# Ignition **URL:** https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=119 [Latest](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/tags.md) **Page:** 120 --- ## [Perspective: Motor component animation problem](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-motor-component-animation-problem/97578)
**Author:** [@Rodrigo\_Bernardes](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Rodrigo_Bernardes)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2025, 3:45am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-motor-component-animation-problem/97578 "2025-10-25T03:45:26Z")
Hi, I'm new to Ignition, using edge designer 8.1.43 I'm trying to make a simple motor animation binding a string opc-ua tag to the motor "state" property. So the texts will be "running", "stopped" and "faulted". When I… --- ## [Ignition Designer not showing Value in Tag Browser](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-designer-not-showing-value-in-tag-browser/111711)
**Author:** [@Thomas\_Magill](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Thomas_Magill)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2025, 1:00am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-designer-not-showing-value-in-tag-browser/111711 "2025-10-25T01:00:50Z")
Hi, Version: 8.1.27 (b2023042509) We had an unscheduled gateway restart last night. Still investigating cause, but for some reason Tag Values are not populating in the Value column of the Tag Browser within Designer. P… --- ## [Error\_TypeConversion Converting signed 8 bit value to byte](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-typeconversion-converting-signed-8-bit-value-to-byte/111709)
**Author:** [@BCNoyes](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/BCNoyes)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2025, 9:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-typeconversion-converting-signed-8-bit-value-to-byte/111709 "2025-10-24T21:41:54Z")
I have a Modbus TCP device and one of the data fields I need is a byte in the lower 8 bits of HR323. This value is a signed value which seems to be the issue I’m having. I need to ‘extract’ this byte to a tag so I create… --- ## [Perspective XYChart Bullet Render Point Shapes and Fill](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-xychart-bullet-render-point-shapes-and-fill/111706)
**Author:** [@SMcIntosh](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/SMcIntosh)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2025, 6:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-xychart-bullet-render-point-shapes-and-fill/111706 "2025-10-24T18:04:29Z")
I am currently working with the Perspective XYChart in 8.3.1. I want to have very dynamic bullets on my lines: different marker shapes and colours depending on the value of the data point. I’ve managed to do one or the o… --- ## [Large query times to Edge historical (8.3)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/large-query-times-to-edge-historical-8-3/111708)
**Author:** [@Andrew\_Florance](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Andrew_Florance)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2025, 4:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/large-query-times-to-edge-historical-8-3/111708 "2025-10-24T16:51:21Z")
24Oct2025 10:45:54 Post value query took 0 ms, returned 0 values across 2 node ids DEBUG QueryEngine 24Oct2025 10:45:54 Time-based datapoint query took 1 seconds, returned 68871 values across 2 node ids DEBUG QueryEngin… --- ## [Scan file system for UDT changes (8.3)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/scan-file-system-for-udt-changes-8-3/111601)
**Author:** [@Andrew\_Florance](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Andrew_Florance)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2025, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/scan-file-system-for-udt-changes-8-3/111601 "2025-10-24T16:45:13Z")
I am trying to scan the file system for UDT changes. The api route to scan projects and config does not work. How do I scan for gateway changes? --- ## [Ignition Edge to Ignition Standard Edition - Unable to uninstall edge](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-edge-to-ignition-standard-edition-unable-to-uninstall-edge/111704)
**Author:** [@gseverns](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/gseverns)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2025, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-edge-to-ignition-standard-edition-unable-to-uninstall-edge/111704 "2025-10-24T15:06:31Z")
I am trying to uninstall edge and install standard edition. Steps: Stop Ignition Uninstall Ignition Reinstall Ignition Start Ignition I go to webpage and every time it launches to original edge project. Any Ideas --- ## [Control Logix Device Load Factor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/control-logix-device-load-factor/111682)
**Author:** [@Varsha\_Gottipati1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Varsha_Gottipati1)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2025, 2:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/control-logix-device-load-factor/111682 "2025-10-24T14:51:23Z")
We’ve been tracking the load factor of our ControlLogix PLC, which typically averages 0.55—a high but manageable level. However, we’re seeing occasional spikes to 1.1 that persist for several hours before returning to no… --- ## [Ignition and Corretto 8](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-and-corretto-8/111702)
**Author:** [@amarks](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/amarks)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2025, 2:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-and-corretto-8/111702 "2025-10-24T14:38:00Z")
Could Corretto 8 instead of Java 8 or OpenJDK 8 work with Ignition? Has anybody tried it? --- ## [Transaction groups schedule execution time](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/transaction-groups-schedule-execution-time/111685)
**Author:** [@oscar.ruiz](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/oscar.ruiz)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2025, 2:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/transaction-groups-schedule-execution-time/111685 "2025-10-24T14:34:37Z")
I have several transaction groups storing data at shift’s end every day. It has been working without issues, but in the last days, the group executes one hour before the scheduled time. Is there someplace where the SQL B… --- ## [External Javascript Component in Perspective](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/external-javascript-component-in-perspective/111703)
