# Ignition **URL:** https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=263 [Latest](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/tags.md) **Page:** 264 --- ## [Email Notifications without SMTP Server](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/email-notifications-without-smtp-server/43784)
**Author:** [@seanbuckley2698](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/seanbuckley2698)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2025, 7:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/email-notifications-without-smtp-server/43784 "2025-01-27T19:46:16Z")
Is there any way I can set up email notification in ignition without using an SMTP server? --- ## [Writing a session property into a UDT tag parameter](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/writing-a-session-property-into-a-udt-tag-parameter/101421)
**Author:** [@Nojus\_Pedersen1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Nojus_Pedersen1)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2025, 7:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/writing-a-session-property-into-a-udt-tag-parameter/101421 "2025-01-27T19:31:16Z")
Hello! im currently testing some functions in Ignition and can't seem to find a solution on either this site, their wiki and through the GPT. Im Currently working on a project that use multiple PLCs, they alle run the s… --- ## [Store and Forward Issues?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/store-and-forward-issues/100951)
**Author:** [@Estera\_Cioroch](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Estera_Cioroch)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2025, 6:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/store-and-forward-issues/100951 "2025-01-27T18:56:56Z")
Background: At one of our job sites, daily reports are set to generate every night at 12:05am covering data from midnight to midnight. However, the data populates as "N/A" from 20:00 to midnight every day, with only the … --- ## [Perspective Menu Nav 8.1 and Web Nav 8.1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-menu-nav-8-1-and-web-nav-8-1/101426)
**Author:** [@TechEnlive](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/TechEnlive)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2025, 6:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-menu-nav-8-1-and-web-nav-8-1/101426 "2025-01-27T18:12:05Z")
Hi, When creating a new perspective project "Perspective Menu Nav 8.1 and Web Nav 8.1", I have seen these two options. I don't know what is the difference between these two. --- ## [RFID Reader Module Integration](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/rfid-reader-module-integration/101440)
**Author:** [@Aron\_Grzywaczewski](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Aron_Grzywaczewski)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/rfid-reader-module-integration/101440 "2025-01-27T17:56:56Z")
Hi, I am wondering if it's possible to integrate an RFID Reader with Ignition Perspective. We have an android device with RFID Reader Module. What I am trying to achieve is write data to the RFID user memory. Is this … --- ## [Duplicate record in alarm journal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/duplicate-record-in-alarm-journal/55669)
**Author:** [@g.bonomini](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/g.bonomini)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2025, 1:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/duplicate-record-in-alarm-journal/55669 "2025-01-27T13:59:13Z")
I have one gateway ignition Version: 8.1.10 (b2021090812) and I have very strange value in alarms journal. Alarm journal is in postgres sql. I have configured many alarms. Every alarms is one tag bit OPC with Siemens an… --- ## [Using MQTT and MQTT sparkplug B, potential conflicts in MQTT engine?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-mqtt-and-mqtt-sparkplug-b-potential-conflicts-in-mqtt-engine/101431)
**Author:** [@Theodorska](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Theodorska)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2025, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-mqtt-and-mqtt-sparkplug-b-potential-conflicts-in-mqtt-engine/101431 "2025-01-27T14:29:06Z")
Hello, we have a network of lots of ignition edge nodes sending MQTT sparkplug B to our main gateway. However, now we are trying to introduce an edge unit that sends "regular" mqtt. We have created a custom namespace a… --- ## [Power Table Customisation](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-table-customisation/101408)
**Author:** [@Soham\_Ambekar1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Soham_Ambekar1)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2025, 2:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-table-customisation/101408 "2025-01-27T14:04:32Z")
I have used a power table and want to highlight the outer border when selected. So on the power table, I have done the scripting. When any cell is selected I want the whole row displayed with the orange border and its th… --- ## [Exporting SVGs from Perspective](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/exporting-svgs-from-perspective/65912)
**Author:** [@Douglas\_Lawrie](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Douglas_Lawrie)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2025, 1:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/exporting-svgs-from-perspective/65912 "2025-01-27T13:46:57Z")
I have embedded an SVG in a Perspective view and edited its elements. Is there a way to export this back to a .svg file? --- ## [HW/SW size, IOPS How to determine?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/hw-sw-size-iops-how-to-determine/101415)
**Author:** [@Mau89](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Mau89)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2025, 12:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/hw-sw-size-iops-how-to-determine/101415 "2025-01-27T12:21:30Z")
Hi everyone, Does anyone have but calculate how many iops are needed for a VM for an application with 100k tags historicized at a frequency of 30s? thanks --- ## [How dataset works a bit more deeply in ignition](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-dataset-works-a-bit-more-deeply-in-ignition/101406)
