# Ignition

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## [hasRole with multiple roles](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/hasrole-with-multiple-roles/110150)

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**Author:** [@carter.doud](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/carter.doud)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/hasrole-with-multiple-roles/110150 "2025-08-25T17:13:48Z")

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is there any way to use hasRole with multiple roles, I would like to allow visibility on a button for multiple roles, but I get errors for most of the ways I have tried to do it.

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## [Hide Gateway Scripting Libraries from Other Users in Perspective Project?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/hide-gateway-scripting-libraries-from-other-users-in-perspective-project/110146)

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**Author:** [@TechEnlive](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/TechEnlive)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 4:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/hide-gateway-scripting-libraries-from-other-users-in-perspective-project/110146 "2025-08-25T16:25:46Z")

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Hi everyone, In my Perspective project, I’ve created several libraries in the Gateway Scripting section. Is there a way to hide these libraries from other Gateway users so they are not visible or accessible? Any guidan…

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## [Image won't display in perspective](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/image-wont-display-in-perspective/110127)

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**Author:** [@christopher.berg](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/christopher.berg)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/image-wont-display-in-perspective/110127 "2025-08-25T15:55:41Z")

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I’ve got images displaying exactly as I would like in a couple of perspective templates on our dev server. I’ve uploaded the images to the production server using the same folder path on dev using Image Management. The…

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## [Gateway Tag Change Event Stopped Working](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-tag-change-event-stopped-working/110147)

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**Author:** [@Noah\_St\_Mark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Noah_St_Mark)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-tag-change-event-stopped-working/110147 "2025-08-25T15:43:15Z")

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Hi Everyone, I have a project with three gateway tag change events that no longer work. I noticed when I save the project I get this error: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: missing event subscriber for an annotated …

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## [Tranforming boolean history tags to events](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tranforming-boolean-history-tags-to-events/110143)

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**Author:** [@ola.branas](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ola.branas)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 1:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tranforming-boolean-history-tags-to-events/110143 "2025-08-25T13:47:19Z")

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Hi, I’m using Ignition to log valves opening and closing (boolean) and need to find a way to build a dataset with tagname, timestampopen, timestampclose. How can I transform data from history logging into such format? T…

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## [Remove log entries from Gateway scripts Log Activity](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/remove-log-entries-from-gateway-scripts-log-activity/110142)

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**Author:** [@zxcslo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zxcslo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 12:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/remove-log-entries-from-gateway-scripts-log-activity/110142 "2025-08-25T12:21:52Z")

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Is there any way to remove old log entries from Log Activity in the Gateway Scripts web site? I have this old errors from the time of testing scripts and they are irrelevant now… Merge to logs doesn’t remove them fr…

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## [Tag is True but in chart is false. Why?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-is-true-but-in-chart-is-false-why/110145)

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**Author:** [@Pedro\_Carvalho](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Pedro_Carvalho)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 11:51am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-is-true-but-in-chart-is-false-why/110145 "2025-08-25T11:51:10Z")

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Good afternoon, The tag I am using to visualize in the chart is the one shown in the first image, and it is currently set to true. However, on the chart it is being displayed as 0. I have already analyzed the s…

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## [Scripting Functions (system.report.executeReport)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/scripting-functions-system-report-executereport/110132)

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**Author:** [@jianzang1125](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jianzang1125)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 8:18am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/scripting-functions-system-report-executereport/110132 "2025-08-25T08:18:32Z")

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Hi, I did test the system.report.executeReport() function based on the tutorial Scripting Functions Video at Inductive University Can anyone guide me any mistakes I made, thanks. Regards Jian

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## [Slider defer updates timing change](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/slider-defer-updates-timing-change/93350)

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**Author:** [@Austin\_Kyles](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Austin_Kyles)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 8:18am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/slider-defer-updates-timing-change/93350 "2025-08-25T08:18:25Z")

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Currently with a bidirectional bind on a slider if defer updates is checked it seems to wait around 1 second of not actively changing the value to submit the value. In the case that my user wants to sit and hold it whil…

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## [Toggling the setValue on a Button](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/toggling-the-setvalue-on-a-button/110139)

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**Author:** [@sfatimazahrak](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sfatimazahrak)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 6:55am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/toggling-the-setvalue-on-a-button/110139 "2025-08-25T06:55:51Z")

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I am trying to add a functionality to my button so that i can use it to set something to 1, and then to 0 when pressed again. Im trying to use a change script on the Value property for this, but am constantly getting an …

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## [Want to import create custom Repository](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/want-to-import-create-custom-repository/109974)

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**Author:** [@Kartik\_I](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kartik_I)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 6:43am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/want-to-import-create-custom-repository/109974 "2025-08-25T06:43:56Z")

