# Ignition

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## [Question for string to color mapping in the dropdown list](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-for-string-to-color-mapping-in-the-dropdown-list/28098)

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**Author:** [@dawei.liu](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dawei.liu)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2019, 3:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-for-string-to-color-mapping-in-the-dropdown-list/28098 "2019-09-09T15:31:22Z")

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Hi, I want to implement a feature in dropdown list to choose different color such as green, red, blue. The drop-down list will show two columns, one column for the description of color, one column for the color itself.…

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## [Embedded View behind button preventing click](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/embedded-view-behind-button-preventing-click/28071)

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**Author:** [@deon.korb](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/deon.korb)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2019, 8:03am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/embedded-view-behind-button-preventing-click/28071 "2019-09-10T08:03:38Z")

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Hi, I have a button and an embedded coordinate view both inside a coordinate view as part of a symbol in Perspective. The embedded view is a reusable alarm border and is sent to the back. See screenshot: The problem…

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## [Time intensive configureCell script. Possible to call in initialize function?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/time-intensive-configurecell-script-possible-to-call-in-initialize-function/28064)

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**Author:** [@richardNZ15](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/richardNZ15)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2019, 1:04am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/time-intensive-configurecell-script-possible-to-call-in-initialize-function/28064 "2019-09-10T01:04:27Z")

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Hi, I am trying to do some basic background color changing using the configureCell function of a power table. The gist of the task is to highlight a value red if it fails to be within a tolerance. This is easy when th…

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## [Gateway service won't start on CentOS](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-service-wont-start-on-centos/28114)

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**Author:** [@robert.brantley](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/robert.brantley)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2019, 12:48am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-service-wont-start-on-centos/28114 "2019-09-10T00:48:05Z")

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Hello. I’ve installed Ignition 8.0.3 on Centos server and I can’t get the gateway service to start. It appears to be permissions issue but I’m attempting start the service as root. Here’s part of the message I get fro…

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## [Custom Font Not Applying on Deployment Server](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/custom-font-not-applying-on-deployment-server/28124)

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**Author:** [@bzink1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bzink1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2019, 11:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/custom-font-not-applying-on-deployment-server/28124 "2019-09-09T23:04:45Z")

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I have a custom font in a perspective project that I was able to make it so that it will appear in a browser of a computer without the font natively installed. I did this by adding the custom .woff files to the fonts fol…

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## [Clear out user temp files](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/clear-out-user-temp-files/28118)

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**Author:** [@Jonathan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jonathan)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2019, 10:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/clear-out-user-temp-files/28118 "2019-09-09T22:13:58Z")

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We have our Ignition service running under a domain user account. It appears over the last few years the App user folder\\AppData\\local\\Temp directory is filling up with files that are being created when we use the system…

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## [Web Browser component, cache location](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/web-browser-component-cache-location/28120)

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**Author:** [@dwoo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dwoo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2019, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/web-browser-component-cache-location/28120 "2019-09-09T21:04:45Z")

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Is the path to the Web Browser component cache location (on a Windows OS), C:\\users\\name\\ignition\\cache\\cache? Is there a component method to clear it or must it be done manually by deleting the CACHE /CACHE folder or …

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## [Renaming folder loses tags. Cannot rename or delete folder. Cannot create new tags or folder](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/renaming-folder-loses-tags-cannot-rename-or-delete-folder-cannot-create-new-tags-or-folder/27939)

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**Author:** [@gavin.strack](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/gavin.strack)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2019, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/renaming-folder-loses-tags-cannot-rename-or-delete-folder-cannot-create-new-tags-or-folder/27939 "2019-09-09T16:24:33Z")

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I encountered a problem today. Imported some tags via JSON to create a new sub-folder and tags. This all worked fine and tag values were updating. As the new sub-folder had the same name as the parent folder, I renamed …

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## [No pushbutton animation when clicked](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/no-pushbutton-animation-when-clicked/26836)

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**Author:** [@rex.hanemann](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rex.hanemann)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/no-pushbutton-animation-when-clicked/26836 "2019-09-09T15:51:40Z")

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How do I edit the appearance of a button when clicked? For some reason, some of my buttons so not give any feedback on whether they have been pressed or not.

