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**Author:** [@atsm26](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/atsm26)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2025, 6:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-3-system-util-sendrequest-causes-an-exception/110897 "2025-09-24T18:18:10Z")
I am trying to do a basic message event between two gateways and I am getting an exception from the system.util.sendRequest() function payload = { "program": program, "machine\_id": machine\_id } response = system.util.… --- ## [Perspective Mirror View](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-mirror-view/103520)
**Author:** [@bwhite](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bwhite)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2025, 6:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-mirror-view/103520 "2025-09-24T18:01:12Z")
I'm working on two views in perspective that need to be mirrors of each other. These will be posted on large monitor back to back and the equipment on the left on one monitor needs to be on the right on the other monito… --- ## [Mirror / flip view - for quicker engineering?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mirror-flip-view-for-quicker-engineering/91127)
**Author:** [@Elling\_Aarseth](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Elling_Aarseth)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mirror-flip-view-for-quicker-engineering/91127 "2025-09-24T17:56:26Z")
Hi! I have just created i control view for a customer, on a vessel. This process, and alot of other once is the same on both sides of the ship, just with different tags. It takes alot of time to manually redo a picture… --- ## [How do I execute a transaction group triggered by a tag that is not part of the group](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-do-i-execute-a-transaction-group-triggered-by-a-tag-that-is-not-part-of-the-group/110883)
**Author:** [@bweisenburger](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bweisenburger)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2025, 5:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-do-i-execute-a-transaction-group-triggered-by-a-tag-that-is-not-part-of-the-group/110883 "2025-09-24T17:53:36Z")
I have a transaction group that writes data to my sql database. I would like to trigger this group to write once to my database when an unrelated opc tag goes high. --- ## [\[PM-17\] Perspective Mobile App Barcode Camera Rotate](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pm-17-perspective-mobile-app-barcode-camera-rotate/44622)
**Author:** [@ryanjmclaughlin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ryanjmclaughlin)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pm-17-perspective-mobile-app-barcode-camera-rotate/44622 "2025-09-24T17:29:09Z")
Rolling out a few systems with the native iOS app and including barcode scanning, right now this is on an iPad. When scanning barcodes the camera comes up fine, but it is locked in portrait mode just for the camera. … --- ## [8.3 perspective, slower performance than the beta](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/8-3-perspective-slower-performance-than-the-beta/110910)
**Author:** [@Pdeswert](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Pdeswert)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2025, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/8-3-perspective-slower-performance-than-the-beta/110910 "2025-09-24T16:38:34Z")
Hello, I am working on migrating a project to 8.3 from 8.1. I already tested a migration in the beta and found that perspective views were loading much faster than in 8.1. However in the full version the performance dr… --- ## [Line Chart Fill Color Options](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/line-chart-fill-color-options/110919)
**Author:** [@crumberger](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/crumberger)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2025, 4:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/line-chart-fill-color-options/110919 "2025-09-24T16:37:30Z")
I was asked to change one of the graphs that we are using to now display a threshold area where the target is within two numbers. Prior to this it was just above a certain number would be at target, and I had just used a… --- ## [How to find the most similar string from left to right?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-find-the-most-similar-string-from-left-to-right/110918)
**Author:** [@danielps1818](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/danielps1818)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2025, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-find-the-most-similar-string-from-left-to-right/110918 "2025-09-24T16:31:38Z")
I have a dict like this: { folder1/tag1: True folder1/tag2: False folder2/\*: True # This means that for every item in folder2 the value is True } However, I search by the complete path. Something like this: folder1/t… --- ## [Handling of IP addresses during a failover for the master and backup nodes on a redundant setup](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/handling-of-ip-addresses-during-a-failover-for-the-master-and-backup-nodes-on-a-redundant-setup/110922)
**Author:** [@michael.hesse](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michael.hesse)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2025, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/handling-of-ip-addresses-during-a-failover-for-the-master-and-backup-nodes-on-a-redundant-setup/110922 "2025-09-24T16:13:40Z")
We are looking to set up redundancy for our Ignition server. It appears to be easy to do but we will setup the master and backup on two different servers. When a failover occurs how do interfacing systems know how to s… --- ## [Can the ignition Siemens Driver for an S7-1500 read nested UDT's?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-the-ignition-siemens-driver-for-an-s7-1500-read-nested-udts/110927)
**Author:** [@Travis.Dreier](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Travis.Dreier)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-the-ignition-siemens-driver-for-an-s7-1500-read-nested-udts/110927 "2025-09-24T16:05:00Z")
First time trying read data from a Siemens PLC and very green on Siemens in general. Is it possible to read nested UDT’s in a DB using ignitions built in driver or is use of the Siemens S7-1500’s PLC built in OPC server… --- ## [Date Range Selector](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/date-range-selector/110920)
