# Ignition

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## [Displaying only the alarm name from alarm\_events on report](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/displaying-only-the-alarm-name-from-alarm-events-on-report/106948)

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**Author:** [@Steve\_Caulfield](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Steve_Caulfield)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 3, 2025, 11:12am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/displaying-only-the-alarm-name-from-alarm-events-on-report/106948 "2025-06-03T11:12:27Z")

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Hello, I am creating a daily alarm report using some modified code from the vision-alarm-analysis-template project from the exchange. It is working well, but am trying to find a way to only display the alarm name in the…

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## [OEE Gauges Example](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/oee-gauges-example/11759)

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**Author:** [@bmcclain](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bmcclain)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 3, 2025, 9:07am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/oee-gauges-example/11759 "2025-06-03T09:07:19Z")

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I modified the gauges template to use for displaying OEE data. I think it works pretty well, so I wanted to share it.

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## [Ignition SAP interface](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-sap-interface/106699)

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**Author:** [@ASF](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ASF)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [June 3, 2025, 12:04am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-sap-interface/106699 "2025-06-03T00:04:19Z")

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Hi all, I have a customer whose site is planning to introduce SAP for inventory control, work orders and scheduling, and so on. They have asked me if it's possible to build an Ignition perspective based user interface f…

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## [IgnitionProjectManager - Error notifying listener about project update](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignitionprojectmanager-error-notifying-listener-about-project-update/26402)

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**Author:** [@karthikeyyans](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/karthikeyyans)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2025, 11:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignitionprojectmanager-error-notifying-listener-about-project-update/26402 "2025-06-02T23:56:31Z")

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I am not sure what this error is all about. But my Gateway script is not running at the background. Any Insights? I found this in Status-\>Diagnostics-\>Logs java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: Index 0 out of bounds for …

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## [Function to export from Perspective Table to excel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/function-to-export-from-perspective-table-to-excel/106870)

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**Author:** [@Aiasa21](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Aiasa21)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2025, 11:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/function-to-export-from-perspective-table-to-excel/106870 "2025-06-02T23:47:29Z")

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Hi everyone, Today I started working on exporting the content of a Table in Ignition Perspective to Excel via scripting. As often happens, the more you progress, the more you want to improve the code and make it as fle…

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## [The subview does not select the required table automatically (Table component)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/the-subview-does-not-select-the-required-table-automatically-table-component/106921)

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**Author:** [@Jose\_Lopez](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jose_Lopez)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2025, 9:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/the-subview-does-not-select-the-required-table-automatically-table-component/106921 "2025-06-02T21:48:22Z")

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I'm working with a table component, and the project requires creating a subview dependent on each row. However, when selecting the subview, the row isn't selected, so my parameter is giving me incorrect information. …

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## [Send project from Agent to EAM Controller](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/send-project-from-agent-to-eam-controller/106905)

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**Author:** [@ron.routledge](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ron.routledge)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2025, 9:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/send-project-from-agent-to-eam-controller/106905 "2025-06-02T21:19:27Z")

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Is it possible to send a Vision project from an Agent to the EAM controller? In the Send Project Agent task, there is checkbox "Include the controller as a target", but I haven't found any documentation on that option. T…

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## [Preload all tabs in the Tab Container](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/preload-all-tabs-in-the-tab-container/95466)

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**Author:** [@Alex\_Majewski](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Alex_Majewski)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2025, 9:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/preload-all-tabs-in-the-tab-container/95466 "2025-06-02T21:15:15Z")

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Is there a way to make all the separate containers used in a Tab Container load simultaneously when the view/popup is initially opened? I already have 'runWhileHidden' configured as True for each tab. Each container, in…

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## [Need Help Controlling Tag Browser in Power Chart Component](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/need-help-controlling-tag-browser-in-power-chart-component/106846)

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**Author:** [@GOKULAKANNAN\_P](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/GOKULAKANNAN_P)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2025, 8:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/need-help-controlling-tag-browser-in-power-chart-component/106846 "2025-06-02T20:47:01Z")

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Hello, I would like to control the Tag Browser in the Power Chart component—for example, filtering tags, changing the display name of tags, selecting specific properties, etc. However, I couldn't find any exposed prope…

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## [Negative value with different color (XY charts)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/negative-value-with-different-color-xy-charts/106853)

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**Author:** [@Alejandro\_Alaco](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Alejandro_Alaco)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2025, 8:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/negative-value-with-different-color-xy-charts/106853 "2025-06-02T20:46:30Z")

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Hello, I know is possible to have different color for positivie and negative using 1 serie for column. Would it be possible using 1 serie for many columns? Cheers!

