# Ignition **URL:** https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=915 [Latest](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/tags.md) **Page:** 916 --- ## [Need Help forcing Frozen Ignition Designer to quit](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/need-help-forcing-frozen-ignition-designer-to-quit/16420)
**Author:** [@Data](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Data)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2017, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/need-help-forcing-frozen-ignition-designer-to-quit/16420 "2017-12-27T16:18:52Z")
Happy Holidays Everyone!!! Any tips on the following will be greatly appreciated: Currently running Ignition 7.9.4 In the designer mode. The Gateway project & designer instance are on the same server and the designer in… --- ## [How can I return SQL Server SP result(Dataset) directly into ignition 7.9 tag or table](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-can-i-return-sql-server-sp-result-dataset-directly-into-ignition-7-9-tag-or-table/54235)
**Author:** [@Richita\_Pandey](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Richita_Pandey)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2021, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-can-i-return-sql-server-sp-result-dataset-directly-into-ignition-7-9-tag-or-table/54235 "2021-12-17T15:58:07Z")
Hello, We are running an SQL Server SP(under named query) using gateway trigger every 1 min. SP is returning a dataset which I need to display on vision window table. Named query doesn’t return the dataset output.How c… --- ## [Writting values to a Text list looking at a DB](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/writting-values-to-a-text-list-looking-at-a-db/53575)
**Author:** [@alexm](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/alexm)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2021, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/writting-values-to-a-text-list-looking-at-a-db/53575 "2021-12-17T15:29:47Z")
Hi, I have a big DataBlock consisting of integer Tags(R001-R985 tag format). Each tag represents a value that I would like to write to with a multi-State button that writes 0 1 or 2. Is there a quick way first of all to… --- ## [VM Session occasionally freezing](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vm-session-occasionally-freezing/54250)
**Author:** [@andrews](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andrews)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2021, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vm-session-occasionally-freezing/54250 "2021-12-17T15:13:51Z")
So occasionally the VM session for a PI for our HMI freezes. I already know IT has me in their scope to blame. So I jumping on it. at the bottom is a pic of the console log around the time it happened Below are 3 secti… --- ## [Force fail-over via command shell](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/force-fail-over-via-command-shell/23409)
**Author:** [@Loek](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Loek)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2021, 2:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/force-fail-over-via-command-shell/23409 "2021-12-17T14:58:54Z")
Due to weekly issues that my server is running out of memory (java issues), i would like to restart my Ignition server. Ignition 7.8.4 (redundant) is running on a Windows Server 2012R2 machine. But before I can restart… --- ## [TEMPLATE REPEATER - Dataset - Problem on loading templates](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/template-repeater-dataset-problem-on-loading-templates/54238)
**Author:** [@gmiroclosa](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/gmiroclosa)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2021, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/template-repeater-dataset-problem-on-loading-templates/54238 "2021-12-17T14:47:24Z")
Hi everybody, I create a screen with Template Repeater element. I configure it as Dataset and throw all elements (from 1 to 30) on a row. (Note that the elements are Template elements.) The first template (1) throw in… --- ## [Power Table - filtering by hidden rows](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-table-filtering-by-hidden-rows/33967)
**Author:** [@dansadowski](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dansadowski)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2021, 2:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-table-filtering-by-hidden-rows/33967 "2021-12-17T14:46:04Z")
Is it possible to filter a power table using values in a hidden column? I have the following in a custom method on a Power Table and it seems to work fine when the filter columns are not hidden in the Power Table’s Data… --- ## [Getting text output from shell command to log?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/getting-text-output-from-shell-command-to-log/42167)
**Author:** [@bkarabinchak.psi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bkarabinchak.psi)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2021, 6:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/getting-text-output-from-shell-command-to-log/42167 "2021-01-12T18:19:30Z")
I am trying to write a python script that backs up our production database, and logs the result of the backup success/error. I am working on it in the script console. What I have so far is - import os import time impo… --- ## [Perspective Flex Repeater using build in Components](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-flex-repeater-using-build-in-components/54210)
**Author:** [@ToMakPo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ToMakPo)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2021, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-flex-repeater-using-build-in-components/54210 "2021-12-17T14:39:07Z")
Is it possible to use the built in components in the flex repeater? What I’ve been doing is building a view with just that one component in it, but that’s pretty annoying to have to keep doing if I could just point to th… --- ## [Ignition - MongoDB](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-mongodb/54212)
**Author:** [@luc.martin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/luc.martin)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2021, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-mongodb/54212 "2021-12-17T14:39:02Z")
I’m on 8.1.12 Anybody has been able to connect a MongoDB local server ? Which JDBC have you used? --- ## [OPC unmounted volume error](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-unmounted-volume-error/54243)
**Author:** [@daniel\_schlichte](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/daniel_schlichte)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2021, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-unmounted-volume-error/54243 "2021-12-17T13:58:47Z")
Quality: Bad(“Bad\_DataUnavailable: Expected data is unavailable for the requested time range due to an un-mounted volume.”) Can anyone shed some light on this error? I am getting this on tags connecting to a third part… --- ## [Create and download folder structure](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/create-and-download-folder-structure/54241)