**Author:** [@tim.schultz](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tim.schultz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2025, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/external-javascript-component-in-perspective/111703 "2025-10-24T13:50:54Z")
I was looking for some additional capability in Perspective on top of the existing table functionality. What is the recommended approach to bring something like this in, if its even possible: --- ## [Perspective File Upload Component - Expected Behavior for multiple file uploads](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-file-upload-component-expected-behavior-for-multiple-file-uploads/50557)
**Author:** [@nicholas.robinson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nicholas.robinson)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2025, 9:59am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-file-upload-component-expected-behavior-for-multiple-file-uploads/50557 "2025-10-24T09:59:51Z")
I would like to confirm what is the expected behavior when using the perspective file upload component to handle multiple files. With the scripts below it seems that only one file every ends up in the holding variable e… --- ## [Power Table Dynamic Data Binding](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-table-dynamic-data-binding/111686)
**Author:** [@torry.neuhoff](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/torry.neuhoff)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2025, 8:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-table-dynamic-data-binding/111686 "2025-10-23T20:10:58Z")
I have a Tag folder with about 100 instances of a UDT. I would like to create a Power Table where each row is a different instance of the UDT and each column is tied to one of the UDT’s tags. I know how to set up cell … --- ## [Perspective view first rendering](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-view-first-rendering/111668)
**Author:** [@pgmo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pgmo)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2025, 7:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-view-first-rendering/111668 "2025-10-23T19:30:25Z")
Hi all, my customer is complaining about initial rendering of a view. The view is a composition of many different containers, each with a tag binding on the display property: at first loading the UI experience is not the… --- ## [Resources for multiple developers](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/resources-for-multiple-developers/111684)
**Author:** [@andre.araujo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andre.araujo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/resources-for-multiple-developers/111684 "2025-10-23T19:23:00Z")
hi guys, I’m from brazil and begginer on this software, could you help me wih some quetions? i’m used to other softwares like tiaportal, aveva systemplataform,aveva edge and others. Ignition provides resources for mult… --- ## [ApexChart Using onMouseEnter and onMouseLeave events](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/apexchart-using-onmouseenter-and-onmouseleave-events/111647)
**Author:** [@brandon1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/brandon1)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2025, 6:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/apexchart-using-onmouseenter-and-onmouseleave-events/111647 "2025-10-23T18:34:55Z")
Hello, I am trying to wire up a message handler and a dom event from the new ApexCharts that are included in the Embr Charts module. I have the following code as a message handler on my ApexChart: # implement your ha… --- ## [Tag change in client events](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-change-in-client-events/111680)
**Author:** [@e.cutino](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/e.cutino)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2025, 6:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-change-in-client-events/111680 "2025-10-23T18:15:24Z")
I need to accomplish a tag change event, considering the logged user. So I cannot do that in the tag change event of the tag itself. I need to use the tag change event at client events level. Indeed, I do not want to ov… --- ## [Concatenation in string translation](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/concatenation-in-string-translation/111669)
**Author:** [@Francesco\_Vezzoli](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Francesco_Vezzoli)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/concatenation-in-string-translation/111669 "2025-10-23T16:29:56Z")
Good morning everyone. I'm having trouble concatenating translated text strings. I write the expression this way (translate("Diameter") + " " + translate("Coil") + " 2" + " \[mm\]"), but unfortunately, when I change langu… --- ## [Ignition as a communications gateway for large amounts of data](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-as-a-communications-gateway-for-large-amounts-of-data/111658)
**Author:** [@lcardenas3](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lcardenas3)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2025, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-as-a-communications-gateway-for-large-amounts-of-data/111658 "2025-10-23T16:23:09Z")
I have a project where the customer is insisting on removing communications gateways (Modbus/TCP to DNP3 or Ethernet/IP) and instead using ignition to convert all Modbus data into DNP3 and Ethernet/IP so that it may be r… --- ## [Way to do line break in simple table cell in report?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/way-to-do-line-break-in-simple-table-cell-in-report/111679)
**Author:** [@bkarabinchak.psi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bkarabinchak.psi)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2025, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/way-to-do-line-break-in-simple-table-cell-in-report/111679 "2025-10-23T16:13:40Z")
Using 8.1.47 Have a report with a simple table as the number of rows/columns are hardcoded. In one of the cells I just need to show two lines of text like Line 1 Line 2 but I can’t seem to actually do this, \\n doesn’… --- ## [TagHistoryDatasourceSink Error initializing data sink](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/taghistorydatasourcesink-error-initializing-data-sink/3636)
