# Ignition

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## [Binding to dropdown to page parameter not working](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/binding-to-dropdown-to-page-parameter-not-working/69802)

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**Author:** [@YF129701](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/YF129701)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2023, 11:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/binding-to-dropdown-to-page-parameter-not-working/69802 "2023-02-13T23:43:45Z")

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As the title says, for some reason, when I bind a dropdown value prop to the appropriate input parameters on a view, it isn't displaying registering those changes on my view. I feel as if I've done this before, but I can…

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## [Accessing https webdev resources](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/accessing-https-webdev-resources/69793)

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**Author:** [@agriner](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/agriner)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2023, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/accessing-https-webdev-resources/69793 "2023-02-13T21:20:01Z")

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I'm having some issues accessing a webdev resource I set up on another server. If I force https, I run into an error which reads like this: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find vali…

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## [How to hide columns title on Journal Status Table?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-hide-columns-title-on-journal-status-table/69765)

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**Author:** [@maxime.guenet](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/maxime.guenet)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2023, 8:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-hide-columns-title-on-journal-status-table/69765 "2023-02-13T20:14:52Z")

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Hello everybody, I search to desactivate/hide the columns title for keep a maximum space for the datas. I don't find solution by Property Editor but I think it's possible and not hard by Scripts, but I dont success. …

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## [Automation Direct (ea7-t15c) Ignition](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/automation-direct-ea7-t15c-ignition/17056)

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**Author:** [@Nick-Automation\_ASCI](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Nick-Automation_ASCI)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2023, 7:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/automation-direct-ea7-t15c-ignition/17056 "2023-02-13T19:52:38Z")

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We have an Automation Direct ea7-t15c HMI and wanted to see if anyone has had any success running an ignition client on something similar. Any info on this topic would be greatly appreciated.

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## [Large icon libraries break all icons on Safari/iOS](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/large-icon-libraries-break-all-icons-on-safari-ios/69787)

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**Author:** [@Chase\_Hausman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Chase_Hausman)\
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**Last updated:** [February 13, 2023, 7:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/large-icon-libraries-break-all-icons-on-safari-ios/69787 "2023-02-13T19:16:43Z")

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After adding some custom icon libraries (Font Awesome 6 specifically), all icons stopped displaying in Safari and iOS if multiple libraries are referenced on the same page. The browser console has an Unhandled Promise Re…

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## [Ignition JVM Application Monitoring](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-jvm-application-monitoring/69727)

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**Author:** [@john.ho](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/john.ho)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2023, 6:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-jvm-application-monitoring/69727 "2023-02-13T18:38:39Z")

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Does Inductive or anyone has any recommendation for a JVM application monitoring tool for Ignition. Our company has started to standardize on Ignition everywhere/everything. The Equipment Engrs need tool to help with Dia…

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## [Best practice named querry](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-practice-named-querry/69782)

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**Author:** [@Alexandre\_Potvin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Alexandre_Potvin)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2023, 5:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-practice-named-querry/69782 "2023-02-13T17:50:29Z")

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Hi We are building a application to register the part made on 13 machine. We would like to search the amount of part made for each BT from the machine part. Now it's working well but i worry when the db will get bigger …

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## [Double Array Tag Write Incorrect](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/double-array-tag-write-incorrect/69776)

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**Author:** [@miles.brim](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/miles.brim)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2023, 5:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/double-array-tag-write-incorrect/69776 "2023-02-13T17:03:39Z")

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Hi, I have a UDT with a few tags. One tag runs a script and then writes the result to another tag. The result is a 2-element list of doubles. For some reason, it is not writing to the first element. I created another…

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## [Vision Client Hostname/IP/MAC based permissions](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-client-hostname-ip-mac-based-permissions/69725)

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**Author:** [@AIO](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AIO)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2023, 5:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-client-hostname-ip-mac-based-permissions/69725 "2023-02-13T17:03:00Z")

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Hey folks, We're working on a project using vision clients for the plant floor HMIs. Each client is dedicated to a specific work zone and we'd like to restrict these clients to control of their respective zones (ie: vie…

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## [\[IGN-7179\] Perspective: Allow multiple docks for each dock](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-7179-perspective-allow-multiple-docks-for-each-dock/38913)

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**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2023, 4:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-7179-perspective-allow-multiple-docks-for-each-dock/38913 "2023-02-13T16:55:34Z")

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The docks config is a bit deceptive as there's an Add button, but there's no actual support for showing multiple docks at the same time which you (or at least I) assume this is for. It would be great if this was support…

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## [Help with system.tag.addTag](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/help-with-system-tag-addtag/9702)

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**Author:** [@Tim](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Tim)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2023, 4:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/help-with-system-tag-addtag/9702 "2023-02-13T16:36:15Z")

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Does anyone have an example adding a tag with history using system.tag.addTag?