**Author:** [@bshriner](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bshriner)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2025, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/date-range-selector/110920 "2025-09-24T16:06:17Z")
I was wondering if there is something in Ignition so that a user can select a data range. I saw a request for it to be added but that was from years ago and I couldn’t find an update on that. If there isn’t I’m wonderin… --- ## [Trying to get the summed runtime of a historical boolean tag](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/trying-to-get-the-summed-runtime-of-a-historical-boolean-tag/61245)
**Author:** [@Dean\_Walsh](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Dean_Walsh)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/trying-to-get-the-summed-runtime-of-a-historical-boolean-tag/61245 "2025-09-24T15:39:55Z")
Hello, so i have been trying to get a runtime of some boolean tags which are set up with the Historian, when turned on or off they are added to the sql table with a timestamp and the intvalue of 1 or 0, i would like to … --- ## [Perspective custom element binding dataset refresh based on an OPC tag](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-custom-element-binding-dataset-refresh-based-on-an-opc-tag/110896)
**Author:** [@Sweetz](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Sweetz)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2025, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-custom-element-binding-dataset-refresh-based-on-an-opc-tag/110896 "2025-09-24T15:38:21Z")
Hello, I have a Perspective view with a custom prop called Key which has named query binding pulling a dataset to display data on the view. One pallet slot holds 5 at a time. As the operator builds the next slot parts, … --- ## [Read Timeout Tag on Gateway Network](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/read-timeout-tag-on-gateway-network/110877)
**Author:** [@roland.scheuer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/roland.scheuer)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2025, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/read-timeout-tag-on-gateway-network/110877 "2025-09-24T15:37:22Z")
Hi all, from time to time i received (in my opinion) randomly errors from production. At the end i figured out that a Tag read failed with timeout. In the wrapper log. i found this entry. 2 Servers are connected via G… --- ## [Stored procedure group multiple rows](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/stored-procedure-group-multiple-rows/110923)
**Author:** [@dis](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dis)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/stored-procedure-group-multiple-rows/110923 "2025-09-24T15:22:57Z")
I am starting to work with SQL-Bridge and I’m building it to facilitate downloading of recipe data to a Controllogix PLC. I browsed to my PLC to create the initial tag structure (an array of 2 UDTs of which 1 UDT is als… --- ## [Alarms Not Clearing Properly in Ignition 8.1.32](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarms-not-clearing-properly-in-ignition-8-1-32/110829)
**Author:** [@valvarez](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/valvarez)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2025, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarms-not-clearing-properly-in-ignition-8-1-32/110829 "2025-09-24T14:31:00Z")
Hello, I am currently using Ignition version 8.1.32 and have encountered a small issue with some alarms. The alarms are triggering as expected when the conditions are met, but they remain in the alarm table even after t… --- ## [Designer hangs when replacing Base64 image](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-hangs-when-replacing-base64-image/110916)
**Author:** [@TechEnlive](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/TechEnlive)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2025, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-hangs-when-replacing-base64-image/110916 "2025-09-24T13:00:33Z")
Hi, I’m using Base64-encoded images. Small images work fine, but when I try to edit and replace them with a new Base64 string, the Designer hangs. Filesize: 567.31 KB Encoded: 756.41 KB Width: 3840 px He… --- ## [Ignition 8.3 Gateway Can't Find Add User/roles](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-3-gateway-cant-find-add-user-roles/110915)
**Author:** [@javier.allueva1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/javier.allueva1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2025, 12:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-3-gateway-cant-find-add-user-roles/110915 "2025-09-24T12:11:32Z")
Hi, I have just recently installed Ignition, and in the gateway I would like to create some users but the layout of the gateway has changed for worse and its more difficult for me to find things as they were in version … --- ## [Updated Project Library Scripts Not Reflecting in Gateway (Ignition 8.1.48)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/updated-project-library-scripts-not-reflecting-in-gateway-ignition-8-1-48/110770)
**Author:** [@Mohamed\_Shifan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Mohamed_Shifan)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2025, 11:16am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/updated-project-library-scripts-not-reflecting-in-gateway-ignition-8-1-48/110770 "2025-09-24T11:16:00Z")
Hi, I am facing an issue in Ignition 8.1.48: I have a Gateway Scripting Project RANTRA\_NEW with multiple library packages (e.g., OEE\_NEW). Any updates or newly added functions in any library script work immediately in… --- ## [How can I address a Siemens S7 DATE\_AND\_TIME OPC Tag](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-can-i-address-a-siemens-s7-date-and-time-opc-tag/10040)
**Author:** [@StudentProject](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/StudentProject)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2025, 10:32am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-can-i-address-a-siemens-s7-date-and-time-opc-tag/10040 "2025-09-24T10:32:15Z")
Hi, the user manual gives information of addressing to S7 items like DInt, Word, Byte... by the OPC-Path "\[device\_name\]address". We can address the DataTypes given in the user manuel, but we want to address a S7 DATE… --- ## [SIEMENS Driver DATE\_AND\_TIME values](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-driver-date-and-time-values/5198)
