# Ignition

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## [\[BUG\] Perspective PowerChart datetime picker doesn't honour timeAxis format](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-perspective-powerchart-datetime-picker-doesnt-honour-timeaxis-format/46613)

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**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2025, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-perspective-powerchart-datetime-picker-doesnt-honour-timeaxis-format/46613 "2025-02-27T14:31:38Z")

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v8.1.5 I’ve set my timeAxis.tick.label.format = HH:mm, however the datetime picker still shows 12-hr time

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## [How are UDTs represented internally inside a tag provider/db?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-are-udts-represented-internally-inside-a-tag-provider-db/102958)

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**Author:** [@Leor\_Fishman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Leor_Fishman)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2025, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-are-udts-represented-internally-inside-a-tag-provider-db/102958 "2025-02-27T14:27:36Z")

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I'm about to start working with some UDTs, and I want to get a grounding in how they're represented inside the database.

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## [Basic IF ElIF in Tag Value Changed script](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/basic-if-elif-in-tag-value-changed-script/102977)

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**Author:** [@TimWilborne](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/TimWilborne)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2025, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/basic-if-elif-in-tag-value-changed-script/102977 "2025-02-27T14:21:51Z")

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I'm struggling with the formatting of an IF statement in the Value Change script of a tag in Vision. If I comment out my "if" statements and make one of the gain paths fixed, the readBlocking and writeBlocking works fin…

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## [Store and Forward using Ignition Edge?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/store-and-forward-using-ignition-edge/102913)

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**Author:** [@Jackson\_Owens](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jackson_Owens)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 3:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/store-and-forward-using-ignition-edge/102913 "2025-02-26T15:34:02Z")

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Hello! We are trying to test out the store and forward capabilities of our edge devices in the field running ignition edge. The issue that I am coming across (possibly due to lack of experience) , is that the manuals re…

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## [SSL verification error/rest calls in scripting, perspective](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ssl-verification-error-rest-calls-in-scripting-perspective/71355)

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**Author:** [@Sabhareeswaran\_Ravi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Sabhareeswaran_Ravi)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2025, 1:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ssl-verification-error-rest-calls-in-scripting-perspective/71355 "2025-02-27T13:28:27Z")

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I tried to fetch data using restApi(using GET call), the thing is we have added a wildcard certificate to our platform which provides this API to access. I believe due to this, I am not able to retrieve any data Ignition…

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## [How to Open a Specific Page by Clicking a Bar in an XY Chart?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-open-a-specific-page-by-clicking-a-bar-in-an-xy-chart/102801)

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**Author:** [@Bruno\_Silva](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Bruno_Silva)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2025, 12:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-open-a-specific-page-by-clicking-a-bar-in-an-xy-chart/102801 "2025-02-27T12:53:52Z")

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Hi all, I am creating a bar chart using the XY Chart (Ignition Perspective) component and retrieving data through database queries. I would like to implement functionality where clicking on a specific bar opens a differ…

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## [SAP HANA JDBC Connection](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sap-hana-jdbc-connection/28048)

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**Author:** [@AGDC04](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AGDC04)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2025, 12:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sap-hana-jdbc-connection/28048 "2025-02-27T12:06:07Z")

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Hello World, Any one could connect to SAP HANA using JDBC at Igniiton?

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## [Perspective table data grouping](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-table-data-grouping/102965)

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**Author:** [@pgmo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pgmo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2025, 9:03am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-table-data-grouping/102965 "2025-02-27T09:03:18Z")

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Hi all, I'd like to show grouped data on a perspective Table, i.e. data rows should be grouped, each group being preceded by a group header with a group title (no data groups aggregations needed by now). I know there's …

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## [How to bind 2 datasources to XY chart?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-bind-2-datasources-to-xy-chart/102904)

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**Author:** [@Alejandro\_Alaco](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Alejandro_Alaco)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2025, 8:02am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-bind-2-datasources-to-xy-chart/102904 "2025-02-27T08:02:10Z")

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Hello! I´m trying to bind a XY Chart to 2 datasources with no success. What I´ve done is create two custom properties with the data I want to show in each graph: props.custom.processTempData props.custom.outputTemp…

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## [How to read session variables of one session into another session of Perspective?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-read-session-variables-of-one-session-into-another-session-of-perspective/102531)

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**Author:** [@abhijit.patil](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/abhijit.patil)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2025, 5:15am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-read-session-variables-of-one-session-into-another-session-of-perspective/102531 "2025-02-27T05:15:08Z")