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## [\[feature-14933\]Ignition Edge 8.0 Image Library Empty](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-14933-ignition-edge-8-0-image-library-empty/28078)

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**Author:** [@cegge](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cegge)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2019, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-14933-ignition-edge-8-0-image-library-empty/28078 "2019-09-09T15:42:57Z")

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Hello, I Just installed the Ignition Edge. Do any images come with Ignition Edge? The full version in Trial mode had a lot of image available like tanks, pipes, etc. Does Ignition Edge not come with the Images? If not…

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## [Ignition Designer 8.0.3 Report Preview not Matching Emailed PDF](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-designer-8-0-3-report-preview-not-matching-emailed-pdf/28107)

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**Author:** [@jhammerl](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jhammerl)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2019, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-designer-8-0-3-report-preview-not-matching-emailed-pdf/28107 "2019-09-09T15:23:16Z")

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Hello! I am fairly new to using Ignition Designer, and I have run into a problem I haven’t found a solution for. Using time series charts and tag historian queries, I have been putting together a report. Initially, I d…

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## [Slow loading for remote vision client program](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/slow-loading-for-remote-vision-client-program/28076)

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**Author:** [@dawei.liu](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dawei.liu)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2019, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/slow-loading-for-remote-vision-client-program/28076 "2019-09-09T15:13:33Z")

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Hi, I need to launch the vision client program on a remote server （which IP address is not in the same LAN of Ignition gateway） The loading of program with vision client on the gateway server is less than10 seconds. T…

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## [Images in labels perspective](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/images-in-labels-perspective/28096)

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**Author:** [@sebastian.zanotto](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sebastian.zanotto)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2019, 2:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/images-in-labels-perspective/28096 "2019-09-09T14:18:38Z")

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Hello, Is it possible to put images inside of labels in perspective, if so, how?

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## [Subscribe and polling](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/subscribe-and-polling/28075)

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**Author:** [@sara.johansson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sara.johansson)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2019, 10:11am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/subscribe-and-polling/28075 "2019-09-09T10:11:22Z")

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I am new to Ignition and I hope someone can explain the pollings and rates for me. I have a Siemens PLC (S7-1500) with including OPC-server. Ignition (8.0.0) is used as an OPC-client. Have I got this correct?: OPC-se…

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## [Question of Logic Expression](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-of-logic-expression/28072)

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**Author:** [@Min.Liao](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Min.Liao)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2019, 9:06am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-of-logic-expression/28072 "2019-09-09T09:06:14Z")

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Hi, Can I write the below expression: if(jsonGet(’{A}’,‘B’) ==true&jsonGet(’{C}’,‘D’) == false,true,false) If not, how can I write it? Thank you!

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## [Question of \[Ctrl\] and \[Alt\] key for virtual keyboard in vision project](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-of-ctrl-and-alt-key-for-virtual-keyboard-in-vision-project/28070)

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**Author:** [@dawei.liu](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dawei.liu)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2019, 6:20am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-of-ctrl-and-alt-key-for-virtual-keyboard-in-vision-project/28070 "2019-09-09T06:20:14Z")

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Hi, As we have to use the \[Ctrl\] or \[Alt\] key, but there is no such keys in the virtual keyboard of vision project as shown in below snapshot So is it possible to add these two keys in the virtual keyboard？ If not pos…

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## [Gateway connection issue](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-connection-issue/28097)

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**Author:** [@hrishikesh.b](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/hrishikesh.b)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2019, 5:55am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-connection-issue/28097 "2019-09-09T05:55:30Z")

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Hello everyone i had a project running on Ignition 7.9.10 i took a gateway backup and restored on ignition 8.0.3 , the problem is the connection is lost and restored randomly when its launched , if i log out from the cli…

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## [Change background color back and forth on mouse click](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/change-background-color-back-and-forth-on-mouse-click/28088)

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**Author:** [@rpavlicek](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rpavlicek)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 7, 2019, 2:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/change-background-color-back-and-forth-on-mouse-click/28088 "2019-09-07T14:34:11Z")

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This should be fairly simple, but I’m wanting to change the background color of a numeric label back and forth when clicking on it. Basically a select, deselect, so when I select it, the background will change to one co…

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## [Table's "selectedrow" property not updating on click in client](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tables-selectedrow-property-not-updating-on-click-in-client/28060)

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**Author:** [@brian.ankeny](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/brian.ankeny)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2019, 10:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tables-selectedrow-property-not-updating-on-click-in-client/28060 "2019-09-06T22:14:05Z")

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I have a table with multiple rows. When I click on a row in the designer the “selectedrow” property updates correctly. However, when I click on it in the client/staging the selected row does not update. It will only up…

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## [User Management: onSaveUser script fails](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/user-management-onsaveuser-script-fails/28086)

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**Author:** [@dkhayes117](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dkhayes117)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2019, 8:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/user-management-onsaveuser-script-fails/28086 "2019-09-06T20:43:34Z")

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This works on a button, but the udt fails inside the user management onSaveUser extension function. Does it have anything to do with it being a background thread? user = user.get('username') tagPath = 'Sewing/users/%…

