# Ignition

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## [Logging out of Multiple Gateways with OpenID](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/logging-out-of-multiple-gateways-with-openid/114029)

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**Author:** [@danielps1818](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/danielps1818)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2026, 1:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/logging-out-of-multiple-gateways-with-openid/114029 "2026-02-19T13:49:32Z")

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Hi! I have 2 gateways with the same idp (openID) and user source (ad internal hybrid) configured. Whenever I log in in gateway A I have to use the user and the password, however, when I change the url to go to gateway …

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## [Data trending error executing script](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/data-trending-error-executing-script/114046)

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**Author:** [@bkpunt](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bkpunt)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2026, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/data-trending-error-executing-script/114046 "2026-02-19T13:24:20Z")

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Hi all, first time poster and new to ignition here. I am currently looking into trending data from a flowmeter on ignition. The tag value (in gpm) changes whenever valve is ON/OFF. However, I am getting this alarm whenev…

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## [Siemens Automation Framework](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-automation-framework/114064)

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**Author:** [@Larry\_Hardesty](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Larry_Hardesty)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2026, 1:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-automation-framework/114064 "2026-02-19T13:17:52Z")

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Does anyone have any experience with Perspective and using the Siemens Automation Framework? I am looking for some tips, tricks, etc.

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## [Tags to read from PLCA or PLCB (topic change as old InTouch)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tags-to-read-from-plca-or-plcb-topic-change-as-old-intouch/114060)

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**Author:** [@mateusz.nawrocki](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mateusz.nawrocki)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2026, 1:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tags-to-read-from-plca-or-plcb-topic-change-as-old-intouch/114060 "2026-02-19T13:13:19Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to replicate old InTouch behaviour using topic change for tags depending on which PLC is connected. I have two PLCs PLC\_A and PLC\_B. I wrote script with rolling counters between SCADA - PLCs which identi…

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## [Perspective text selection on long press](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-text-selection-on-long-press/114034)

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**Author:** [@Arr](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Arr)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2026, 12:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-text-selection-on-long-press/114034 "2026-02-19T12:00:44Z")

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Hi, I am developing perspective SCADA for touch panel (Windows IOT). Everytime I press the screen for a longer time, the nearest text is selected (e.g. text in a button). How to disable it? Thank you

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## [Dev modes and OPC connections Endpoint missing](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dev-modes-and-opc-connections-endpoint-missing/112305)

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**Author:** [@hulla](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/hulla)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2026, 11:45am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dev-modes-and-opc-connections-endpoint-missing/112305 "2026-02-19T11:45:58Z")

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Hello, I am configuring development modes. I have two instances dev and crash. I sync via git from dev to crash. I configure everything in dev and move it to crash, which is a playground. When I sync, I overwrite every…

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## [Updating UDTs with EAM](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/updating-udts-with-eam/114053)

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**Author:** [@will\_schreiner](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/will_schreiner)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2026, 10:26am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/updating-udts-with-eam/114053 "2026-02-19T10:26:35Z")

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I was looking in the documentation, and was having trouble finding the expected behavior for when updating modified UDTs with the EAM module. My general use case is that I would like to have a central enterprise gateway…

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## [Passing Tagpath in Tag expression](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/passing-tagpath-in-tag-expression/114011)

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**Author:** [@Jbrownen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jbrownen)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2026, 3:50am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/passing-tagpath-in-tag-expression/114011 "2026-02-19T03:50:31Z")

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Hello again! I am trying to make my values turn red if any of my alarm tags are = 1, I know how to do the transform part to actually make it change colors, I just can’t get the If statement to show a value. I am not sur…

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## [Modifying Voice Notification Language Profiles](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modifying-voice-notification-language-profiles/113996)

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**Author:** [@bpomerhn](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bpomerhn)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2026, 2:13am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modifying-voice-notification-language-profiles/113996 "2026-02-19T02:13:18Z")

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Ignition 8.3-Perspective It’s not clear to me how I edit what the TTS profile says during a voice notification. When I try to select any of the languages’ check boxes the toolbox tip says “Immutable resources cannot be …

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## [XY Chart , Date on X chart showing wrong values and overlapping](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/xy-chart-date-on-x-chart-showing-wrong-values-and-overlapping/84117)

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**Author:** [@Tejano](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Tejano)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2026, 7:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/xy-chart-date-on-x-chart-showing-wrong-values-and-overlapping/84117 "2026-02-18T19:11:20Z")

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Hello, I have data from database and displaying on the XY chart where X represents the date from the DB column. I am using it on a column container to display the charts. So the graph is being displayed like below when …

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## [Ignition to InfluxDB, and Ignition historian](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-to-influxdb-and-ignition-historian/114039)

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**Author:** [@aaaa](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/aaaa)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2026, 6:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-to-influxdb-and-ignition-historian/114039 "2026-02-18T18:52:18Z")