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## [Wrapper.log file is no longer updating](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/wrapper-log-file-is-no-longer-updating/106910)

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**Author:** [@doug.breshears](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/doug.breshears)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2025, 6:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/wrapper-log-file-is-no-longer-updating/106910 "2025-06-02T18:43:42Z")

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I was looking for some event gateway logs and realized the wrapper.log files have not been getting updated. I restarted the service, then the entire server and nothing changed. I moved all the existing wrapper.log\* fil…

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## [Better handling / deleting of failed EAM tasks](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/better-handling-deleting-of-failed-eam-tasks/98533)

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**Author:** [@Zachary\_Zipper](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Zachary_Zipper)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2025, 5:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/better-handling-deleting-of-failed-eam-tasks/98533 "2025-06-02T17:53:33Z")

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I am currently in active development of a project that makes use of a lot of edge gateway agents. We have the edge project stored centrally on the controller gateway, and every time the edge project is saved, an EAM task…

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## [OPC Connection Faulted for The Certificate has expired or is not yet valid](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-connection-faulted-for-the-certificate-has-expired-or-is-not-yet-valid/106901)

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**Author:** [@Mike\_Speck](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Mike_Speck)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2025, 5:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-connection-faulted-for-the-certificate-has-expired-or-is-not-yet-valid/106901 "2025-06-02T17:26:06Z")

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Good morning all, I walked into the office this morning with my Kepware OPC Connection Faulted for The Certificate has expired or is not yet valid. This connection had been working well for the past 6 months or so with …

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## [Correspond Log Messages to Projects](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/correspond-log-messages-to-projects/106906)

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**Author:** [@Slick](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Slick)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2025, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/correspond-log-messages-to-projects/106906 "2025-06-02T17:11:48Z")

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I have a dev gateway where there are multiple projects which different developers are working on. At this time one of the projects is running a script that is causing a warning message to appear every second in the Diagn…

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## [Best Practice for Continuous Calculated Value Write-Back to PLC for Control/](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-practice-for-continuous-calculated-value-write-back-to-plc-for-control/106880)

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**Author:** [@Paul.Allen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Paul.Allen)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2025, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-practice-for-continuous-calculated-value-write-back-to-plc-for-control/106880 "2025-06-02T15:23:27Z")

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Hi everyone, I'm using Ignition Edge and need some guidance on the best approach for a specific scenario. The Scenario: We have 3 proprietary field devices that our main PLC can't directly communicate with Ignition E…

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## [Tracking content of Gateway Event Scripts in Github](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tracking-content-of-gateway-event-scripts-in-github/106435)

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**Author:** [@clevvi-jdeck](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/clevvi-jdeck)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2025, 12:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tracking-content-of-gateway-event-scripts-in-github/106435 "2025-06-02T12:46:30Z")

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We use Github to track projects. Being able to compare different versions of Python scripts under ./script-python/\*.py is awesome. As far as I can tell, the source code of Gateway Event Scripts is stored: within ./eve…

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## [Igntion Edge Error - Gateway Exception](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/igntion-edge-error-gateway-exception/106868)

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**Author:** [@Kevin\_Ortega](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin_Ortega)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2025, 12:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/igntion-edge-error-gateway-exception/106868 "2025-06-02T12:16:06Z")

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Hello, I am working with Ignition Edge on an Opto22 and occasionally I will get an error message on the Designer saying the following java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.g…

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## [How to tell if a session is the designer in Perspective](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-tell-if-a-session-is-the-designer-in-perspective/52125)

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**Author:** [@brandon1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/brandon1)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2025, 11:38am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-tell-if-a-session-is-the-designer-in-perspective/52125 "2025-06-02T11:38:53Z")

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In Vision I could look at the SystemFlags and tell if I was in a designer session or a client session. Is there a similar way to determine this in Perspective. The reason I ask is I want to toggle visibility conditiona…

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## [How do I use a Flex Container inside a Coordinate Container?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-do-i-use-a-flex-container-inside-a-coordinate-container/106865)

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**Author:** [@Farhan\_Basheer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Farhan_Basheer)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2025, 10:42am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-do-i-use-a-flex-container-inside-a-coordinate-container/106865 "2025-06-02T10:42:34Z")

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At the beginning of my project, I made the mistake of using a Coordinate Container to hold my filter controls. Inside that, I placed a Column Container—but on larger screens, the column container does not inherit the ful…

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## [Tooltip Persistence When Moving Popups in Perspective](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tooltip-persistence-when-moving-popups-in-perspective/106893)

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**Author:** [@simon.delamarche](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/simon.delamarche)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2025, 9:51am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tooltip-persistence-when-moving-popups-in-perspective/106893 "2025-06-02T09:51:05Z")

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Hi all, I've run into an issue in Perspective where tooltips configured on components (e.g., buttons) do not disappear when the parent view or popup is moved or repositioned. The tooltip remains "stuck" on the screen ev…

