@vipo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/vipo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2020, 1:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/xy-chart-week-number-position/40950 "2020-11-25T13:21:19Z")
I have 3 entries, with x,y (t\_stamp, value) When I set date format on x to “w” (week number), the week show up inbetween the columns. How do I get them placed directly under the columns ? I am aware that this is a ra… --- ## [Nested braces for udt parameter in expression function not working](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/nested-braces-for-udt-parameter-in-expression-function-not-working/40919)
**Author:** [@gottsche](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/gottsche)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2020, 8:12am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/nested-braces-for-udt-parameter-in-expression-function-not-working/40919 "2020-11-25T08:12:48Z")
Hi everyone, I have an udt with a parameter that contains the path to a tag. One tag inside the udt checks the quality of that tag. The problem is that I have to use nested braces - and that doesn’t work. So it works … --- ## [Perspective page configuration loading wrong page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-page-configuration-loading-wrong-page/40714)
**Author:** [@ShaneCMM](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ShaneCMM)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2020, 2:46am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-page-configuration-loading-wrong-page/40714 "2020-11-25T02:46:48Z")
I am using URL path parameters in my page configuration and it works as expected for a while but I am finding when I add an additional page config, other URLs start displaying the wrong page, and when I delete it, they s… --- ## [UDT Error\_Configuration](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/udt-error-configuration/29481)
**Author:** [@wschauer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/wschauer)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2020, 11:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/udt-error-configuration/29481 "2020-11-24T23:01:15Z")
Having an odd issue with UDT instances. I have the same OPC item path for the parameter driven UDT instance and for the hard coded instance however the udt parameter shows quality “Error\_Configuration” “ns=1;s=\[CableLi… --- ## [There're a few functions lacking in 8.1 from 7.8.5, what are ways to get the same thing](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/therere-a-few-functions-lacking-in-8-1-from-7-8-5-what-are-ways-to-get-the-same-thing/40929)
**Author:** [@codersmurf](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/codersmurf)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2020, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/therere-a-few-functions-lacking-in-8-1-from-7-8-5-what-are-ways-to-get-the-same-thing/40929 "2020-11-24T20:54:49Z")
system.tag.getAttribute(unit, “Enabled”) see if the tag is enabled, seeing if the device is enabled should work but I only saw a way to enable or disable the device not actually see if it’s enabled, I see there’s an enab… --- ## [Script to access setDatasetEnabled](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/script-to-access-setdatasetenabled/40930)
**Author:** [@paul-andre](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-andre)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/script-to-access-setdatasetenabled/40930 "2020-11-24T20:36:10Z")
I created a menu with a tab strip component. I would like to disable some tabs. I found that I can use .setDatasetEnabled to make that.If my tag strip is called TabStripTier what is the correct way to do it? TabStripTier… --- ## [Perspective fill in table with values and styles](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-fill-in-table-with-values-and-styles/40901)
**Author:** [@codersmurf](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/codersmurf)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-fill-in-table-with-values-and-styles/40901 "2020-11-24T19:19:35Z")
So the documentation says I should use a dataset to fill in the table, can I put a style in that data set as well? If not should I run through the table twice, once to create the dataset and then again to set the styles… --- ## [Perspective Table Edit certain cells and write into DB](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-table-edit-certain-cells-and-write-into-db/40917)
**Author:** [@Gaurav.Shitole](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Gaurav.Shitole)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-table-edit-certain-cells-and-write-into-db/40917 "2020-11-24T16:05:40Z")
Hello all, I want to know a 2 things about Ignition perspective table. How do I make certain cell ‘editable’ automatically when the table.props.data changes I have created a script to write updated values into DB, but… --- ## [Can an Expression Tag pass a reference to itself in a script?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-an-expression-tag-pass-a-reference-to-itself-in-a-script/40923)
**Author:** [@craigl](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/craigl)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-an-expression-tag-pass-a-reference-to-itself-in-a-script/40923 "2020-11-24T15:48:53Z")
I want to have an expression tag run a script to check the health of a machine, but I don’t want to have to pass the tag path from each tag. Is there a way to pass in ‘this’ tag path? What I have now is: runScript(“sh… --- ## [LDAP ByPass - Need to Update LDAP Account Info](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ldap-bypass-need-to-update-ldap-account-info/40466)