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Hi, I’m evaluating ways to send max 10,000 tags worth of data (every 1 or more seconds) from Ignition to InfluxDB cloud, vs from my PLC to InfluxDB. I’ve seen a JDBC driver and Kymera’s module. Download InfluxDB JDBC Dr…

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## [Java error when starting the designer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/java-error-when-starting-the-designer/98844)

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**Author:** [@wilmerolsson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/wilmerolsson)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2026, 5:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/java-error-when-starting-the-designer/98844 "2026-02-18T17:17:59Z")

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I followed this guide: https://support.inductiveautomation.com/hc/en-us/articles/4415277272205-Troubleshooting-Launchers-that-Silently-Fail-to-Launch-Applications-or-Designer Here is all i get when i run the command in …

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## [Alarm Journal Query Efficiency: suboptimal JOIN order causing performance issues?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-journal-query-efficiency-suboptimal-join-order-causing-performance-issues/114036)

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**Author:** [@ricardo.palma](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ricardo.palma)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2026, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-journal-query-efficiency-suboptimal-join-order-causing-performance-issues/114036 "2026-02-18T17:08:20Z")

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Hi everyone, I've been troubleshooting some significant performance bottlenecks with the Alarm Journal component (Perspective) using a MySQL backend. We have a large dataset, and querying historical alarms was taking an…

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## [SAML SSO is killing me](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/saml-sso-is-killing-me/114024)

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**Author:** [@pdefinis](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pdefinis)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2026, 4:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/saml-sso-is-killing-me/114024 "2026-02-18T16:51:05Z")

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I have been spending weeks racking my brain on this I cannot figure out Azure SSO with SAML for the life of me. This is also the only vendor I’ve seen that doesn’t have their own instruction s for building their app. t…

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## [\[IGN-15511\] OPC Quick Client is not listed in global search API or UI](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-15511-opc-quick-client-is-not-listed-in-global-search-api-or-ui/114020)

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**Author:** [@andrew.budaiev](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andrew.budaiev)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2026, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-15511-opc-quick-client-is-not-listed-in-global-search-api-or-ui/114020 "2026-02-18T16:10:15Z")

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A small thing. It appears that Quick Client is missing from the Gateway search. Even though it is right there in Recently Viewed.

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## [Preventing "Event loop shut down?"](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/preventing-event-loop-shut-down/114013)

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**Author:** [@mark.landman89](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mark.landman89)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2026, 2:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/preventing-event-loop-shut-down/114013 "2026-02-18T14:18:23Z")

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I have a script that performance a lengthy FTP transfer. Because of the time it takes the file transfer portion of the script is executed using ‘system.util.invokeAsynchronous’. Everything operates as intended but the ou…

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## [Windows file path for transaction groups?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/windows-file-path-for-transaction-groups/114032)

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**Author:** [@BigByte](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/BigByte)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2026, 2:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/windows-file-path-for-transaction-groups/114032 "2026-02-18T14:10:37Z")

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We’ve got a few gateways, one for each system, just serving as interface between the PLC and SQL. We’re working on backing everything up in Octoplant, so I’m trying to find where these transaction group files live. It’s …

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## [Perspective Table Component - Value Color](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-table-component-value-color/114015)

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**Author:** [@harrison.m.freeman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/harrison.m.freeman)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2026, 12:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-table-component-value-color/114015 "2026-02-18T12:51:44Z")

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Hello All, Is there a way to change the color of individual cell values within a table? I have a ‘value’ object member in my table bound to a tag, and I want to change the color of the ‘value’ based on the value of the …

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## [I tried to use the designer on my local server, but I got this error. Please help](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/i-tried-to-use-the-designer-on-my-local-server-but-i-got-this-error-please-help/113900)

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**Author:** [@kristian.bilali](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kristian.bilali)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2026, 12:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/i-tried-to-use-the-designer-on-my-local-server-but-i-got-this-error-please-help/113900 "2026-02-18T12:46:20Z")

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## [Siemens Redundant CPU forcing Refresh Browse to update values](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-redundant-cpu-forcing-refresh-browse-to-update-values/113986)

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**Author:** [@emil.eidesen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/emil.eidesen)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2026, 11:12am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-redundant-cpu-forcing-refresh-browse-to-update-values/113986 "2026-02-18T11:12:16Z")

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Hi everyone, I’m working on a project using Ignition 8.3.3 and the Siemens Enhanced Driver. Recently we put the Siemens PLCs in a redundant ring configuration, where the Gateway connects to whichever PLC is currently pr…

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## [Event Streams HTTP handler cannot access response (status/body) after POST/PUT](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/event-streams-http-handler-cannot-access-response-status-body-after-post-put/114021)