**Author:** [@danielps1818](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/danielps1818)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2025, 12:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-dataset-works-a-bit-more-deeply-in-ignition/101406 "2025-01-27T12:18:36Z")
Hi! I'm currently working with dataset and I'm a bit lost on how to do it efficiently. So I have some questions. Whenever I do ds = system.dataset.setValue(ds, 0, "COLUMN\_1", "test") what happens to the original ds? It… --- ## [Logging storage for ignition and central logging](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/logging-storage-for-ignition-and-central-logging/101277)
**Author:** [@Zied\_Brahmi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Zied_Brahmi)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2025, 12:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/logging-storage-for-ignition-and-central-logging/101277 "2025-01-27T12:10:17Z")
Hello Forum, As we want to do better logging and especially better logging storage for ignitions' logs, I have some questions for you. Is it a bad idea to increase the system\_logs.idb to 10\*default for example? and is… --- ## [Perspective tags for individual sessions](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-tags-for-individual-sessions/48751)
**Author:** [@sathianandan.dharmas](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sathianandan.dharmas)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2025, 11:56am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-tags-for-individual-sessions/48751 "2025-01-27T11:56:59Z")
Hi All Is it possible to have dedicated tags for each session? I’m building a dashboard where the user can enter some numbers and a script under ‘Project Library’ runs a calculation based on the user input. I tried crea… --- ## [UDT parameters in expression binding option of the display path of an alarm](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/udt-parameters-in-expression-binding-option-of-the-display-path-of-an-alarm/22546)
**Author:** [@nader.chinichian](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nader.chinichian)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2025, 11:52am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/udt-parameters-in-expression-binding-option-of-the-display-path-of-an-alarm/22546 "2025-01-27T11:52:45Z")
Hi When I want to use UDT parameters in expression binding option of the display path of an alarm, expression doesn’t work correctly and display path get its default value. for example i\\I write something like this: r… --- ## [Amount of alarms based on priority](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/amount-of-alarms-based-on-priority/101401)
**Author:** [@Panagiotis\_Lampou](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Panagiotis_Lampou)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2025, 11:38am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/amount-of-alarms-based-on-priority/101401 "2025-01-27T11:38:27Z")
Hello guys. I am trying to make a label that counts all alarms except of "Low" priority alarms. I was trying to do it by make changes on Ignition startup alarm label but (picture) i cant understand how "len(system.alar… --- ## [Is there any capability that Sepasoft Web Server module offers that is not exposed and directly available in Ignition by itself?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-any-capability-that-sepasoft-web-server-module-offers-that-is-not-exposed-and-directly-available-in-ignition-by-itself/101259)
**Author:** [@h.sumrain](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/h.sumrain)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2025, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-any-capability-that-sepasoft-web-server-module-offers-that-is-not-exposed-and-directly-available-in-ignition-by-itself/101259 "2025-01-26T15:35:13Z")
Hi peeps, For REST and SOAP capabilities, I am trying to evaluate the real need in real-time applications for the Web Server module from Sepasoft and wonder if it delivers services and features that Ignition alone witho… --- ## [Siemens S7-1500 Tags Showing "Bad" Quality in Ignition – Need Help!](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-s7-1500-tags-showing-bad-quality-in-ignition-need-help/101384)
**Author:** [@Shishan\_Jayathilaka](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Shishan_Jayathilaka)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2025, 10:33am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-s7-1500-tags-showing-bad-quality-in-ignition-need-help/101384 "2025-01-26T10:33:01Z")
Hi everyone, I'm facing an issue while connecting a Siemens S7-1500 PLC to Ignition SCADA, and I could really use some help from the community. After successfully connecting the PLC to Ignition using the Siemens S7 dri… --- ## [Binding Tags Across Providers](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/binding-tags-across-providers/101391)
**Author:** [@AdrielP](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AdrielP)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2025, 5:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/binding-tags-across-providers/101391 "2025-01-25T17:04:42Z")
Hi guys, this post is mainly out of curiosity. Is there a way or method to directly bind tag values from one tag provider to another; same way a tag is bound to a property, can I bind a tag to another tag? The main obj… --- ## [Using tab strip in a floating window?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-tab-strip-in-a-floating-window/101368)
**Author:** [@Frank\_Lamb](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Frank_Lamb)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2025, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-tab-strip-in-a-floating-window/101368 "2025-01-25T16:26:32Z")
Does anyone know if something like a tab strip can be used in a pop-up or floating window? The Main window navigation already uses a full tab strip along the bottom and there is no more room for extra tabs (14 currently)… --- ## [Showing a list in a label](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/showing-a-list-in-a-label/101365)
**Author:** [@mjohnson0238](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mjohnson0238)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2025, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/showing-a-list-in-a-label/101365 "2025-01-25T14:20:17Z")
Good afternoon. I have an expression tag that looks at the boolean status of a tag and adds them together to get a total of how many are off/0: {\[.\]2/Cobot OPC Tags/OPC\_Status}+ {\[.\]3/Cobot OPC Tags/OPC\_Status}+ {\[.\]4/C… --- ## [Alarm Status Table Column Visibility Control in Vision Modules](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-status-table-column-visibility-control-in-vision-modules/53116)