**Author:** [@asten.macdougall](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/asten.macdougall)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ldap-bypass-need-to-update-ldap-account-info/40466 "2020-11-24T15:19:29Z")
Hello, we’ve got an ignition gateway server that uses LDAP as it’s primary form of authentication. The LDAP account got its password forcibly changed due to a domain security breach. Is there some way I can modify the LD… --- ## [How to translation alarm message to Chinese](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-translation-alarm-message-to-chinese/40914)
**Author:** [@netliuhao](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/netliuhao)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2020, 7:35am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-translation-alarm-message-to-chinese/40914 "2020-11-24T07:35:06Z")
hello: everyone i had added one alarm message in Tags. it show messy code when i input Chinese words. so i input English words in program. i hope translate it into Chinese language . but i can’t find out these Eng… --- ## [XY charts change not exposed property](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/xy-charts-change-not-exposed-property/40918)
**Author:** [@maja](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/maja)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2020, 10:45am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/xy-charts-change-not-exposed-property/40918 "2020-11-24T10:45:30Z")
Hi, Is it possible to change xy charts that are not visible in the component’s Perspective property editor? For example, I would like to have xy charts overlapping (something like it on the picture). According to A… --- ## [Report Query Read Timed Out](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-query-read-timed-out/40912)
**Author:** [@aharris](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/aharris)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2020, 4:40am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-query-read-timed-out/40912 "2020-11-24T04:40:40Z")
I’m getting a read timed out on some reports that were previously working fine. I ran the query in the query console and the results return instantly. Unless I’m not understanding the start and end day I think I ran re… --- ## [Found SVGs in demo, do they exist?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/found-svgs-in-demo-do-they-exist/38842)
**Author:** [@cbarker](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cbarker)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2020, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/found-svgs-in-demo-do-they-exist/38842 "2020-11-23T20:09:09Z")
Hello all, not sure if I am asking in the right place, but I am currently learning Perspective, and have been looking at the demos and cloning components of them for practice. While there, I found a pipe network in the … --- ## [Perspective 8.1 Ad Hoc Trend](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-8-1-ad-hoc-trend/40904)
**Author:** [@stetson.ridley](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/stetson.ridley)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2020, 8:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-8-1-ad-hoc-trend/40904 "2020-11-23T20:48:30Z")
This being my first time posting anything technical in a forum, bare with me. We have a use case around deploying Ad Hoc trending capability. I upgraded to the latest ignition version 8.1 to leverage the perspective pow… --- ## [Newly installed WebDev Module not showing in designer project browser](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/newly-installed-webdev-module-not-showing-in-designer-project-browser/40900)
**Author:** [@john.ackley](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/john.ackley)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2020, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/newly-installed-webdev-module-not-showing-in-designer-project-browser/40900 "2020-11-23T18:50:11Z")
I have newly installed the WebDev module onto an existing system. v8.0.10. I can see that the module license is active. According to the help page, the webdev module should now show in the designer project browser. It do… --- ## [Perspective Table Column headers not Formatting](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-table-column-headers-not-formatting/40899)
**Author:** [@drfisher](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/drfisher)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2020, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-table-column-headers-not-formatting/40899 "2020-11-23T18:16:15Z")
I have a table that is populated by a SQL query. It has 17 Columns. It has 2 parameters from dropdowns filtering the results. I have setup the properties for each column. I add header names etc, It displays properly in t… --- ## [Upgrade from 7.8.5 to 8.1 greyed out my shared scripts](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/upgrade-from-7-8-5-to-8-1-greyed-out-my-shared-scripts/40895)
**Author:** [@codersmurf](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/codersmurf)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2020, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/upgrade-from-7-8-5-to-8-1-greyed-out-my-shared-scripts/40895 "2020-11-23T17:45:24Z")
I have a bunch of shared scripts I used in vision I’ll need to use in perspective. The scripts in shared are greyed out and I can only open them as readonly, is this normal. We don’t have a vision license anymore as we… --- ## [Alternative to mobile module in Ignition 8](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alternative-to-mobile-module-in-ignition-8/40896)
