# Ignition **URL:** https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=729 [Latest](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/tags.md) **Page:** 730 --- ## [Day view with event spanning multiple days](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/day-view-with-event-spanning-multiple-days/14490)
**Author:** [@Robot\_B9](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Robot_B9)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 9:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/day-view-with-event-spanning-multiple-days/14490 "2022-12-27T21:01:33Z")
I have a Calendar Month View component which I'm using to create events and from that calendar I can open a more detailed Day View. If I have an event that spans multiple days the Month View shows the event on all the … --- ## [Custom sys.excepthook in Ignition](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/custom-sys-excepthook-in-ignition/68002)
**Author:** [@chandler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/chandler)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 7:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/custom-sys-excepthook-in-ignition/68002 "2022-12-27T19:02:18Z")
I have been looking for a way to log local variable values from the current function as well as further down the call stack under certain circumstances in my code. I looked at using sys.exc\_info() to get a traceback obje… --- ## [Error\_DatabaseQuery intermittently happening on my tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-databasequery-intermittently-happening-on-my-tags/68003)
**Author:** [@SOPerator](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/SOPerator)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 6:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-databasequery-intermittently-happening-on-my-tags/68003 "2022-12-27T18:54:31Z")
This is what my project looks like, on occasion. We recently upgraded from Ignition 7.9 to 8.0, and I moved the individual project from its own project to a "Master" project by copying and pasting the existing screens… --- ## [Passing Parameters from main Window to Template Canvas in popup window](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/passing-parameters-from-main-window-to-template-canvas-in-popup-window/67984)
**Author:** [@JIGNESH\_AGHERA](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JIGNESH_AGHERA)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/passing-parameters-from-main-window-to-template-canvas-in-popup-window/67984 "2022-12-27T17:08:34Z")
I have 4 instance of template in Main window and on click of any template instance , it should open popup to show that template , history data of tags in the template and alarms. How to pass parameters from main window … --- ## [Label to display Tag name](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/label-to-display-tag-name/67935)
**Author:** [@Craig\_Marcin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Craig_Marcin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 5:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/label-to-display-tag-name/67935 "2022-12-27T17:05:11Z")
Is it possible to have a label setup to display the tag name of the tag it is assigned to? I would think it would be an expression transform but cannot locate the correct properties. Any thoughts? --- ## [Python dataset group by date](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/python-dataset-group-by-date/44151)
**Author:** [@flavien](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/flavien)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/python-dataset-group-by-date/44151 "2022-12-27T15:59:09Z")
Hi In perspective I get dataset from MySQL db and put it in charts and tables in object format. To avoid to get another SQL query, I would like to group by day, month, year my dataset variable with a script transform. … --- ## [Replace row values in a dataset](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/replace-row-values-in-a-dataset/67987)
**Author:** [@Italo\_Araujo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Italo_Araujo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/replace-row-values-in-a-dataset/67987 "2022-12-27T15:56:52Z")
I would like to replace the numbers in the 'Product' column with text values. Como posso editar um DataSet? --- ## [Parameter not updating after using system.tag.writeBlocking() to replace values on a custom property](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/parameter-not-updating-after-using-system-tag-writeblocking-to-replace-values-on-a-custom-property/67905)
**Author:** [@jacque\_trahan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jacque_trahan)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/parameter-not-updating-after-using-system-tag-writeblocking-to-replace-values-on-a-custom-property/67905 "2022-12-27T14:43:48Z")
Was given a CSV file with two columns. 1st column is a list of tag paths where a custom property is to be changed. 2nd column is what we need to change that custom property's value too. example: col1(key): folder1/fold… --- ## [Fetching system tags from other gateway](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/fetching-system-tags-from-other-gateway/67656)
**Author:** [@John\_S1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/John_S1)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 9:23am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/fetching-system-tags-from-other-gateway/67656 "2022-12-27T09:23:47Z")
Hello all, I have a small query. Is it possible to fetch the system tags from another gateway and show it in a vision/ perspective application? case: I have 3 gateways as A, B, and C-- I want to show the system tags fr… --- ## [Best practices for off-line development](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-practices-for-off-line-development/67202)
**Author:** [@ltoscano](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ltoscano)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 12:59am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-practices-for-off-line-development/67202 "2022-12-27T00:59:45Z")
Hey Everyone, Still kinda new to Ignition and here's what I'm trying to determine. If I have an end user who has an Ignition system all set up and running, and we're adding a new PLC to their system with relevant PLC t… --- ## [Showing (BAD) for the tags on designer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/showing-bad-for-the-tags-on-designer/67977)
