# Ignition **URL:** https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=1484 [Latest](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1485 --- ## [Adding new tags to a tag change script during runtime](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/adding-new-tags-to-a-tag-change-script-during-runtime/10297)
**Author:** [@Orobas](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Orobas)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2015, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/adding-new-tags-to-a-tag-change-script-during-runtime/10297 "2015-07-31T15:21:50Z")
I have a program that reads data from an OPCUA server and creates tags depending on how many machines are connected to the OPCUA server, so if there are 3 computers, then 3 folders with a bunch of tags are created at the… --- ## [System.db.refresh and "Wait Until Refreshed"](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-db-refresh-and-wait-until-refreshed/10294)
**Author:** [@StoltzJordan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/StoltzJordan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2015, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-db-refresh-and-wait-until-refreshed/10294 "2015-07-31T14:27:57Z")
Hello All, I've recently run into an issue with the way one of my scripts works when a table's data is being refreshed. The actual scenario is a little different than this, but for simplicity I've reduced it to the fol… --- ## [Alarm timestamp is not from value](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-timestamp-is-not-from-value/10288)
**Author:** [@Kevin\_Jeror](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin_Jeror)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2015, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-timestamp-is-not-from-value/10288 "2015-07-30T17:11:16Z")
Hi, Ignition version 7.7.5 We’ve got an OPC tag with an alarm configured with value timestamp. When the alarm becomes active, it don’t take value timestamp, but system, even if value timestamp is configured (cf Captur… --- ## [Indirect bindings for bar/pie charts using cell update](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/indirect-bindings-for-bar-pie-charts-using-cell-update/10275)
**Author:** [@Blefe001](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Blefe001)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2015, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/indirect-bindings-for-bar-pie-charts-using-cell-update/10275 "2015-07-30T15:14:16Z")
I am trying to use the cell update function to indirectly bind the data property to tags. I know how to indirectly pass in the tag path as shown in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxVKA3fNsnM but can not f… --- ## [Problem with system.db.runquery](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-with-system-db-runquery/10291)
**Author:** [@andrea.montresor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andrea.montresor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2015, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-with-system-db-runquery/10291 "2015-07-29T18:55:45Z")
Hello, I'm trying to make a script system.db.runquery. This is my code: table = system.db.runQuery("SELECT \* FROM adm\_supplier","dscada\_main") value= 'test' for row in table: if(value == row\["ID\_SUPPLIER"\]): print… --- ## [SFC write to a tag](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sfc-write-to-a-tag/10283)
**Author:** [@MoisesZV](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/MoisesZV)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2015, 12:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sfc-write-to-a-tag/10283 "2015-07-29T12:31:22Z")
Hi, I'm using a SFC and I just want to write to a tag with an Action Step, this is what I have: def onStart(chart, step): """ This will run when the step starts, before any other action. Arguments: chart: A re… --- ## [Single Tag Import from Controllogix AOI's](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/single-tag-import-from-controllogix-aois/10286)
**Author:** [@DSI600](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/DSI600)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2015, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/single-tag-import-from-controllogix-aois/10286 "2015-07-28T20:22:50Z")
Anyone have a better way to import tags into Ignition besides the xml format and drag and dropping. All of my Alarms are in an AOI - and all I need is just one bool out of the AOI to tie an alarm too. So it does not ma… --- ## [Export/Import csv questions](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/export-import-csv-questions/10284)
**Author:** [@alewayhar](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/alewayhar)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2015, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/export-import-csv-questions/10284 "2015-07-28T20:13:10Z")
I am trying out new things as I learn Ignition/Python and today I was playing around with the .exportCSV command. The command worked fine, and I followed the example found within the user manual, but at the end of the s… --- ## [Style Customizer not working with Templates](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/style-customizer-not-working-with-templates/10285)
**Author:** [@julio.velasco](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/julio.velasco)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2015, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/style-customizer-not-working-with-templates/10285 "2015-07-28T16:24:19Z")
Hello Guys, I do this all the time with non-templates. I add a custom property and use it to drive other properties in the component. However, I was experimenting with a template instance and it doesnt seem to work. Not… --- ## [TextArea property change event bug Version 7.7.4](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/textarea-property-change-event-bug-version-7-7-4/10162)
