# Ignition **URL:** https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=570 [Latest](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/tags.md) **Page:** 571 --- ## [Vertical display header text on Powertable](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vertical-display-header-text-on-powertable/79457)
**Author:** [@Shong\_Liew](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Shong_Liew)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2023, 3:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vertical-display-header-text-on-powertable/79457 "2023-09-21T15:40:32Z")
Hello, How do I vertical display my header text on powertable in ignition perspective? I tried to rotate my text and adjust my width to the width of text height and used strict width -\> True. However, it seemed like m… --- ## [Timer Component - Run Once on Window Open](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/timer-component-run-once-on-window-open/79454)
**Author:** [@amarks](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/amarks)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2023, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/timer-component-run-once-on-window-open/79454 "2023-09-21T15:12:00Z")
I have a timer component that I would like to run up to a certain number once and then stop. I can write the Running prop via script on startup, but how do I get the timer to not reset once it hits the bound? Also - wh… --- ## [Ignition Serial Port Not Reading Sensor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-serial-port-not-reading-sensor/79452)
**Author:** [@rlesovsky](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rlesovsky)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2023, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-serial-port-not-reading-sensor/79452 "2023-09-21T14:30:07Z")
I am having trouble reading a Omega PX409 serial usb sensor. I have used PuTTY to read the sensor and it returns the PSI immediately. I want to read this PSI in Ignition for a testing application. I have tried a couple w… --- ## [mousePressed and touch screen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mousepressed-and-touch-screen/79439)
**Author:** [@Thomas\_Gastaldi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Thomas_Gastaldi)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2023, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mousepressed-and-touch-screen/79439 "2023-09-21T13:50:03Z")
Hello to everyone, If I have a problem with the mousePressed event inside my buttons on my Ignition project. When I use the mouse, the jog actually work and keep the signal on as long as I am pressing the left button of… --- ## [Insert into the database from 2 different sources](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/insert-into-the-database-from-2-different-sources/51997)
**Author:** [@pkhoshroo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pkhoshroo)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2023, 1:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/insert-into-the-database-from-2-different-sources/51997 "2023-09-21T13:54:11Z")
Hello I have a database table with 14 columns, I want to insert into this database from 2 different sources. (I am using perspective module) Source1: The data from 4 entry boxes: Source 2: The data from a dataset… --- ## [\[bug-355\]GatewayException: Unable to decode arguments](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-355-gatewayexception-unable-to-decode-arguments/38110)
**Author:** [@DonMayville](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/DonMayville)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2023, 1:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-355-gatewayexception-unable-to-decode-arguments/38110 "2023-09-21T13:31:43Z")
It fails due to the datetime. This work in earlier versions for years but when i upgraded to the newest version this no longer works. If I take the StartDate out the query writes to the DB fine. I have tried convertin… --- ## [EAM Send User Source to Agent](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/eam-send-user-source-to-agent/79421)
**Author:** [@amarks](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/amarks)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2023, 12:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/eam-send-user-source-to-agent/79421 "2023-09-21T12:43:48Z")
How can I send Users and Roles to an Agent? Would like to keep usernames and passwords and such as they change on the controller gateway. --- ## [Table click and drag to select multiple rows?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-click-and-drag-to-select-multiple-rows/78653)
**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2023, 12:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-click-and-drag-to-select-multiple-rows/78653 "2023-09-21T12:18:03Z")
Operators at a touchless screen with mouse only, no keyboard, are wanting to be able to more easily multi-select rows in a table. They're wanting to be able to just click and drag a selection to select all rows contained… --- ## [Java heap space on report](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/java-heap-space-on-report/79250)
**Author:** [@saravanan\_Manickam](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/saravanan_Manickam)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2023, 12:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/java-heap-space-on-report/79250 "2023-09-21T12:11:51Z")
I'm facing a this issue randomly that "Error getting sample data.". even my ignition app max heap was 4096 ExecutionException: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space caused by OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space in… --- ## [Alarm Status Table - Shelving alarms in days](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-status-table-shelving-alarms-in-days/68622)
**Author:** [@Aiasa21](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Aiasa21)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2023, 6:19am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-status-table-shelving-alarms-in-days/68622 "2023-09-21T06:19:02Z")
Good morning, I wonder if should be possible to add as shelving time "days", because now if I want to set 7 - 14 . 21 days, is quite difficult to understand it. Thanks. --- ## [Logging in database](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/logging-in-database/79397)
