# Ignition

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## [ControlLogix PLC tags not showing up in OPC browser](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/controllogix-plc-tags-not-showing-up-in-opc-browser/79675)

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**Author:** [@indra.biswas](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/indra.biswas)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 8:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/controllogix-plc-tags-not-showing-up-in-opc-browser/79675 "2023-09-26T20:28:56Z")

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For some reason Ignition(8.1.23) OPC browser was not subscribing to all the tags in my PLC (Controllogix 1756-L83ES, fw 32.12). I imported a few routines with the controller online, and for some reason the new tags were …

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## [Some tags not showing in browser](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/some-tags-not-showing-in-browser/45537)

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**Author:** [@chris.pedersen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/chris.pedersen)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 6:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/some-tags-not-showing-in-browser/45537 "2023-09-26T18:52:15Z")

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I’m using a Rexroth ctrlX CORE PLC with the intention of using Ignition as our HMI platform. Under the OPCUA connections settings page there are no drivers for any Bosch Rexroth products, but I was able to connect using …

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## [Cirrus Link MQTT Engine can not handle all namespaces](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cirrus-link-mqtt-engine-can-not-handle-all-namespaces/79624)

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**Author:** [@Jani\_Kleindienst](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jani_Kleindienst)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 6:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cirrus-link-mqtt-engine-can-not-handle-all-namespaces/79624 "2023-09-26T18:48:07Z")

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Hi. I’m using Ignition Makers Edition (8.1.23) with MQTT Engine (4.0.18) to handle some topics of my home IoT devices. I have 8 custom namespaces defined (with all default namespaces disabled). If I add another custom na…

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## [SLC Bridged\_EIP can't get bit from DWORD](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/slc-bridged-eip-cant-get-bit-from-dword/79666)

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**Author:** [@Bryan\_Strauss](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Bryan_Strauss)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 5:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/slc-bridged-eip-cant-get-bit-from-dword/79666 "2023-09-26T17:39:20Z")

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I have an interesting issue. I am attempting to create tags for a SLC connection which is communicating with Bridged\_EIP protocol. All my normal integer and boolean tags work but I am unable to get bit state of a DWORD. …

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## [Additional View on Table Component](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/additional-view-on-table-component/79656)

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**Author:** [@Subin\_Adhikari](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Subin_Adhikari)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 4:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/additional-view-on-table-component/79656 "2023-09-26T16:00:20Z")

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Respected Gurus, I have a Table in my View which have 14 columns returned from a DB Query, I want to append a Delete Button at the end of the Row I've added one more row in Column Property of the table as shown in the …

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## [Change label Size Individually XY Chart](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/change-label-size-individually-xy-chart/79660)

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**Author:** [@Fernando\_Hernandez](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Fernando_Hernandez)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/change-label-size-individually-xy-chart/79660 "2023-09-26T15:58:16Z")

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Hello Everyone Right now I am working with an XY component on perpective and i would like to know if there is a way to increase the size of an specific label while maintining the other ones in a smaller size. In the pic…

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## [Pass custom React "key" prop to Flex Repeater children](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pass-custom-react-key-prop-to-flex-repeater-children/79657)

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**Author:** [@Nathan\_Merrill](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Nathan_Merrill)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pass-custom-react-key-prop-to-flex-repeater-children/79657 "2023-09-26T15:32:56Z")

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For context, I'm building almost exactly what was described in this post and am running into the same problem. When deleting items from "instances" in a Flex Repeater, I get stale styling from the deleted items on the it…

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## [How to control system\_logs.idb](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-control-system-logs-idb/32553)

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**Author:** [@justin.brzozoski](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/justin.brzozoski)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 3:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-control-system-logs-idb/32553 "2023-09-26T15:22:41Z")

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I can’t tell which of the logging sub-systems is generating the /var/log/ignition/system\_logs.idb file. I’m not finding any reference to it in ignition.conf or log4j.properties. Where and how can I adjust the max size/…

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## [Creating an MS SQL table from a table in Ignition](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/creating-an-ms-sql-table-from-a-table-in-ignition/79641)

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**Author:** [@zacharyw.larson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zacharyw.larson)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 2:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/creating-an-ms-sql-table-from-a-table-in-ignition/79641 "2023-09-26T14:15:44Z")

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I get an error when I try: CREATE TABLE new\_table AS SELECT \* FROM old\_table Error in syntax by select. MS SQL I am not sure, but maybe it did partially work? I did make a new table and get the data copied over. I…

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## [Designer Timeout](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-timeout/79650)

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**Author:** [@Henrique\_Starosky](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Henrique_Starosky)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-timeout/79650 "2023-09-26T14:11:00Z")