**Author:** [@JGJohnson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JGJohnson)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2015, 9:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/textarea-property-change-event-bug-version-7-7-4/10162 "2015-07-27T21:28:48Z")
Currently testing version 7.7.4 prior to upgrading. This could just be a change in behavior since 7.5.13 but it sure seems like a bug to me. When the text of a TextArea control is changed via script no property change … --- ## [Can a project run inside a web browser](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-a-project-run-inside-a-web-browser/10280)
**Author:** [@rayjones9210](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rayjones9210)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2015, 6:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-a-project-run-inside-a-web-browser/10280 "2015-07-27T18:21:44Z")
Is it possible to launch an Ignition project and run it from inside a web browser? For example, If I was using Internet Explorer and I typed in a hyperlink to an Ignition project, could that project run inside of Interne… --- ## [Change a single value of a cell with a script](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/change-a-single-value-of-a-cell-with-a-script/10276)
**Author:** [@alewayhar](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/alewayhar)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2015, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/change-a-single-value-of-a-cell-with-a-script/10276 "2015-07-24T19:35:41Z")
I currently have a window that has some text fields that get submitted into a chart when i click submit. I can then double click on the row of the table and it will pull all the information back into the text fields. Th… --- ## [Insert selected row to database table](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/insert-selected-row-to-database-table/10274)
**Author:** [@RyanG](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/RyanG)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2015, 6:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/insert-selected-row-to-database-table/10274 "2015-07-24T18:30:18Z")
Hi, I'm working with an Alarm Status Table and I want to be able to hit a button and Insert the selected row of data into a database Table. Where I'm running into trouble is when I try to grab the Selected Alarms data wi… --- ## [Comparing data sets on two drop down lists](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/comparing-data-sets-on-two-drop-down-lists/10267)
**Author:** [@the\_newb](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/the_newb)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2015, 6:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/comparing-data-sets-on-two-drop-down-lists/10267 "2015-07-24T18:04:39Z")
Hello, In a window in the vision module, I have two drop down lists, they have the exact same data set. For this lets say my data set is 2 columns, 3 rows... Data set 1 Data set 2 (value, la… --- ## [System.device module functions not found in help(appendix C)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-device-module-functions-not-found-in-help-appendix-c/10273)
**Author:** [@pdibenedetto](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pdibenedetto)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2015, 5:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-device-module-functions-not-found-in-help-appendix-c/10273 "2015-07-24T17:57:54Z")
If you write "system.device." and press CTRL+SPACE in script playground, the help of the functions are show up. But in the appendix C of the help are not listed. --- ## [Delete Row Script/Command?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/delete-row-script-command/10271)
**Author:** [@alewayhar](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/alewayhar)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2015, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/delete-row-script-command/10271 "2015-07-24T15:57:13Z")
Is there a script command that will allow me to easily delete the selected row of a table? I just want a button that will delete the selected row of a table and I’m assuming there’s a simple command to do so that I do n… --- ## [OPC UA server faulted](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-ua-server-faulted/10223)
**Author:** [@the\_newb](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/the_newb)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2015, 11:42am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-ua-server-faulted/10223 "2015-07-24T11:42:01Z")
So I have like 20 minutes experience with Ignition... I had a project that was working, fired up my PC this morning and all of my PLC tags are null, when I open the OPC browser and try to expand the OPC-UA Server there… --- ## [Error system.db.runPrepUpdate](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-system-db-runprepupdate/10264)
**Author:** [@andrea.montresor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andrea.montresor)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2015, 6:15am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-system-db-runprepupdate/10264 "2015-07-24T06:15:06Z")
Hello, I tried to enter in the changed value of a tag the following script: valore = 110 system.db.runPrepUpdate(“UPDATE scd\_command SET id\_command\_status = 25 WHERE cd\_command = (?)”, \[valore\]) But when I change the… --- ## [Power Table configureCell - DropDown List](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-table-configurecell-dropdown-list/10265)
**Author:** [@scicco](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/scicco)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2015, 9:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-table-configurecell-dropdown-list/10265 "2015-07-23T21:50:00Z")
Hello, I am trying to use the configureCell Extension Function in the Power Table to look at the value of one column and build a drop-down of relevant items in another column based on the first value for each row. Ta… --- ## [Button Scripting Help](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/button-scripting-help/10263)
**Author:** [@alewayhar](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/alewayhar)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2015, 7:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/button-scripting-help/10263 "2015-07-23T19:08:06Z")
How complex can a script be for a button? I have little to no experience in scripting and would like to get better at it. I want my button to take the information from text fields and put them into a table, clear the o… --- ## [Valuechanged type error 'str' object is not callable](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/valuechanged-type-error-str-object-is-not-callable/10262)