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**Author:** [@Sri\_Haran](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Sri_Haran)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2026, 5:05am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/event-streams-http-handler-cannot-access-response-status-body-after-post-put/114021 "2026-02-18T05:05:56Z")

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Hello All, In Ignition 8.3 Event Streams, the HTTP handler successfully sends POST/PUT requests, but there appears to be no way to access the HTTP response (status code, headers, or body) for use later in the stream. Th…

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## [Help Modbus RTU over TCP](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/help-modbus-rtu-over-tcp/114005)

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**Author:** [@Alexandre\_Pasquereau](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Alexandre_Pasquereau)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2026, 10:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/help-modbus-rtu-over-tcp/114005 "2026-02-17T22:21:49Z")

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Hello, I’m trying to use Modbus RTU over TCP for the first time but so far I’m not able to read values. I’m trying to read data from a flow meter. The flow meter can communicate with RS485, so we installed an USR-TCP23…

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## [Disable Thumbnail Image Creating in Designer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disable-thumbnail-image-creating-in-designer/114012)

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**Author:** [@Liam\_Dietrich](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Liam_Dietrich)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2026, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disable-thumbnail-image-creating-in-designer/114012 "2026-02-17T22:20:51Z")

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Version: Ignition 8.3.x Is it possible to disable thumbnail references from being saved in the designer? I am able to delete the the thumbnail references using scripting, but it would easier if the thumbnail references…

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## [Perspective Form Date-Time-Picker](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-form-date-time-picker/113903)

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**Author:** [@Ros\_Alexander1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ros_Alexander1)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2026, 6:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-form-date-time-picker/113903 "2026-02-17T18:54:21Z")

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I want to have an operator select the start date/time and a finish date/time and submit the form. I have a named insert query to push that information to my SQL database. I keep getting an error that looks like it is the…

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## [\[BUG?\]Browser Virtual Keyboard Extensions don't write into input field text prop](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-browser-virtual-keyboard-extensions-dont-write-into-input-field-text-prop/76689)

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**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2026, 9:39am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-browser-virtual-keyboard-extensions-dont-write-into-input-field-text-prop/76689 "2026-02-17T09:39:05Z")

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This may not be an Ignition issue... I have a customer using desktop PCs without keyboards, so they need to use a virtual keyboard to type anything. I have spent far too long trying to force Windows 10 to open its nati…

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## [Boolean values from modicon OPC UA PLC are logged in historian core strangely](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/boolean-values-from-modicon-opc-ua-plc-are-logged-in-historian-core-strangely/113974)

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**Author:** [@aaronrsturm](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/aaronrsturm)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2026, 1:02am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/boolean-values-from-modicon-opc-ua-plc-are-logged-in-historian-core-strangely/113974 "2026-02-17T01:02:26Z")

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Howdy, Boolean values in my historian are not being recorded as true or false, instead the tag history just counts up or down forever, I see the same behavior with a memory tag or a OPC tag from my PLC. I am using igni…

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## [What chart should I use for a mobile device with live tag trends?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-chart-should-i-use-for-a-mobile-device-with-live-tag-trends/113949)

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**Author:** [@mdemaris](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mdemaris)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2026, 6:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-chart-should-i-use-for-a-mobile-device-with-live-tag-trends/113949 "2026-02-16T18:43:53Z")

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We currently use the Easy Chart in Vision to view live tag values that do not have history enabled. Here is a pic of the config for one of the charts: And here is one of the displayed tags: This particular Easy …

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## [Getting signed out of GW webpage when hosting multiple Gateways w/Docker](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/getting-signed-out-of-gw-webpage-when-hosting-multiple-gateways-w-docker/113929)

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**Author:** [@Cade\_Allen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Cade_Allen)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2026, 4:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/getting-signed-out-of-gw-webpage-when-hosting-multiple-gateways-w-docker/113929 "2026-02-16T16:35:23Z")

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Hi, I’m running multiple Gateways with Docker on my local computer. I have each Gateway mapped to unique ports, but I’ve noticed that when I sign into one Gateway webpage, it signs me out of the other. Additionally, I ha…

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## [Strange behavior with Tag Change Gateway events](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/strange-behavior-with-tag-change-gateway-events/113989)

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**Author:** [@GeraldB](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/GeraldB)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2026, 4:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/strange-behavior-with-tag-change-gateway-events/113989 "2026-02-16T16:14:08Z")

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Hello everyone, I have a two step process implemented in Ignition to sync data from one system into another. In step 1 I poll a REST API every 30 seconds to get the data. Then I compare it with the already existing dat…

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## [Pipe gap direction](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pipe-gap-direction/113978)

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**Author:** [@rickard.eriksson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rickard.eriksson)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2026, 9:34am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pipe-gap-direction/113978 "2026-02-16T09:34:20Z")

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Is it possible to set the gap to be automatically created in the horizontal or vertical pipe and not both?

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