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Hello! Has anyone had issues with their designer timing out every once in a while? I've been using Ignition for a little over a year now, and since migrating our service to the cloud we've been having some random timeou…

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## [Email Settings Trouble](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/email-settings-trouble/79646)

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**Author:** [@Ouhaddad\_Melissa](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ouhaddad_Melissa)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 2:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/email-settings-trouble/79646 "2023-09-26T14:09:56Z")

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Hello everyone, I've created an email profile in my email settings and wanted to test it, but all I'm getting is the following error message: "javax.mail.MessagingException: Exception reading response; nested exception …

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## [Can't read coils with Modbus TCP/IP connection to ABB RTU 540](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cant-read-coils-with-modbus-tcp-ip-connection-to-abb-rtu-540/79540)

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**Author:** [@Douglas\_Lawrie](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Douglas_Lawrie)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 2:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cant-read-coils-with-modbus-tcp-ip-connection-to-abb-rtu-540/79540 "2023-09-26T14:01:36Z")

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ABB's RTU 540 doesn't allow FC1 to read coils from Ignition! I recently went to a FAT to connect an Ignition edge device to an ABB RTU 540. The RTU's Modbus interface seems to exhibit some behavior I haven't seen before…

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## [Reset text field on entry](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reset-text-field-on-entry/40862)

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**Author:** [@ken.maze](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ken.maze)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 1:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reset-text-field-on-entry/40862 "2023-09-26T13:57:14Z")

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I have a textfield that I would like to have reset itself whenever something is entered into it. By default, when you enter text into the text field and press enter, the text doesn’t go away, so the user has to hit the …

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## [Line break in expression tag?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/line-break-in-expression-tag/67056)

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**Author:** [@rahman.tarek](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rahman.tarek)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 1:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/line-break-in-expression-tag/67056 "2023-09-26T13:43:26Z")

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Hi i have trying to use the mousover cursor property value of an image to display 2 values using expressing binding as shown below. I want to do a line break between the two. i used '\\n' but that doesnt seem to work. any…

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## [Refresh perspective component when an another component changes its value](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/refresh-perspective-component-when-an-another-component-changes-its-value/79620)

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**Author:** [@Bharat\_Krishnan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Bharat_Krishnan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 12:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/refresh-perspective-component-when-an-another-component-changes-its-value/79620 "2023-09-26T12:26:04Z")

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The image shows the perspective view of our conveyor each red box present is a blocking station and the tanks produced are presented with the round symbols from symbol factory . The issue i am facing is i want the blo…

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## [Client event script doesn't run when I run multiple desktops in 4k](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/client-event-script-doesnt-run-when-i-run-multiple-desktops-in-4k/79615)

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**Author:** [@Julio\_Cesar\_Aguilar](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Julio_Cesar_Aguilar)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 12:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/client-event-script-doesnt-run-when-i-run-multiple-desktops-in-4k/79615 "2023-09-26T12:21:03Z")

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Hello everyone I have a client event scrtpt of type time, the script runs correctly when I run it on a client with a single desktop with a resolution of 1k or 4k but when I run multiple desktops and open the window wher…

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## [Report Table design issues](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-table-design-issues/79249)

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**Author:** [@Dharani\_T](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Dharani_T)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 12:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-table-design-issues/79249 "2023-09-26T12:03:11Z")

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Hi, I am currently working in report which looks like, Configuration done: if u see here Category 3 has max rows (9) others has less than this is there a way to append empty rows to other table until it matche…

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## [Ignition - High CPU Usage in MS SQL DB](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-high-cpu-usage-in-ms-sql-db/79630)

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**Author:** [@Ramya\_R](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ramya_R)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 9:12am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-high-cpu-usage-in-ms-sql-db/79630 "2023-09-26T09:12:18Z")

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We are using Ignition 8.1.23 version. I have a serious problem with my ignition instance and that their SQL server was hanging on 100%. The Ignition gateway and the database server are in different AWS instances. CPU …

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## [Animations in ignition](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/animations-in-ignition/78591)

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**Author:** [@Ricardo\_javier\_reyes](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ricardo_javier_reyes)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 8:34am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/animations-in-ignition/78591 "2023-09-26T08:34:18Z")

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I am making an application in vision, but when a button is pressed almost immediately it writes to the plc, but the button animation takes about a second, how can I reduce the animation time?