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## [Customs Alarm Displays](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/customs-alarm-displays/69756)

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**Author:** [@Breen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Breen)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/customs-alarm-displays/69756 "2023-02-13T16:06:30Z")

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Need help or ideas. How would I approach creating alarms that show Hi or low live values in the alarm display? Vision Module

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## [Gateway behind reverse proxy not accessible from designer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-behind-reverse-proxy-not-accessible-from-designer/69736)

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**Author:** [@theerthraj.munusamy](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/theerthraj.munusamy)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2023, 4:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-behind-reverse-proxy-not-accessible-from-designer/69736 "2023-02-13T16:00:47Z")

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Hello, We have deployed a gateway as a container exposed using a nginx reverse proxy. Nginx proxy is set to server on 443 and Ignition gateway is set to use 8043 port. Both configured with the same SSL certificates. SS…

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## [Download document from SharePoint (NTLM Authentication)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/download-document-from-sharepoint-ntlm-authentication/69474)

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**Author:** [@Matthew\_Farmer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matthew_Farmer)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2023, 3:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/download-document-from-sharepoint-ntlm-authentication/69474 "2023-02-13T15:44:38Z")

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I am trying to download a document from an (Old) SharePoint library in a Jython script. When I attempt to open the document with either "requests.Get" or "system.net.httpGet" I get 401 (Unauthorized). I believe the reas…

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## [Config.idb backup size](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/config-idb-backup-size/69762)

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**Author:** [@Deville\_Xavier](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Deville_Xavier)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2023, 3:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/config-idb-backup-size/69762 "2023-02-13T15:40:53Z")

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The config.idb backup of my project is ~ 1.8Go. Any idea why this is so big ? We have about 10 000 tags and use v 8.1.24.

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## [Pseudo staging in 8.1.24](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pseudo-staging-in-8-1-24/69773)

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**Author:** [@automatisation](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/automatisation)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2023, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pseudo-staging-in-8-1-24/69773 "2023-02-13T14:42:34Z")

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In 8.1.24 was introduced this : Added a new Update Mode for vision: "None". This allows the project designer to handle delivering updates to running clients manually with the help of a new boolean Vision Client system t…

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## [Query Historian to Fill Sparkline Array](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/query-historian-to-fill-sparkline-array/69717)

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**Author:** [@amarks](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/amarks)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2023, 2:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/query-historian-to-fill-sparkline-array/69717 "2023-02-13T14:34:42Z")

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I have a sparkline that's going to be overlaid on a tank to show 4 hours of level history. The tank level is stored in the historian. What's the best way to fill the array with the last 4 hours of data? I've done a manu…

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## [Perspective Equipment Scheduler Row spacing](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-equipment-scheduler-row-spacing/69771)

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**Author:** [@AJBerera](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AJBerera)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2023, 1:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-equipment-scheduler-row-spacing/69771 "2023-02-13T13:33:41Z")

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The there a way to bolden the horizontal lines between rows, or to make the green downtime events I am using here thinner or less tall then the row height?

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## [How could we found back the vision client active page?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-could-we-found-back-the-vision-client-active-page/69692)

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**Author:** [@cedrick](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cedrick)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2023, 12:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-could-we-found-back-the-vision-client-active-page/69692 "2023-02-13T12:32:06Z")

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We are using Ignition since several years and we have over 75 vision client active on one of our project. In a way to maintain and keep the gateway stable, we want to see where we can found the active vision page that …

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## [Convert perspective form to report for printout](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/convert-perspective-form-to-report-for-printout/69755)

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**Author:** [@chaoliang](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/chaoliang)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2023, 6:53am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/convert-perspective-form-to-report-for-printout/69755 "2023-02-13T06:53:40Z")

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Hi, does perspective have a function to print out the current view? A form has been setup in perspective, I would like to have a button to printout the current form. Otherwise, I will have to make a report for this fo…

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## [Message Box Control](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/message-box-control/69682)

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**Author:** [@Veeramani\_D](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Veeramani_D)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2023, 5:46am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/message-box-control/69682 "2023-02-13T05:46:48Z")

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Is there a way to overwrite the file without a message box while printing the component? system.print.printToImage(event.source.parent, "C:\\Users\\Desktop\\Sample Folder\\Reports\\Report1\\Test Data.jpg")

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## [namedQuery - return getKey on insert](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/namedquery-return-getkey-on-insert/22567)

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**Author:** [@mazeyrat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mazeyrat)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2023, 5:01am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/namedquery-return-getkey-on-insert/22567 "2023-02-13T05:01:32Z")

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@KathyApplebaum In system.db.runPrepUpdate with getKey=1, we can return the key inserted instead of the number of rows. Can we do this with runNamedQuery ? (Ignition 7.9.X, Ignition 8.0?)