**Author:** [@alcaan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/alcaan)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2025, 10:24am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-driver-date-and-time-values/5198 "2025-09-24T10:24:03Z")
Hi, I have a PLC with some DATE\_AND\_TIME values (DT) that are periodically updated. The idea is use a OPC Tag for each one. But there is a problem with the format. The ignition date and time format is different from th… --- ## [Perspective project not picking up roles from User Source when using OpenID Connect 1.0 as IdP](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-project-not-picking-up-roles-from-user-source-when-using-openid-connect-1-0-as-idp/110661)
**Author:** [@alan\_pereira](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/alan_pereira)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2025, 2:14am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-project-not-picking-up-roles-from-user-source-when-using-openid-connect-1-0-as-idp/110661 "2025-09-24T02:14:38Z")
Hi all, I have an ‘OpenID Connect 1.0’ as identity provider configured properly getting user credentials from the company’s Microsoft Entra ID. The intention with that is just to get the username, first/last name, and e… --- ## [Perspective Threads](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-threads/110902)
**Author:** [@M.O](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/M.O)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2025, 10:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-threads/110902 "2025-09-23T22:19:21Z")
We had a change go into one of our Perspective applications that was doing some circular binding references and driving up the CPU utilization significantly. Unfortunately, it was like this for two weeks (and dozens of u… --- ## [Ignition 7.7 TCPServerChannel Warning](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-7-7-tcpserverchannel-warning/110903)
**Author:** [@Varsha\_Gottipati1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Varsha_Gottipati1)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2025, 9:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-7-7-tcpserverchannel-warning/110903 "2025-09-23T21:23:06Z")
Can someone please help with understanding this? Does this indicate OPC device connection issues like delay in communication? Thank you. --- ## [Transactional Group Records Getting Stuck In Store & Forward](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/transactional-group-records-getting-stuck-in-store-forward/110708)
**Author:** [@chase.mason.se](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/chase.mason.se)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2025, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/transactional-group-records-getting-stuck-in-store-forward/110708 "2025-09-23T19:28:56Z")
Background: I’m making an API call using Ignitions scripting module, the response of which is a JSON structure with roughly 200 items. I’m splitting the structure up and inserting them as rows into a SQL server on the … --- ## [Edge Project Import](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/edge-project-import/79403)
**Author:** [@amarks](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/amarks)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2025, 4:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/edge-project-import/79403 "2025-09-23T16:36:39Z")
I have a project on an existing full Ignition install that I need to run on an Edge gateway. I've exported the project. How do I import it into the Edge gateway? Or, do I need to use EAM with the Edge as an Agent to pu… --- ## [How do I create templates in Perspective?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-do-i-create-templates-in-perspective/110840)
**Author:** [@cseigworth16](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cseigworth16)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-do-i-create-templates-in-perspective/110840 "2025-09-23T16:33:27Z")
I’m looking to figure out how to create a template in perspective. I ran into this post from 2021 Is this still the answer? with the project I’m creating this would be 40+ embedded views just for one view, which seems… --- ## [Want to set label alignment to moving Analog Indicator setpoint](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/want-to-set-label-alignment-to-moving-analog-indicator-setpoint/110894)
**Author:** [@Anita.Shinde](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Anita.Shinde)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2025, 4:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/want-to-set-label-alignment-to-moving-analog-indicator-setpoint/110894 "2025-09-23T16:32:16Z")
Hi, I have one label and Moving Analog indicator which is having setpoint value dynamic . Setpoint value and label value is same, so I want it to be in parallel position. For visual clarity, I want label and diamond i… --- ## [Count Occurrences in SQL](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/count-occurrences-in-sql/110886)
**Author:** [@bshriner](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bshriner)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/count-occurrences-in-sql/110886 "2025-09-23T15:53:17Z")
I want to be able to count how many times a 0 or a 1 appears in the TestResults\_Bad\_num. I want it to look through all the rows that have imported and return a variable hopefully. Or something that I can bind to a custom… --- ## [Custom Config Files](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/custom-config-files/110864)
**Author:** [@marco.handle](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/marco.handle)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/custom-config-files/110864 "2025-09-23T15:49:42Z")
Hi everyone, we need to have some custom config files for scripting. For example we need to have interfaces with some external REST APIs. Now we want to have the url and some other stuff in config Files. Where should … [Previous page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=132) [Next page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=134)