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## [Siemens S7 Driver Bytes to Bits](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-s7-driver-bytes-to-bits/106887)

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**Author:** [@JoshMac](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JoshMac)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2025, 5:51am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-s7-driver-bytes-to-bits/106887 "2025-06-02T05:51:06Z")

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Hi, I have a project where we are converting a legcay SCADA system to Ignition, the controllers they are using are Siemens S7-300s. The tags are being packed into DBs and transferred across in byte arrays. My question …

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## [Metler Toledo IND570 Weight Data (float)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/metler-toledo-ind570-weight-data-float/31892)

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**Author:** [@comaife](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/comaife)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2025, 12:38am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/metler-toledo-ind570-weight-data-float/31892 "2025-06-02T00:38:21Z")

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Has anyone configured the Metler Toledo IND570 using Ignition’s Modbus device driver? I just need to read live weight data from the device through Ignition. I created the device in the Ignition gateway following the ins…

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## [Find peak values](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/find-peak-values/106794)

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**Author:** [@Kin\_H](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kin_H)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2025, 11:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/find-peak-values/106794 "2025-06-01T23:07:15Z")

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I like to find the peak value of each cycle/hill from a tag in historian within a time range in script, only if the peak is above 7000 lbs (ignore the small hills). Is there a faster way than looking at each point in the…

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## [Bar chart is blurry / auto print without report viewer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bar-chart-is-blurry-auto-print-without-report-viewer/106876)

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**Author:** [@compuzak](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/compuzak)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2025, 9:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bar-chart-is-blurry-auto-print-without-report-viewer/106876 "2025-06-01T21:03:32Z")

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The the bar charts I have on a report are blurry. I have other reports with bar charts and they are high resolution. I can't see any differences in the settings between the two. Does anybody have any insight into why …

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## [Agregar imagen tipo GIF](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/agregar-imagen-tipo-gif/106036)

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**Author:** [@Alejandro\_Padilla](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Alejandro_Padilla)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2025, 1:53am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/agregar-imagen-tipo-gif/106036 "2025-06-01T01:53:49Z")

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Hola compañeros, a lo mejor es muy básico lo que preguntaré, pero es un problemita que no he podido resolver. Tengo la versión de prueba de Ignition para practicar, he agregado imágenes estáticas, he incluso fotografías…

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## [Vision Client Launcher doesn't show me a project](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-client-launcher-doesnt-show-me-a-project/106844)

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**Author:** [@Alejandro\_Padilla](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Alejandro_Padilla)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 31, 2025, 12:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-client-launcher-doesnt-show-me-a-project/106844 "2025-05-31T12:27:27Z")

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Hi colleagues, I'd like some help, please. I have two PCs to use and practice with Ignition. On the first, I have six projects stored in the Getway, and on the second PC, I want to open those projects using the Vision C…

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## [Zebra Scanner DS9308 and Text Input issue](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/zebra-scanner-ds9308-and-text-input-issue/106867)

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**Author:** [@Ramiro\_Ramirez](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ramiro_Ramirez)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 31, 2025, 11:43am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/zebra-scanner-ds9308-and-text-input-issue/106867 "2025-05-31T11:43:17Z")

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Hi everyone, I have a Zebra scanner DS9308 that is used to count parts and in the same page I have a Text Input. I cannot be able to use the scanner to keep counting parts and the keyboard to fill the Text Input. After …

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## [Display alarm custom subject](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/display-alarm-custom-subject/106798)

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**Author:** [@aaaa](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/aaaa)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 31, 2025, 7:52am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/display-alarm-custom-subject/106798 "2025-05-31T07:52:23Z")

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Hello, I'm wondering if there's a way to show my alarms' custom subjects as a column in alarm status table ideally or in a regular table

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## [Map Marker Icon does not display custom icons](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/map-marker-icon-does-not-display-custom-icons/93588)

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**Author:** [@liam1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/liam1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 30, 2025, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/map-marker-icon-does-not-display-custom-icons/93588 "2025-05-30T19:01:22Z")

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For some reason the map marker icon doesn't seem to work with custom icons. Here is a custom icon displaying normally in a view Here it displays a normal icon as expected. But doesn't want to display the custom …

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## [Timeseries DB for PostgreSQL](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/timeseries-db-for-postgresql/21770)

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**Author:** [@zackscriven](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zackscriven)\
**Replies:** 30\
**Last updated:** [May 30, 2025, 6:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/timeseries-db-for-postgresql/21770 "2025-05-30T18:54:27Z")

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I'm working on an IIoT project using Ignition Edge + Ignition central MQTT broker. We are storing data to a postgreSQL database and we are using an abstraction layer called Timescale. Basically this abstraction layer a…

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