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I have 6 custom svg’s and want to import them in icon library in perspective, I followed this Images and Icons in Perspective | Ignition User Manual but it didnot imported, so can anyone suggest what i need to make this …

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## [Frozen Alarm Ignition](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/frozen-alarm-ignition/110107)

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**Author:** [@kennethandrad](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kennethandrad)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 5:09am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/frozen-alarm-ignition/110107 "2025-08-25T05:09:16Z")

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Hi, I need to create an alarm for a tag with a particular issue: sometimes the tag value gets "frozen." For example, it stays at 15, 15, 15, 15… continuously until the PLC is reset. And it’s not always 15; it could be an…

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## [Transaction Group/Realtime Group](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/transaction-group-realtime-group/109980)

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**Author:** [@jianzang1125](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jianzang1125)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2025, 11:44am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/transaction-group-realtime-group/109980 "2025-08-24T11:44:55Z")

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Hi, When I want to test the Realtime Group followed the tutorial –Realtime Group, I found this error. Motor02 is Errored. （I cannot find more info from the gateway log. it only shows info below. I confirm the proble…

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## [\[IGN-14056\] Reading description attribute from OPC UA server](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-14056-reading-description-attribute-from-opc-ua-server/90170)

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**Author:** [@Zachary\_Zipper](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Zachary_Zipper)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2025, 12:08am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-14056-reading-description-attribute-from-opc-ua-server/90170 "2025-08-23T00:08:18Z")

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I have a bunch of Booleans in a Beckhoff program used as permissive / interlocks. These are being exposed to the OPC UA server which Ignition is connected to. One cool thing is that the comments of each Bool that explain…

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## [OPC UA Item Attribute Description](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-ua-item-attribute-description/98879)

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**Author:** [@Luke\_Reznecheck](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Luke_Reznecheck)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2025, 11:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-ua-item-attribute-description/98879 "2025-08-22T23:40:11Z")

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Does anyone know how to get the Description attribute to populate in Ignitions OPC UA server with the tag's description or tooltip value? I am connecting to Igntions OPC UA server with a 3rd party client app and see tha…

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## [Using Page in a dynamic data key](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-page-in-a-dynamic-data-key/110126)

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**Author:** [@naturesbeast](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/naturesbeast)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2025, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-page-in-a-dynamic-data-key/110126 "2025-08-22T21:21:00Z")

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I’ve added a title (group) to my report that I only want displayed on the first page of the report. I’ve tried using a dynamic data key: Page==1?”True”:”False” on the Visible property of the object without success. I’m…

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## [Template repeating creating a gap when in fullscreen on ignition](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/template-repeating-creating-a-gap-when-in-fullscreen-on-ignition/110125)

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**Author:** [@carter.doud](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/carter.doud)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2025, 9:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/template-repeating-creating-a-gap-when-in-fullscreen-on-ignition/110125 "2025-08-22T21:40:54Z")

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hello! I have a template repeater that repeats a repeated template in vision. In the designer there is no gap on the edges, but once it goes into the vision client, a gap gets created when resizing the window. I have my…

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## [Ignition Vision IP Camera Viewer not recognizing MJPEG stream](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-vision-ip-camera-viewer-not-recognizing-mjpeg-stream/110043)

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**Author:** [@Hugh\_r](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Hugh_r)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2025, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-vision-ip-camera-viewer-not-recognizing-mjpeg-stream/110043 "2025-08-22T19:35:03Z")

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I’m having issues with connecting to an MJPEG stream with the IP Camera Viewer, and I’m at a bit of a loss. The camera is telling me that it’s outputting in MJPEG, and Ignition is giving me an error that the video is no…

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## [tagChange Script Not Executing When Inside A UDT](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tagchange-script-not-executing-when-inside-a-udt/110123)

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**Author:** [@AlbinoBigFoot](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AlbinoBigFoot)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tagchange-script-not-executing-when-inside-a-udt/110123 "2025-08-22T19:23:40Z")

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Ignition Version 8.1.44 Vision Module I have this script that if I setup the tags outside of a UDT works great. But when I attempt to run it from inside the UDT it just does not work. I am assuming there is some hidden…

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## [Windows Active Directory badge authentication for vision project](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/windows-active-directory-badge-authentication-for-vision-project/109801)

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**Author:** [@bhall](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bhall)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2025, 6:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/windows-active-directory-badge-authentication-for-vision-project/109801 "2025-08-22T18:52:31Z")

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I am setting up badge authentication on a vision project. I have been able to successfully login using a local user with my badge reader, but I am having issues trying to sign in using Windows AD. I have my identity pro…

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## [Vision Client Keeps Launching Additional Sessions](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-client-keeps-launching-additional-sessions/110111)