**Author:** [@ambareesh.kuttikrish](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ambareesh.kuttikrish)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2025, 7:08am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-status-table-column-visibility-control-in-vision-modules/53116 "2025-01-25T07:08:22Z")
Hi, I want to hide some columns in Alarms Status/Journal table based on some tag values. The currently available option is by clicking the "Table header " in runtime where you can hide/unhide the required columns, but t… --- ## [Popup Controls on a component that is bound to a boolean writeable tag](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/popup-controls-on-a-component-that-is-bound-to-a-boolean-writeable-tag/101311)
**Author:** [@Brian\_McClure](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Brian_McClure)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2025, 1:42am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/popup-controls-on-a-component-that-is-bound-to-a-boolean-writeable-tag/101311 "2025-01-25T01:42:20Z")
Good afternoon, and thank you all in advance. I am very new and I am still very much in the process of learning how things work in Ignition. I have created a popup that is called by a mouse click on a valve. This valve i… --- ## [Tag Provider Order of Operations](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-provider-order-of-operations/101232)
**Author:** [@rbachman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rbachman)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2025, 10:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-provider-order-of-operations/101232 "2025-01-24T22:16:47Z")
We have had a very specific occasional issue with a "double handshake" with a PLC, and I am trying to understand the underlying architecture of the way the tag provider works. Here is the way the "double handshake" was c… --- ## [OPC session ID/name assignment](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-session-id-name-assignment/101304)
**Author:** [@appalsys](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/appalsys)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2025, 8:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-session-id-name-assignment/101304 "2025-01-24T20:53:03Z")
I am working on a large project where we are running close to the maximum monitored item count in the PLC for our OPC license. Another consequence of working on the project is that many engineers have created copies of t… --- ## [How do I take JSON and create a View?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-do-i-take-json-and-create-a-view/101363)
**Author:** [@mdemaris](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mdemaris)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2025, 8:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-do-i-take-json-and-create-a-view/101363 "2025-01-24T20:34:18Z")
If someone shares the JSON of a view they create, how do I create a view in the Designer from that JSON? I tried to copy the JSON into an empty, newly created view export, then zip the file and import it, but nothing sh… --- ## [System.perspective.login with framing](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-perspective-login-with-framing/101334)
**Author:** [@raro](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/raro)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2025, 7:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-perspective-login-with-framing/101334 "2025-01-24T19:45:23Z")
I want to use system.perspective.login with framing something like system.perspective.authenticationChallenge(framing="Embedded") is there any way? --- ## [Ignition - On-screen keyboard - backspace key - Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-on-screen-keyboard-backspace-key-ubuntu-20-04-2-lts/50663)
**Author:** [@helge.rosvik](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/helge.rosvik)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2025, 6:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-on-screen-keyboard-backspace-key-ubuntu-20-04-2-lts/50663 "2025-01-24T18:12:27Z")
I’m running ignition Perspective 8.1.7 session on Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS Panel PC using on screen keyboard. In Ignition the backspace button does not work when using the on screen keyboard. Using the regular keyboard is work… --- ## [\[BUG-3267, IGN-6943\] Perspective numeric entry field decimal separator](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-3267-ign-6943-perspective-numeric-entry-field-decimal-separator/48866)
**Author:** [@mikael.bengtsson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mikael.bengtsson)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2025, 6:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-3267-ign-6943-perspective-numeric-entry-field-decimal-separator/48866 "2025-01-24T18:01:01Z")
Hi, I have problems with selecting the decimal separator character for my numerical input fields. I am on a Swedish system that uses "," (comma) as decimal separator but perspective automatically choose "." (dot). How … --- ## [How to Read BACnet Data](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-read-bacnet-data/101360)
**Author:** [@sagar](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sagar)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-read-bacnet-data/101360 "2025-01-24T17:29:10Z")
Hello! I'm looking for help on how to connect Ignition Edge to read data from a BACnet device. I am utilizing a Siemens Desigo system with multiple devices that utilize BACnet over IP. --- ## [How to copy the Perspective table data into dataset tag](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-copy-the-perspective-table-data-into-dataset-tag/101310)
**Author:** [@Deepak\_CL](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Deepak_CL)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2025, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-copy-the-perspective-table-data-into-dataset-tag/101310 "2025-01-24T17:07:31Z")
I am trying to copy the table data to the dataset from using the event script getting the Error\_typeConversion how can resolve the error. [Previous page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=262) [Next page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=264)