**Author:** [@Abdalsattar\_Almaroof](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Abdalsattar_Almaroof)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2022, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/showing-bad-for-the-tags-on-designer/67977 "2022-12-26T18:24:13Z")
I connect the PLC S7 1200 to the ignition but It can't read tags, and the designer tag value always showing (BAD), I made multiple changes on the OPC item path for many formats for example \[plc\_1\]IX0,\[plc\_1\]MX1, and \[P… --- ## [2FA, step by step](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/2fa-step-by-step/63257)
**Author:** [@ISEMAREN\_AAG](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ISEMAREN_AAG)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2022, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/2fa-step-by-step/63257 "2022-12-26T17:02:06Z")
Good morning. I’d like to set up 2FA on Ignition with an identity provider like OKTA. I have read the documentation but there is no step by step guide how to do it for 2FA. Can someone who has done it help me, please? … --- ## [Bar Chart- XY chart- x Axis Change from Time Axis to Labels](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bar-chart-xy-chart-x-axis-change-from-time-axis-to-labels/67980)
**Author:** [@Bharadwaj\_G](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Bharadwaj_G)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2022, 4:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bar-chart-xy-chart-x-axis-change-from-time-axis-to-labels/67980 "2022-12-26T16:37:59Z")
Hi, am looking solution to visualize in bar chart x Axis as Label and Y axis as Value. ex: Label: workShop, Paint Shop, Count:44, 80 tried with XY Chart in perspective and stuck to configure x Axis as Labels. can som… --- ## [SQL Query to check if data exists](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sql-query-to-check-if-data-exists/60326)
**Author:** [@csilk](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/csilk)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2022, 11:09am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sql-query-to-check-if-data-exists/60326 "2022-12-26T11:09:43Z")
I have a dropdown that is populated through a query and I have “custom options” enabled for the dropdown. Basically, I want to run a query that will check to see if the selected value, of the dropdown, exists in the dat… --- ## [How to Calculate total Runtime and StopTime from Timestamp in MSSQL](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-calculate-total-runtime-and-stoptime-from-timestamp-in-mssql/67873)
**Author:** [@Ganesh\_Shinde1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ganesh_Shinde1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2022, 7:04am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-calculate-total-runtime-and-stoptime-from-timestamp-in-mssql/67873 "2022-12-26T07:04:15Z")
Hi I Have a Status Tag of an Machine with values of Running, Idle, Downtime , these Tag's I am storing in MSSQL dB using Transaction group , Now I have to calculate the total time that the status is in running mode and … --- ## [Alarms.HighestUnackedPriority](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarms-highestunackedpriority/67962)
**Author:** [@Caleb\_Bohon](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Caleb_Bohon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarms-highestunackedpriority/67962 "2022-12-23T19:22:07Z")
In one of the updates to 8.0 or 8.1 the properties for alarm info on a tag changed. Thats kind of understandable, but the worst change was that Alarms.HighestUnackedPriority now is supposed to be an integer, but instead… --- ## [Dynamic report creation or merging of reports](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dynamic-report-creation-or-merging-of-reports/62066)
**Author:** [@Carla\_Ratto](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Carla_Ratto)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 3:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dynamic-report-creation-or-merging-of-reports/62066 "2022-12-23T15:27:17Z")
Hi, I created a generic report that displays the information for one machine, and I would like to instance it multiple times as I have several machines (but depending on the plant I’m working on, there can be different … --- ## [Problem with email notifications](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-with-email-notifications/67924)
**Author:** [@Michal\_Goralczyk](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Michal_Goralczyk)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 1:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-with-email-notifications/67924 "2022-12-23T13:49:43Z")
Hello, I have a problem with email notifications in ignition. I have email settings -\> SMTP Profile created and its work fine. I can send a test email. I created also alarm notification profiles: Unfortunatel… --- ## [How to change poll rates to Modbus devices?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-change-poll-rates-to-modbus-devices/67959)
**Author:** [@Pedro\_Guardone](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Pedro_Guardone)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 1:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-change-poll-rates-to-modbus-devices/67959 "2022-12-23T13:46:48Z")
Poll rate to modbus device appears to be 1 second, I need it to be slower, how can this be done? --- ## [Time zones in Perspective](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/time-zones-in-perspective/67957)
**Author:** [@Lautaro\_Cides](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Lautaro_Cides)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 1:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/time-zones-in-perspective/67957 "2022-12-23T13:42:32Z")
I have a problem here: on the same screen... how can I get the local time from my pc? I need to use this since the screen I am using could be opened in other countries. I have tried using system.date.now(). But it only… --- ## [Dropdown multi select](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dropdown-multi-select/67878)