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## [User Management: onCreateUser extension function -\> get username](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/user-management-oncreateuser-extension-function-get-username/28084)

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**Author:** [@dkhayes117](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dkhayes117)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2019, 6:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/user-management-oncreateuser-extension-function-get-username/28084 "2019-09-06T18:52:00Z")

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I’m using the user management component, and I am wanting to run some script in the onCreateUser extension function that needs access to the username field of the new user. Is there a way to access this value during the…

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## [Exposed Configured Tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/exposed-configured-tags/8702)

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**Author:** [@mazeyrat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mazeyrat)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2019, 6:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/exposed-configured-tags/8702 "2019-09-06T18:12:34Z")

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With "Exposed Configured Tags", All tags are exposed thru Ignition OPC-UA Server ? Is there a way to choose which tag are exposed ? Would be perfect to have a property to select per tag : - not exposed - exposed (Read) …

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## [Client different from windows to linux](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/client-different-from-windows-to-linux/28082)

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**Author:** [@ryanastiefes](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ryanastiefes)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2019, 5:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/client-different-from-windows-to-linux/28082 "2019-09-06T17:50:48Z")

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I have a RPi with a resolution at 2560x1440 24hz, I have the same resolution on windows 10 of course with a better refresh rate. Problem I’m having is the output of the screens isnt scaling correctly and I’m left with wo…

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## [Simple Database Editor example from inductive automation errors out](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/simple-database-editor-example-from-inductive-automation-errors-out/28081)

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**Author:** [@rbaker](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rbaker)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2019, 5:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/simple-database-editor-example-from-inductive-automation-errors-out/28081 "2019-09-06T17:38:57Z")

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I have been trying to recreate an example of a database editor in 7.9.10 by following the instruction from the following link. (https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC79/Simple+Database+Editor) The issue I’m h…

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## [Ignition OPC-UA Server for 3rd party UA client & Matrikon UA Tunneller to DA Client](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-opc-ua-server-for-3rd-party-ua-client-matrikon-ua-tunneller-to-da-client/28058)

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**Author:** [@deepank.vanne](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/deepank.vanne)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2019, 4:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-opc-ua-server-for-3rd-party-ua-client-matrikon-ua-tunneller-to-da-client/28058 "2019-09-06T16:52:46Z")

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When Ignition acts as an OPC-UA server, where does it stores it’s PROGID? We couldn’t find it in Registry files. We are using Matrikon UA Tunneller to convert Ignition OPC-UA to DA so that Matrikon-DA Client can access…

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## [Power table dropdown list](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-table-dropdown-list/28077)

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**Author:** [@roinisan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/roinisan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2019, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-table-dropdown-list/28077 "2019-09-06T15:37:41Z")

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Hello, I started using power table recently, and I want that when clicking on a specific column a dropdown list will be shown, I saw that this could be accomplished by the “configureEditor” function, but when I do tha…

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## [Perspective View won't use the designated height](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-view-wont-use-the-designated-height/28068)

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**Author:** [@qversa](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/qversa)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2019, 2:37am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-view-wont-use-the-designated-height/28068 "2019-09-06T02:37:44Z")

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Using Igntion 8.0.3 and trying to create a North docked View of width 800 and height 60. The width expands to fill the page which is fine. The height expands well beyond the 60 setting. I’ve tried all the different Layou…

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## [Schedule Creation in Perspective](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/schedule-creation-in-perspective/28069)

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**Author:** [@Andrew.Zebic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Andrew.Zebic)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2019, 2:26am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/schedule-creation-in-perspective/28069 "2019-09-06T02:26:25Z")

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Hi, I can’t find much on creating new schedules in perspective where individual days and times are specified like in the Vision component. Is there a function or is there functionality for this type of schedule creation…

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## [Memory Leakage / Garbage Collection Issue](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/memory-leakage-garbage-collection-issue/27820)

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**Author:** [@byrnep](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/byrnep)\
**Replies:** 26\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2019, 1:03am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/memory-leakage-garbage-collection-issue/27820 "2019-09-06T01:03:08Z")

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Hi all. So our gateway was eating up huge amounts of memory (9 Gigs) in a repeating, sawtoothing pattern. I'd assumed that this was a garbage collection issue, and following Phil Turmel's advice here: Did seemingly …

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## [Icons not rendering](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/icons-not-rendering/27894)

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**Author:** [@ankitkarwa21](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ankitkarwa21)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 5, 2019, 10:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/icons-not-rendering/27894 "2019-09-05T22:39:46Z")

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I created a custom library that I am able to render on an Icon component in the test server but not in production server? They are both on 8.0.3 The test server has internet access while production server does not. An…

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