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Hello, I need to loop through all active Perspective sessions and check if the currently logged-in user (using self.session.props.auth.user.userName) is already logged into another session. If the user is found to be lo…

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## [Regarding Gateway Event Script - Tag Chabge](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/regarding-gateway-event-script-tag-chabge/102950)

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**Author:** [@Rakesh\_Parmar](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Rakesh_Parmar)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2025, 1:19am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/regarding-gateway-event-script-tag-chabge/102950 "2025-02-27T01:19:53Z")

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Hi, I have write following script in "Script Console" & It is working fine and giving me result import socket import time import re def send\_command(command, delay\_time=5, timeout=30): host = "192.168.0.101" # Pr…

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## [Using a large number of projects](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-a-large-number-of-projects/102945)

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**Author:** [@Simon\_Hathout\_Willar](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Simon_Hathout_Willar)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 11:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-a-large-number-of-projects/102945 "2025-02-26T23:29:09Z")

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Hello I'm wondering if there are any pros / cons to using a large number of projects. Currently, we have about 6 different projects. These are A project which manages the dashboards A project which collects data from…

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## [\[SOLVED\] System Date Format is Returning Wrong Format](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/solved-system-date-format-is-returning-wrong-format/102933)

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**Author:** [@Jacob\_Kelley](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jacob_Kelley)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 11:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/solved-system-date-format-is-returning-wrong-format/102933 "2025-02-26T23:14:44Z")

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G'day, \[Sorry, I figured out my problem while double checking my work before submitting this. Thought I'd leave it for anyone else with the same problem later\] I have been trying to use a tag Value Changed script to po…

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## [Block edit access to a tag](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/block-edit-access-to-a-tag/102824)

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**Author:** [@Nick\_H1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Nick_H1)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 10:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/block-edit-access-to-a-tag/102824 "2025-02-26T22:51:30Z")

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I have a script that currently allows users to make their own alarms on certain tags. I am adding a security feature that only allows 1 security level to do this. Is there a way to block user from editing tags in the sam…

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## [Historical Data Issue](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/historical-data-issue/102934)

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**Author:** [@tebright1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tebright1)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 9:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/historical-data-issue/102934 "2025-02-26T21:01:10Z")

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I have a bunch of historical tags we are pulling data from. Running into a strange issue. I generate a custom to pull data from my database. dataset = system.tag.queryTagHistory(paths=tagListCorrected, startDate=star…

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## [Ignition Perspective Project Double Logging to SQL](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-perspective-project-double-logging-to-sql/102922)

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**Author:** [@Ryan\_Craig](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ryan_Craig)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 8:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-perspective-project-double-logging-to-sql/102922 "2025-02-26T20:40:53Z")

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I have a project that is working fine and running as it should except for it seemed to be double logging to our SQL server. I am looking into if this could be cause by somewhere inside of the perspective pages/script…

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## [8.1.46 pulled, 8.1.47 Emergency Release](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/8-1-46-pulled-8-1-47-emergency-release/102920)

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**Author:** [@sreis](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sreis)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 8:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/8-1-46-pulled-8-1-47-emergency-release/102920 "2025-02-26T20:30:57Z")

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Ignition 8.1.46 has been removed from our website and will be replaced with 8.1.47 soon. A change was made to fix issues with scripts being accidentally loaded multiple times during initialization, but in certain edge c…

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## [GWCMD or CLI for importing/restoring project](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gwcmd-or-cli-for-importing-restoring-project/102932)

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**Author:** [@Leor\_Fishman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Leor_Fishman)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 8:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gwcmd-or-cli-for-importing-restoring-project/102932 "2025-02-26T20:26:50Z")

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Is there any equivalent to gwcmd -s for projects rather than an entire gateway?

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## [Vision client error, empty project](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-client-error-empty-project/102917)

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**Author:** [@Edder\_Mendez\_Hernand](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Edder_Mendez_Hernand)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-client-error-empty-project/102917 "2025-02-26T19:27:56Z")

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Hi, I'm having some troubles with while launching a project in vision, I'm getting the following error: Whether I open it from designer or vision client launcher, the error still the same, I already tied erasing the …

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## [Designer on Linux/Wayland requests screen share continuously](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-on-linux-wayland-requests-screen-share-continuously/102927)

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**Author:** [@Bieito\_de\_la\_Fuente](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Bieito_de_la_Fuente)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-on-linux-wayland-requests-screen-share-continuously/102927 "2025-02-26T19:05:34Z")

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Hi folks, I'm running 8.1.45 and seeing this strange behavior in newer versions of my Desktop Environment (gnome 47.4) where every time I either right click on a Project Browser item or open a designer dropdown menu I ge…