**Author:** [@bopguap](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bopguap)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2023, 4:10am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/logging-in-database/79397 "2023-09-21T04:10:44Z")
I have created a script to keep track of the windows opened in my ignition project. I am using the system.db.runPrepUpdate function to insert the needed values in my database. However, on top of inserting the Action of O… --- ## [Double trigger on tag Value Changed script](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/double-trigger-on-tag-value-changed-script/79418)
**Author:** [@pjgonzales](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pjgonzales)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2023, 11:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/double-trigger-on-tag-value-changed-script/79418 "2023-09-20T23:25:32Z")
I have a boolean tag that occasionally gets set TRUE from a PLC. The tag has a value change script that should run when its value becomes TRUE but for some reason its running the script when it goes TRUE and again when i… --- ## [Table Displaying Multiples of data per second](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-displaying-multiples-of-data-per-second/79423)
**Author:** [@Logan\_Chance](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Logan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2023, 9:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-displaying-multiples-of-data-per-second/79423 "2023-09-20T21:52:06Z")
I have configured tags to be stored by a tag group in the Sample Mode. The tag group is a driven mode and is based on a value of a discrete tag in the driving expression. The tag group is only set to run when the value i… --- ## [Alarm over time](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-over-time/79396)
**Author:** [@Nathan\_Higgins1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Nathan_Higgins1)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2023, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-over-time/79396 "2023-09-20T21:27:15Z")
I need to trigger an alarm if a value changes by a set amount under a set time.. Any idea how to do that? --- ## [Edge Project Settings - No Default Tag Provider](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/edge-project-settings-no-default-tag-provider/79422)
**Author:** [@amarks](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/amarks)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2023, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/edge-project-settings-no-default-tag-provider/79422 "2023-09-20T20:57:11Z")
Seems like a pretty massive oversight to not be able to set the default tag provider in the project overview. Even though there's only one tag provider on an edge gateway, it would be extremely nice to be able to access… --- ## [Perspective EmbeddedView failes to load view from URL parameter](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-embeddedview-failes-to-load-view-from-url-parameter/79135)
**Author:** [@pgmo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pgmo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2023, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-embeddedview-failes-to-load-view-from-url-parameter/79135 "2023-09-20T20:44:11Z")
Hi all, I cannot manage to have the following project run correctly: one of my views (MeterView) has an EmbeddedView whose path property is dinamically bound to a parameter coming from the URL (e.g. /meters/temperature s… --- ## [EAM - run a Task from ignition designer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/eam-run-a-task-from-ignition-designer/79411)
**Author:** [@Wilfrido\_Meneses](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Wilfrido_Meneses)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2023, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/eam-run-a-task-from-ignition-designer/79411 "2023-09-20T18:59:27Z")
I am starting to use the EAM module. I need to execute all the tasks that the module allows me to perform from the gateway, but from the designer so that any user with access to the SCADA can execute the tasks. Current… --- ## [Browse pending and download mode](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/browse-pending-and-download-mode/23092)
**Author:** [@rea\_21](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rea_21)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2023, 6:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/browse-pending-and-download-mode/23092 "2023-09-20T18:40:55Z")
Hi everyone! I have some devices (PLCs connected to scada through a gateway) that often go in “browse pending” or “Download Mode”, so tags from that devices aren’t updated and It happens to lose data. Every time I saw … --- ## [Instancing views on perspective](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/instancing-views-on-perspective/79405)
**Author:** [@Rafael\_Queijo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Rafael_Queijo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2023, 5:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/instancing-views-on-perspective/79405 "2023-09-20T17:49:01Z")
I'm new to perspective and was wondering what would be the best way to create a "template" similarly to what I'm used to do on vision. The Idea is to have a view with the tag path passing the params to the embedded view… --- ## [Problem with numeric entry field and script](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-with-numeric-entry-field-and-script/79391)
**Author:** [@Lukasz\_Wieckowski](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Lukasz_Wieckowski)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-with-numeric-entry-field-and-script/79391 "2023-09-20T16:13:59Z")
Hi everyone I have perspective view with numeric entry field and button with event on click script. In event script I read value from numeric entry field, multiply this value by 10 and write to tag. My script doesn't wo… --- ## [Perspective flex container](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-flex-container/79393)