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## [Null Value When Trying To Bind Custom Tag To \[System\]Client/User/Username](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/null-value-when-trying-to-bind-custom-tag-to-system-client-user-username/60453)

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**Author:** [@ctaylor\_AK](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ctaylor_AK)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2022, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/null-value-when-trying-to-bind-custom-tag-to-system-client-user-username/60453 "2022-06-07T14:36:12Z")

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I’ve never had an issue displaying the current Username in a Vision Client. However, in Perspective I’m getting a Null value when completing a binding to a Custom Tag in a View’s Root for the \[System\]Client/User/Username…

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## [Metric History Manager - Could not write metric value to database:\[SQLITE\_CANTOPEN\]](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/metric-history-manager-could-not-write-metric-value-to-database-sqlite-cantopen/69751)

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**Author:** [@Frank\_L](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Frank_L)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2023, 3:55am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/metric-history-manager-could-not-write-metric-value-to-database-sqlite-cantopen/69751 "2023-02-13T03:55:08Z")

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I am getting an error in my logs related to MetricHistoryManager. The error is "Could not write metric value to database:\[SQLITE\_CANTOPEN\] Unable to open the database file (unable to open database file)" What might be c…

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## [P&ID screen in Perspective version](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/p-id-screen-in-perspective-version/69400)

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**Author:** [@p.srikanth0707](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/p.srikanth0707)\
**Replies:** 42\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2023, 8:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/p-id-screen-in-perspective-version/69400 "2023-02-12T20:23:35Z")

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Hello, Is it possible to make P&ID screen ? Example something like this, i understand the pipe option from the menu but not confident, i feel difficulty working on P&ID stuff in perspective version. Regards, Srikanth …

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## [Need help writing and image file to a mapped drive on the gateway](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/need-help-writing-and-image-file-to-a-mapped-drive-on-the-gateway/69722)

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**Author:** [@Gratliff](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Gratliff)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2023, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/need-help-writing-and-image-file-to-a-mapped-drive-on-the-gateway/69722 "2023-02-12T13:26:05Z")

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I have a project where users can upload an image that gets stored to both a SQL database, and to a drive on the gateway. Later, we use a mounted folder to serve the images that are stored on the drive. Then we display t…

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## [Source Code for Siemens :: Generated from the script](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/source-code-for-siemens-generated-from-the-script/69687)

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**Author:** [@p.srikanth0707](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/p.srikanth0707)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2023, 4:47am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/source-code-for-siemens-generated-from-the-script/69687 "2023-02-12T04:47:50Z")

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Hello, It is possible to generate some source code for Siemens blocks (SCL/STL) language using with script, if it possible please share sample code and steps to be done. Thanks and regards,

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## [Storage calculator spreadsheet](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/storage-calculator-spreadsheet/69702)

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**Author:** [@eddie\_johnson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/eddie_johnson)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2023, 4:26am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/storage-calculator-spreadsheet/69702 "2023-02-12T04:26:53Z")

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Looking for a storage calculator spreadsheet for the Ignition Historian. TIA

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## [How does Inactivity Seconds actually work?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-does-inactivity-seconds-actually-work/69655)

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**Author:** [@richardNZ15](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/richardNZ15)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2023, 4:25am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-does-inactivity-seconds-actually-work/69655 "2023-02-12T04:25:40Z")

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I am trying to use the system.util.getInactivitySeconds() function to log out users after X amount of time. Someone has discovered an interesting behavior when the PC is put to sleep, and on resuming of the PC, the clie…

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## [Running FBD and ST language in Ignition](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/running-fbd-and-st-language-in-ignition/69732)

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**Author:** [@Niyom\_Sotanapun](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Niyom_Sotanapun)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2023, 2:45am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/running-fbd-and-st-language-in-ignition/69732 "2023-02-12T02:45:36Z")

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Is it possible to make Ignition a feature to run FBD and ST language (IEC61131-3 standard)? Can anyone suggest?

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