**Author:** [@Robert](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Robert)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/taghistorydatasourcesink-error-initializing-data-sink/3636 "2025-10-23T15:59:58Z")
What should I be looking at to solve this? Database is connected. I can read and write to tables. There is no history records been added. They are all getting stuck in the store and forward engine. 11:11:15 AM TagHist… --- ## [Aligning Table Columns With Sub View Tables for a Drilldown](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/aligning-table-columns-with-sub-view-tables-for-a-drilldown/104844)
**Author:** [@brian.geer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/brian.geer)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2025, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/aligning-table-columns-with-sub-view-tables-for-a-drilldown/104844 "2025-10-23T15:14:03Z")
I am trying to make a table where I can drill down into the data parts. That is easy to do, but what I am having issue with is ensuring all the columns in each sub view line up with the parent table. All tables have th… --- ## [V7.9.1 Reporting- Schedule, Run Script dataMap Contents](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/v7-9-1-reporting-schedule-run-script-datamap-contents/12789)
**Author:** [@0sm0](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/0sm0)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2025, 2:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/v7-9-1-reporting-schedule-run-script-datamap-contents/12789 "2025-10-23T14:16:35Z")
Hi Guys, I cant seem to find any documentation that clearly defines what information you can get from the Reporting Modules Schedule Run Script "dataMap" Argument. Was hoping that you can retrieve values from a Data … --- ## [Tree table in Ignition Perspective](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tree-table-in-ignition-perspective/101624)
**Author:** [@Klaudia\_Korejwo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Klaudia_Korejwo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2025, 2:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tree-table-in-ignition-perspective/101624 "2025-10-23T14:05:56Z")
Hi everyone, Is it possible to create a tree table in Ignition Perspective that behaves like a single table and allows filtering across all levels of the table? If anyone knows how to do this I would appreciate an examp… --- ## [Open a Popup without a component event](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/open-a-popup-without-a-component-event/111674)
**Author:** [@Alex\_Ford-King](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Alex_Ford-King)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2025, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/open-a-popup-without-a-component-event/111674 "2025-10-23T13:04:48Z")
I’m trying to create some alarm popups for my perspective project. I’m using a component change script to monitor the change in value to set off an alarm popup using system.perspective.openPopup. My issue is that to use … --- ## [Security Zones, Gateway Names Identifiers Nothing Works](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/security-zones-gateway-names-identifiers-nothing-works/111607)
**Author:** [@ericfrancik](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ericfrancik)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2025, 11:55am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/security-zones-gateway-names-identifiers-nothing-works/111607 "2025-10-23T11:55:35Z")
I am trying to setup a security zone using the gateway names identifier. For testing I setup a label with an expression binding to the text property. The expression I use is: isAuthorized(true,'SecurityZones/ACME') Th… --- ## [Property page.props.path not synced](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/property-page-props-path-not-synced/111389)
**Author:** [@daniel.arvik](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/daniel.arvik)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2025, 8:43am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/property-page-props-path-not-synced/111389 "2025-10-23T08:43:40Z")
Hi, I’m using the page property page.props.path to compare with the target paths in a menu tree. To create some feedback for the user on which page is active by changing backgroundColors. The problem I’m facing is that … --- ## [Getting data into a flex repeater](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/getting-data-into-a-flex-repeater/111634)
**Author:** [@ingraham](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ingraham)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2025, 5:51am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/getting-data-into-a-flex-repeater/111634 "2025-10-23T05:51:40Z")
Hi all. I’m a confused about how to use a flex repeater to show dynamic data. Let’s say I have 10 rows in a database, and I always have those same 10 rows. Much of the data is static. I can use parameters to pass tho… --- ## [JSerialCom No Module Named fazecast](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/jserialcom-no-module-named-fazecast/111659)
**Author:** [@djones](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/djones)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2025, 12:03am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/jserialcom-no-module-named-fazecast/111659 "2025-10-23T00:03:45Z")
Am I missing something basic I have the following script and I keep getting a “No Module named fazecast” error from com.fazecast.jSerialComm import SerialPort ports = list(SerialPort.getCommPorts()) --- ## [Tab Container Rectangle Behind Active Tab](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tab-container-rectangle-behind-active-tab/111664)
**Author:** [@denji26](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/denji26)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2025, 10:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tab-container-rectangle-behind-active-tab/111664 "2025-10-22T22:28:28Z")
Using 8.1.44, I have a tab container using classic menu type and I have what seems like a white rectangle behind my active tab I can’t seem to get rid of If I change the color of my active tab or the whole component t… [Previous page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=118) [Next page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=120)