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## [Low Loading Speed of Perspective views](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/low-loading-speed-of-perspective-views/79580)

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**Author:** [@snehal.raj](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/snehal.raj)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 7:30am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/low-loading-speed-of-perspective-views/79580 "2023-09-26T07:30:04Z")

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Hi, I can see my Perspective views (Symbols) are loading gradually on pages when I start or change the page. (It loads one by one i can do 1 to 10 counts for that) though my Gateway memory seems ok. I used 8 GB of Ram.…

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## [Passed Parameters not writing back to tag](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/passed-parameters-not-writing-back-to-tag/79515)

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**Author:** [@brandon222](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/brandon222)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 7:23am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/passed-parameters-not-writing-back-to-tag/79515 "2023-09-26T07:23:15Z")

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I have a bit of a simple question. But I am getting more and more involved with prespectives originally only doing visions. My issue is that I created a view of a fan. Passed it into a different view using an embeddedvie…

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## [Chronometer in perspective](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/chronometer-in-perspective/79604)

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**Author:** [@Miguel\_Gomez](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Miguel_Gomez)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 5:59am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/chronometer-in-perspective/79604 "2023-09-26T05:59:16Z")

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Hello, Just a Newbie question. I need to see if a door is opened more than 5 minutes. When this time is reached the time elapsed have to be showed, so in other words, when a door is opened more than 5 minutes the count…

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## [\[FEATURE\]Add script function auto-complete with all optionals](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-add-script-function-auto-complete-with-all-optionals/79619)

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**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 1:48am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-add-script-function-auto-complete-with-all-optionals/79619 "2023-09-26T01:48:23Z")

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It would be really nice to be able to auto-complete (Ctrl+Enter) typing a function call with all optional args included. E.g. Ctrl+Alt+Enter. The prime example for me is the system.perspective.openPopup function which h…

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## [How to reduce the Clear and Acked items in the Alarm Query of the gateway?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-reduce-the-clear-and-acked-items-in-the-alarm-query-of-the-gateway/79271)

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**Author:** [@Scott\_Chen1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Scott_Chen1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 12:57am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-reduce-the-clear-and-acked-items-in-the-alarm-query-of-the-gateway/79271 "2023-09-26T00:57:29Z")

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Hi As the title, does the gateway server get slow when the Alarm Query keeps going up? How to reduce it? Thanks,

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## [Container's actual width and height](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/containers-actual-width-and-height/33840)

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**Author:** [@iscrac](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/iscrac)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2023, 11:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/containers-actual-width-and-height/33840 "2023-09-25T23:44:58Z")

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Hi, How can I get Container’s actual width and height in px? In designer I can see only default sizes, but I created a CSS-element (Mark Down), so I need to know the actual size of the container. For now my result is: …

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## [Report Timeseries Chart - Show event data on chart?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-timeseries-chart-show-event-data-on-chart/79597)

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**Author:** [@cpanici](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cpanici)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2023, 9:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-timeseries-chart-show-event-data-on-chart/79597 "2023-09-25T21:15:22Z")

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Hello, I want to overlay event data on a timeseries chart. Meaning, I want a timeseries chart that has historical tag data on it. Then, I also want events that happened during that time period on the chart with a "marker…

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## [Linear Scale changing the spacing between tickmarks and numbers](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/linear-scale-changing-the-spacing-between-tickmarks-and-numbers/79613)

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**Author:** [@Ali.Etezadkhah](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ali.Etezadkhah)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2023, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/linear-scale-changing-the-spacing-between-tickmarks-and-numbers/79613 "2023-09-25T21:10:11Z")

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Hi, Is there a way to reduce the spacing between the numbers and the tick marks on a linear scale component? I played with font size and alignment, but was only able to make the size of the numbers larger or smaller…

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## [Anchored Template Layout - Changing Template Size](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/anchored-template-layout-changing-template-size/79594)

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**Author:** [@amarks](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/amarks)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2023, 8:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/anchored-template-layout-changing-template-size/79594 "2023-09-25T20:56:29Z")

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I have this template that has a couple of rows of components, anchored horizontally that stretch to fill the width of the template. When I use the template editor sizing handles to make it narrow, the template itself lo…

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## [Deleting tags using find and replace in an exported json](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/deleting-tags-using-find-and-replace-in-an-exported-json/79611)

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**Author:** [@Gabriel\_Schwinghamme](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Gabriel_Schwinghamme)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2023, 8:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/deleting-tags-using-find-and-replace-in-an-exported-json/79611 "2023-09-25T20:51:19Z")

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Hello Everyone, This has been my first project. At the beginning I downloaded all the tags from my plc. There are between 100,000 and 200,000 tags but the former program using wonderware only used 5,500ish tags. The com…

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## [String Binding to Alarm Pipeline](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/string-binding-to-alarm-pipeline/79610)

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**Author:** [@amarks](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/amarks)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2023, 8:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/string-binding-to-alarm-pipeline/79610 "2023-09-25T20:35:18Z")

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I've tried to bind the Alarm Pipeline properties of an alarm directly to a string parameter property. I know I've got the correct string because I double checked by creating a "normal" binding, directly to the alarm pip…

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