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**Author:** [@jesse.daniels](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jesse.daniels)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2025, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-client-keeps-launching-additional-sessions/110111 "2025-08-22T18:25:43Z")

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my Vision Clients “randomly” launch additional instances of the project. I haven’t been able to pin point what causes this, but before you know it, i have 3,4, maybe 5 instances open. Any ideas what would be causing this…

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## [Designer: Project Browser collapses all nodes on project save/saveAll/update](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-project-browser-collapses-all-nodes-on-project-save-saveall-update/53398)

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**Author:** [@gdube](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/gdube)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-project-browser-collapses-all-nodes-on-project-save-saveall-update/53398 "2025-08-22T18:20:44Z")

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Hi guys, I'm wondering about the fact that the Project Browser (jtree) is always collapsing all its nodes (Vision, Perspective, Named Queries, all of them!) when you save or update your project, either via the menu or t…

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## [Help system.util.sendRequest to run .exe in Gateway](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/help-system-util-sendrequest-to-run-exe-in-gateway/110113)

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**Author:** [@bryanbelcher9](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bryanbelcher9)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/help-system-util-sendrequest-to-run-exe-in-gateway/110113 "2025-08-22T17:19:10Z")

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I am trying to have a project script run a .exe on the gateway and then return the results to the client project script. If running the .exe in a similar manner on the client, it works just fine. Here I need the .exe to …

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## [Store & Forward - Quarantine - Invalid Object Name](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/store-forward-quarantine-invalid-object-name/110120)

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**Author:** [@Brad\_Medley](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Brad_Medley)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/store-forward-quarantine-invalid-object-name/110120 "2025-08-22T17:19:04Z")

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Problem: Tag is being quarantined as shown below. The timestamp of the tag shows time in 2014. Where should I start looking to resolve this issue? What other information can I provide to help. Thank you!

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## [Ignition 8.3.0-beta1 (b2025072515) Designer Launcher doesn't launch](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-3-0-beta1-b2025072515-designer-launcher-doesnt-launch/110073)

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**Author:** [@wfiller](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/wfiller)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2025, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-3-0-beta1-b2025072515-designer-launcher-doesnt-launch/110073 "2025-08-22T16:38:21Z")

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I have the beta version installed on two different VM’s hosted in Azure. The Gateways are working OK but when I try to launch a designer the Window seems to open but you can never get focus. The screen shot shows two w…

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## [Changing Color of Dropdown](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/changing-color-of-dropdown/110008)

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**Author:** [@scadafan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/scadafan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/changing-color-of-dropdown/110008 "2025-08-22T15:45:32Z")

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Hi there, I am just wondering if there is a way to change the color of dropdown in perspective, for instance I would like to change the button arrow part to green but leave the area where it says select white, how can I…

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## [Running Ignition in podman container, mount data volume](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/running-ignition-in-podman-container-mount-data-volume/110112)

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**Author:** [@hulla](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/hulla)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/running-ignition-in-podman-container-mount-data-volume/110112 "2025-08-22T15:40:12Z")

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Hello I want to use Ignition in podman container and I want to mount my data volume so I have control over the data. $ cat podman.run podman run -d \\ -p 11088:8088 \\ --name ignition81 \\ -e ACCEPT\_IGNITION\_EULA=Y \\ --vo…

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## [Vision Client Launcher - Permissions Issue / Install](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-client-launcher-permissions-issue-install/110118)

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**Author:** [@Matthew\_O\_Shaughness](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matthew_O_Shaughness)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2025, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-client-launcher-permissions-issue-install/110118 "2025-08-22T15:32:34Z")

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Using Ignition Client Launcher and trying to set the “version.updates.prompt” to false. However, when we export the JSON, update, and import the JSON, the settings do not appear to save. Assuming we have a permissions …

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## [Getting confirmation from a user in perspective?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/getting-confirmation-from-a-user-in-perspective/30494)

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**Author:** [@bkarabinchak.psi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bkarabinchak.psi)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2025, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/getting-confirmation-from-a-user-in-perspective/30494 "2025-08-22T15:09:25Z")

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I have a view where a user enters a form. After they enter the first few rows, we find that there’s previous data to help them pre-fill out the form. I want to just confirm with the user that they want us to do this fo…

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## [Table Dropdown Value Not Retaining After Scroll](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-dropdown-value-not-retaining-after-scroll/110106)

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**Author:** [@TechEnlive](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/TechEnlive)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2025, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-dropdown-value-not-retaining-after-scroll/110106 "2025-08-22T15:08:06Z")

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Hi, I have a table that uses an embedded view containing a dropdown list. When I change the value in the dropdown, it updates initially. However, after scrolling the table and then returning to that row, the updated va…

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