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## [Indirect binding math](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/indirect-binding-math/102924)

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**Author:** [@aaaa](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/aaaa)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 6:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/indirect-binding-math/102924 "2025-02-26T18:43:20Z")

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Hello, I have a template with a textbox showing a number that I would like to do some math on. But it says I can't nest variables. Is there a workaround for this? Thank you! This is what I did under Property\>Expression: …

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## [Filtering Power Table with Dropdown](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/filtering-power-table-with-dropdown/102843)

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**Author:** [@Rich\_Knoll](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Rich_Knoll)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 6:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/filtering-power-table-with-dropdown/102843 "2025-02-26T18:39:32Z")

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Hello all, I think I have a pretty easy one here - just can't get it to work and am looking for some help. I have a dropdown that contains a list of part names. The Data field is bound to a Named Query that is grabbin…

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## [Perspective Power chart - margins between plots](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-power-chart-margins-between-plots/99811)

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**Author:** [@Brian\_Stilson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Brian_Stilson)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-power-chart-margins-between-plots/99811 "2025-02-26T17:24:30Z")

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I have a PowerChart with several different plots, and I'm wondering if it's possible to adjust the margins between the individual plots. I've tried modifying the individual styles and setting the margin/padding to dif…

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## [Design patterns question](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/design-patterns-question/102918)

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**Author:** [@Leor\_Fishman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Leor_Fishman)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 5:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/design-patterns-question/102918 "2025-02-26T17:10:13Z")

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In Vision/Perspective, assuming that I've got some property that's based on an expression on some other tags, is there any reason to bind other expressions to that property, rather than pulling the expression out into a …

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## [Running Ignition Edge on RPI 5 - local vision client fails](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/running-ignition-edge-on-rpi-5-local-vision-client-fails/102895)

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**Author:** [@abr](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/abr)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/running-ignition-edge-on-rpi-5-local-vision-client-fails/102895 "2025-02-26T16:02:34Z")

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Reading the various post on this subject indicates that the RPI 5 cannot be used for local vision clients. Error msg like "Can't load AMD 64 .so on a AARCH64 platform". Have anyone a relatively new succesfull installati…

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## [Memory leak when global project saved](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/memory-leak-when-global-project-saved/102914)

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**Author:** [@zacht](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zacht)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/memory-leak-when-global-project-saved/102914 "2025-02-26T15:58:47Z")

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There seems to be a memory leak in one of my projects. Looking at the memory trend graph from the gateway status page, the increases in the non-heap seem to correlate to when I save my "Global" scripting project. The dec…

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## [Certificates with a 2 node redundancy](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/certificates-with-a-2-node-redundancy/102891)

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**Author:** [@Zied\_Brahmi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Zied_Brahmi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/certificates-with-a-2-node-redundancy/102891 "2025-02-26T14:44:36Z")

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Hi, We have a 2 node redundancy, and we updated some certificates for the main, however we did not for the backup, and now I see that the backup can't connect to some OPC UA server because of the client certificate that…

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## [3rd party Java Lib: ImportError](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/3rd-party-java-lib-importerror/102897)

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**Author:** [@Stef\_Van\_Poucke](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Stef_Van_Poucke)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 1:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/3rd-party-java-lib-importerror/102897 "2025-02-26T13:54:53Z")

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I would like to use a 3rd party Java Lib in scripting: GitHub - auth0/java-jwt: Java implementation of JSON Web Token (JWT) I've found a jar file: Download java-jwt.jar - @com.auth0 and I've put it in the ignition/lib/…

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## [Using system.tag.storeTagHistory, matching to realtime tags and querying history](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-system-tag-storetaghistory-matching-to-realtime-tags-and-querying-history/102847)

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**Author:** [@nathan.harris](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nathan.harris)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 12:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-system-tag-storetaghistory-matching-to-realtime-tags-and-querying-history/102847 "2025-02-26T12:52:57Z")

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Hi, I have been using system.tag.storeTagHistory and via scripting have been using it to import data from a .csv file. I find the imported data goes into the database fine, and matches the tagname I have created. Howev…

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## [Reading several tags as one telegram](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reading-several-tags-as-one-telegram/102682)

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**Author:** [@Poul\_Klemmensen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Poul_Klemmensen)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 12:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reading-several-tags-as-one-telegram/102682 "2025-02-26T12:32:20Z")

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I am new to Ignition (but have been through all the online training material), have worked with e.g. Aveva Wonderware for several years. We have a usecase, where I have to read e.g. 25 tags in one block, they consists o…

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