**Author:** [@andrea.montresor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andrea.montresor)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2015, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/valuechanged-type-error-str-object-is-not-callable/10262 "2015-07-23T17:45:11Z")
Hello, I have a problem in the changed value of a tag. I put this script: \[i\]import time value\_command = system.tag.read("\[.\]NEW\_COMMAND") value\_command\_1 = value\_command.getValue() query = (“UPDATE scd\_command SET … --- ## [Tables](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tables/10260)
**Author:** [@steven\_hargraves](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/steven_hargraves)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2015, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tables/10260 "2015-07-23T14:26:15Z")
Hello All How do I change the header height in a table ? Thanks Steve Hargraves --- ## [Using MariaDB instead of MySQL?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-mariadb-instead-of-mysql/10258)
**Author:** [@Sam5](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Sam5)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2015, 6:20am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-mariadb-instead-of-mysql/10258 "2015-07-23T06:20:03Z")
Are they any issues we should be aware of migrating from MySQL to MariaDB? At this time Maria is suppose be a drop in replacement of MySQL, and more Linux distributions are now packaging Maria instead of MySQL community … --- ## [Slow Tag Write Performance](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/slow-tag-write-performance/10253)
**Author:** [@jlteel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jlteel)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2015, 6:17am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/slow-tag-write-performance/10253 "2015-07-23T06:17:28Z")
I have a script that iterates through 20 system.tag.writeAll functions, sort of like what follows. It's only writing five values at a time, but the script takes about XX seconds to complete, which seems really excessive.… --- ## [Initialization of Client Tags only on Client Launch](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/initialization-of-client-tags-only-on-client-launch/10259)
**Author:** [@Weffrey](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Weffrey)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2015, 8:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/initialization-of-client-tags-only-on-client-launch/10259 "2015-07-22T20:36:17Z")
I have a client tag that I always want to start with a certain value, but as I work in the designer it is changed via bindings. My preference would be to create a client startup script that reverted the tag back to the … --- ## [Designer not opening with Java 8u51](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-not-opening-with-java-8u51/10229)
**Author:** [@fledder](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/fledder)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2015, 7:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-not-opening-with-java-8u51/10229 "2015-07-22T19:32:39Z")
After updating Java I am getting an error. Ignition server: Ignition 7.7.4 (b2015033012) Java 1.8.0\_45 Windows 7 Pro SSL is configured with a certificate on a non-standard port Client: When Java 1.8.0\_45 is installed… --- ## [OPC-UA connection faulted to Siemens 840d CNC controller](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-ua-connection-faulted-to-siemens-840d-cnc-controller/10256)
**Author:** [@RMAC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/RMAC)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2015, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-ua-connection-faulted-to-siemens-840d-cnc-controller/10256 "2015-07-22T16:48:08Z")
I’m having trouble getting Ignition to talk to a OPC-UA server on a Siemens 840d based CNC machine. I can connect to it from the OPC Foundations OPC-UA sample client but cannot from Ignition. The CNC server is about a si… --- ## [Serious memory leak in Equiqment Schedule component](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/serious-memory-leak-in-equiqment-schedule-component/10255)
**Author:** [@chi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/chi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2015, 2:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/serious-memory-leak-in-equiqment-schedule-component/10255 "2015-07-22T14:46:46Z")
I’m running Ignition clients on digital signage screens. Since the installation of this screens i had to restart the clients every couple of days. Now, i finally found some time to do a little problem research an narrowe… --- ## [User Auth: Internal vs Database](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/user-auth-internal-vs-database/10251)
**Author:** [@drewdin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/drewdin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2015, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/user-auth-internal-vs-database/10251 "2015-07-22T14:39:32Z")
Hi All, I am trying to weigh the pros and cons of using internal and external database to manage users and roles. Other than the obvious, what are some of the pros and cons that you guys have and which do yo use? Tha… --- ## [Hidden Transaction Groups](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/hidden-transaction-groups/10252)
**Author:** [@Micky.Franks](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Micky.Franks)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2015, 1:30am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/hidden-transaction-groups/10252 "2015-07-22T01:30:20Z")
I have 3 transaction groups that are some how hidden and running and I am unable to delete them. I can export/import them but they still don’t show up. Attached is the exported transaction groups. Is this an Ignition … [Previous page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=1483) [Next page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=1485)