**Author:** [@adnaram](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/adnaram)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2020, 5:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alternative-to-mobile-module-in-ignition-8/40896 "2020-11-23T17:32:30Z")
Hi, I want to upgade our 7.9 igntion gateway to ignition 8. Our maintenance team use the the mobile module to access the SCADA. This module is’nt available in igntion 8. What is an alternative to continue using the mo… --- ## [\[Bug?\] Document Tag Reading Values with Numeric Keys or Spaces](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-document-tag-reading-values-with-numeric-keys-or-spaces/40880)
**Author:** [@deon.korb](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/deon.korb)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-document-tag-reading-values-with-numeric-keys-or-spaces/40880 "2020-11-23T16:57:37Z")
Hi, I’m trying to refactor some code to take advantage of the deep reading of objects in 8.1, as stated here: docs I have found that this syntax only works for documents that have alpha numeric keys. See example belo… --- ## [(Perspective) How to login using custom screen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-how-to-login-using-custom-screen/40834)
**Author:** [@huilan.chen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/huilan.chen)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2020, 4:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-how-to-login-using-custom-screen/40834 "2020-11-23T16:32:44Z")
Hi there, I’d like to login Perspective Session through the customized login screen. so far the login works, but it won’t authenticate against ignition. So, when I try to open a view with “View Permissions” it won’t gi… --- ## [Edit UDT Definition in script](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/edit-udt-definition-in-script/40872)
**Author:** [@iamthebull](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/iamthebull)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2020, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/edit-udt-definition-in-script/40872 "2020-11-23T15:58:38Z")
Is it possible to edit a UDT definition in a script? I want to either create a UDT definition in a script from scratch and/or add/remove UDT member tags from the UDT definition. Or is there an automated way to import a… --- ## [Perspective Tank Color](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-tank-color/40857)
**Author:** [@thowsham](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/thowsham)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-tank-color/40857 "2020-11-23T15:50:06Z")
I want to change the color of a Tank - not the interior liquid color, but the Tank itself. Is there a property for this? --- ## [What are the "EatWhatYouKill" log messages about?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-are-the-eatwhatyoukill-log-messages-about/40641)
**Author:** [@MikeAllgood](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/MikeAllgood)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-are-the-eatwhatyoukill-log-messages-about/40641 "2020-11-23T15:20:17Z")
I see warning messages in the log from a logger named “EatWhatYouKill”. I’ve seen that same logging in other threads but have yet to see anything about what is generating them. The latest message I have seen is as foll… --- ## [Power Table Cell Span Issue](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-table-cell-span-issue/40482)
**Author:** [@francisco.carmona](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/francisco.carmona)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-table-cell-span-issue/40482 "2020-11-23T14:24:15Z")
Hi, I have a power table in which I make use of the cell span data property. I use v8.0. The problem is that the last row (always the last) of the table is not being grouped as indicated through this property(the image… --- ## [SECS/GEM Simulator not giving response to certain commands](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/secs-gem-simulator-not-giving-response-to-certain-commands/40387)
**Author:** [@kp.krishnaprasad97](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kp.krishnaprasad97)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2020, 11:56am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/secs-gem-simulator-not-giving-response-to-certain-commands/40387 "2020-11-06T11:56:05Z")
SECS/GEM module that Ignition is provided is having a simulator for testing purpose.In the documentation of SECS/GEM simulator in Ignition,simulator will respond to some default messages only.I want to know messages or s… --- ## [Adding java custom classes to Ignition 8.1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/adding-java-custom-classes-to-ignition-8-1/40835)
**Author:** [@jiawei.liu](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jiawei.liu)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2020, 6:09am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/adding-java-custom-classes-to-ignition-8-1/40835 "2020-11-23T06:09:48Z")
Using Eclipse, I wrote a simple class for update database, and exported the jar file, put file into lib/core/common folder. I programmed a button script in the designer, and then can successfully call the class method, … --- ## [Find UDT instance name from full tagPath](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/find-udt-instance-name-from-full-tagpath/40845)
**Author:** [@nader.chinichian](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nader.chinichian)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2020, 5:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/find-udt-instance-name-from-full-tagpath/40845 "2020-11-21T17:28:00Z")
Hi I want to find the UDT instance name from the full tag path(include Atomic member) For example if I have PUMP UDT Class with following member: run Motor1/FLT Motor2/FLT and instance of Pump01 from it and put in A… [Previous page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=1095) [Next page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=1097)