**Author:** [@dan\_mueller](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dan_mueller)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2023, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-flex-container/79393 "2023-09-20T15:16:33Z")
Is there a way to drag an existing component into a flex container or do you have to add new components. I have an existing bar chart that I want to add to a new flex container --- ## [Gateway startup script](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-startup-script/79395)
**Author:** [@bopguap](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bopguap)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2023, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-startup-script/79395 "2023-09-20T13:55:33Z")
I have made changes to my gateway startup script on my global project. When I launch my secondary project which is tied to my global project, it seems like it runs some older version of my startup script because I cannot… --- ## [Rotate On-Screen Keyboard 90 degrees in Perspective](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/rotate-on-screen-keyboard-90-degrees-in-perspective/79287)
**Author:** [@Carly\_Jankowski](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Carly_Jankowski)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2023, 1:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/rotate-on-screen-keyboard-90-degrees-in-perspective/79287 "2023-09-20T13:47:24Z")
Hi everyone, I am launching a Perspective Session on an 800 x 480 resolution Phoenix Contact HMI. However, the HMI is being mounted sideways. I have already rotated my views to be in the angle required and it is display… --- ## [Dictionary value sum / avg?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dictionary-value-sum-avg/79318)
**Author:** [@JinGeun\_Kim](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JinGeun_Kim)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2023, 1:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dictionary-value-sum-avg/79318 "2023-09-20T13:10:25Z")
Hello. In "Dictionary", is it possible to find the sum of the average "B" values ​​of "A" values ​​for the same date and create one for each date? ex) a = \[ { "Bdata": 2826.5, "time": "2023-09-15", "Adata": 51.5 }, … --- ## [Collecting data on a SINT out of an Array\[32\]](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/collecting-data-on-a-sint-out-of-an-array-32/79383)
**Author:** [@Kyle\_Boer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kyle_Boer)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2023, 12:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/collecting-data-on-a-sint-out-of-an-array-32/79383 "2023-09-20T12:28:58Z")
I have been playing with ignition for data collection now for about 6 months and have been able to do a lot, but I am having trouble collecting data from an Array\[32\] I have found the data I want to collect out of a OPC… --- ## [SFC Variable Data Types](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sfc-variable-data-types/11404)
**Author:** [@pphillips](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pphillips)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2023, 12:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sfc-variable-data-types/11404 "2023-09-20T12:22:24Z")
Working my way through my first SFC project and have noticed what seems to be a data type issue with chart-scoped variables. The help video mentions that variables can be any type that can be contained in a python dictio… --- ## [Control with DNP driver Ignition perspective](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/control-with-dnp-driver-ignition-perspective/79379)
**Author:** [@Michal\_Goralczyk](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Michal_Goralczyk)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2023, 11:59am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/control-with-dnp-driver-ignition-perspective/79379 "2023-09-20T11:59:17Z")
Hello, I have a question about the DNP3.0 prtocol control using the Ignition driver. I have a Front-End and IO server. On the IO server I place connections and drivers. However, the control is done using the function as… --- ## [Memory usage for tag history](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/memory-usage-for-tag-history/79374)
**Author:** [@govind](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/govind)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2023, 8:50am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/memory-usage-for-tag-history/79374 "2023-09-20T08:50:57Z")
Hello friends, I want to find storage consumption on the tag history. For example, if I log one tag in every one sec in the tag history, then that tag how much use of the storage memory of the tag history? I want to k… --- ## [Reference Tag History logging](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reference-tag-history-logging/78847)
**Author:** [@Niels\_Timmermans](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Niels_Timmermans)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2023, 9:52am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reference-tag-history-logging/78847 "2023-09-20T09:52:35Z")
Is it is possible to log a reference tag in the history ? when I enable this no data is showing on the Chart. when i change the type to Derived the trending works. --- ## [XY Chart filter and date](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/xy-chart-filter-and-date/79329)
**Author:** [@jiyoung\_hwang1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jiyoung_hwang1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2023, 9:09am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/xy-chart-filter-and-date/79329 "2023-09-19T09:09:49Z")
If you change the customer's filter, the date of the xy chart will not come out properly. But if you refresh, the date will come out properly. In this case, how can I change the filter to get the right date?? [Previous page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=569) [Next page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=571)