**Author:** [@KEERTHANA\_HEMANTH](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/KEERTHANA_HEMANTH)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 4:58am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dropdown-multi-select/67878 "2022-12-23T04:58:26Z")
I have a dropdown list on a view in perspective created with multiselect enabled. Based on the user selection I need to log the selected options to my database. How can I proceed to do this. --- ## [Tables not retaining "selected data" property from designer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tables-not-retaining-selected-data-property-from-designer/67930)
**Author:** [@will.glancy](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/will.glancy)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 4:26am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tables-not-retaining-selected-data-property-from-designer/67930 "2022-12-23T04:26:15Z")
just updated to ignition version 8.1.22 and i've noticed that some of my components in perspective aren't loading properly because it cannot find the bindings. in previous versions, if you were in designer and selected … --- ## [Blank Emailed Report](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/blank-emailed-report/67866)
**Author:** [@G\_S\_I](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/G_S_I)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 2:33am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/blank-emailed-report/67866 "2022-12-23T02:33:35Z")
I am working with an existing report. I configured an Email action and report gets emailed fine with all the data on it. I tried doing two Run Script actions and the reports gets emailed but with no data. They appear jus… --- ## [Out of Memory Error And what is heap size?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/out-of-memory-error-and-what-is-heap-size/67923)
**Author:** [@kyungjun\_kim](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kyungjun_kim)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 11:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/out-of-memory-error-and-what-is-heap-size/67923 "2022-12-22T23:09:04Z")
Hello. While I was using the VISION project and doing CSV export, Out of Memory occurred. (Data exports one day's worth of data every second.) I changed heap size it to 8192M through Designer Launcher -\> Manage, but t… --- ## [I cant seem to get mounted folders to work?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/i-cant-seem-to-get-mounted-folders-to-work/67894)
**Author:** [@IgnitionNewbie](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/IgnitionNewbie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 7:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/i-cant-seem-to-get-mounted-folders-to-work/67894 "2022-12-22T19:50:19Z")
So this company is using a shared network drive to organize all its files , I dont know if this is contributing to any of my issues or not but i figured id mention it If i make a file resource of an image itself in a fo… --- ## [Limit Perspective Sessions/Pages](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/limit-perspective-sessions-pages/67888)
**Author:** [@Nikolai\_Wolterstorff](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Nikolai_Wolterstorff)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 7:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/limit-perspective-sessions-pages/67888 "2022-12-22T19:37:49Z")
Is there a way for Ignition to internally limit & reject Sessions and/or Pages? During some benchmarking there were enough pages open that it crashed the gateway, and then went into a cyclic cycle of restarting, trying t… --- ## [Gateway Messages with inherited projects](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-messages-with-inherited-projects/35404)
**Author:** [@thijs1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/thijs1)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 7:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-messages-with-inherited-projects/35404 "2022-12-22T19:11:41Z")
Hi, I'm trying to send a message to a Gateway Message Handler defined on the parent project. When defining the message handler on the client project, it works ok : system.util.sendRequest("Childproject", "test", {"da… --- ## [Perspective Table Changing display order of columns having bindings](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-table-changing-display-order-of-columns-having-bindings/67927)
**Author:** [@francois.morin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/francois.morin)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 6:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-table-changing-display-order-of-columns-having-bindings/67927 "2022-12-22T18:41:43Z")
Is there a way to simply change the order of columns in a perspective table having header translate() expression on each columns. Currently, If I add or delete a column, all the bindings are offset. This is caused by t… --- ## [System.date.format() returns wrong calendar week](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-date-format-returns-wrong-calendar-week/67828)
**Author:** [@henning.e.heine](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/henning.e.heine)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-date-format-returns-wrong-calendar-week/67828 "2022-12-22T14:48:35Z")
Hi there, i am calculating the calendar week from a timestamp in a property transform script. The script is not returning what I would expect. Here is the code: timestamp = 1671540467576 date = system.date.fromMillis(… --- ## [Accessing g\[Attributes Style\] Property](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/accessing-g-attributes-style-property/42924)
**Author:** [@james.beeley](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/james.beeley)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 2:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/accessing-g-attributes-style-property/42924 "2022-12-22T14:01:46Z")
In the designer, I want a simple gauge to have a red value. I’ve placed a simple gauge, and given it a red fill style parameter. In the external debugger, I see that fill is being overridden by a fill parameter in g\[Att… [Previous page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=728) [Next page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=730)