**Author:** [@alexandro.colombo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/alexandro.colombo)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2021, 1:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/create-and-download-folder-structure/54241 "2021-12-17T13:52:33Z")
Hi, is possbile to create a folder structure and download it in perspective? For example: a user enters 2 filenames in a TextArea (es: fileA, fileB). The user clicks a button and starts a download of this structure: P… --- ## [Report module - change component properties by script](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-module-change-component-properties-by-script/31586)
**Author:** [@flavien](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/flavien)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2021, 1:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-module-change-component-properties-by-script/31586 "2021-12-17T13:43:01Z")
Hi everybody, I have questions about Report Module : I’ve made a dynamic report which use a script data source. In the last pages I would like to add/remove pages dynamically in my script. Is it possible ? Thanks --- ## [Global name 'system' is not defined](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/global-name-system-is-not-defined/15612)
**Author:** [@ShazamThat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ShazamThat)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2021, 1:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/global-name-system-is-not-defined/15612 "2021-12-17T13:35:14Z")
In my gateway event script, I have the following code: def endTimer(addTime): today = system.date.now() unformatTime = system.date.addMinutes(today, addTime) formatTime = system.date.format(unformatTime, "HH:mm") … --- ## [Adjusting Flex Repeater Instances height Dynamically](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/adjusting-flex-repeater-instances-height-dynamically/54237)
**Author:** [@Arun\_Teja\_Gattu](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Arun_Teja_Gattu)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2021, 10:23am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/adjusting-flex-repeater-instances-height-dynamically/54237 "2021-12-17T10:23:48Z")
How can we adjust the flex repeater Instances height dynamically based on the content in the sub view without scroll bars in the instances? --- ## [Fully User Editable Trend Chart](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/fully-user-editable-trend-chart/53705)
**Author:** [@Jess\_Ambrose](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jess_Ambrose)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2021, 8:13am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/fully-user-editable-trend-chart/53705 "2021-12-17T08:13:04Z")
Continuing the discussion from Full Featured Easy Chart / User Configuration Saving: Continuing the discussion from Perspective PowerChart Pens Dataset - Solved: Hello! I am dealing with something similar to this post,… --- ## [Filter Alarm Status Table base on the tag Provider](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/filter-alarm-status-table-base-on-the-tag-provider/54228)
**Author:** [@nader.chinichian](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nader.chinichian)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2021, 6:51am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/filter-alarm-status-table-base-on-the-tag-provider/54228 "2021-12-17T06:51:05Z")
I have two projects in the same gateway each related to a site. Each project has its own tag provider. I’d like to filter the alarm status table to base on tag provider but there is no setting for that in both table and… --- ## [Quarantine data of directly referenced OPC tags in transaction groups](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/quarantine-data-of-directly-referenced-opc-tags-in-transaction-groups/54225)
**Author:** [@benw](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/benw)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2021, 2:43am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/quarantine-data-of-directly-referenced-opc-tags-in-transaction-groups/54225 "2021-12-17T02:43:20Z")
Hi all, Think I’m unfortunately going to know the answer to this, but I’ve created a lot of bunch of transaction groups all with their items directly referenced to their OPC source, i.e. they have no tags in Ignition to… --- ## [Passing transaction group SQL error to screen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/passing-transaction-group-sql-error-to-screen/54030)
**Author:** [@benw](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/benw)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2021, 2:14am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/passing-transaction-group-sql-error-to-screen/54030 "2021-12-17T02:14:25Z")
Hi All, Just wondering if there's any way to grab and pass the error from a transaction group into a tag for the purpose of displaying on the screen? Example below of what I'm referring to: SQL to throwing back the … --- ## [Connect VideoJet Printer to Ignition over TCP Driver](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connect-videojet-printer-to-ignition-over-tcp-driver/36879)
**Author:** [@jquintero](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jquintero)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2021, 12:47am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connect-videojet-printer-to-ignition-over-tcp-driver/36879 "2021-12-17T00:47:00Z")
Hi to all. Recently I’m working with an industrial printer from Videojet brand. The printer have a text communication protocol calling zipher, which send data over Ethernet using ASCII character. It is possible to use… --- ## [Siemens Driver, Byte Tag, "Error\_TypeConversion"](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-driver-byte-tag-error-typeconversion/54133)
**Author:** [@david.rigby](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/david.rigby)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2021, 11:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-driver-byte-tag-error-typeconversion/54133 "2021-12-16T23:07:35Z")
Hi All. I am working with an S7-300 Siemens PLC and am getting the following error listed in the quality field of my OPC tag of datatype ‘BYTE’ Error\_TypeConversion(“Value 144 can not be coerced to byte due to overflow… --- ## [Module Certificate Question](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/module-certificate-question/54215)
**Author:** [@tim.schultz](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tim.schultz)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2021, 10:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/module-certificate-question/54215 "2021-12-16T22:47:10Z")
In the Module Configuration page, I see that we have a (nullexpired certificate). Does anyone know the ramifications of that, and how we resolve it? --- ## [Passing UDT to a pop-up... type safety](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/passing-udt-to-a-pop-up-type-safety/54220)
**Author:** [@Joe\_Chlimoun](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Joe_Chlimoun)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2021, 10:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/passing-udt-to-a-pop-up-type-safety/54220 "2021-12-16T22:37:06Z")
I noticed that if a parameter is defined to be a particular UDT, there appears to be no enforcement that the UDT passed into it is of the same type of UDT… it will accept any UDT, and as long as the other type of UDT has… --- ## [How to modify XY Chart tag history binding based on dropdown selection](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-modify-xy-chart-tag-history-binding-based-on-dropdown-selection/54213)
**Author:** [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2021, 10:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-modify-xy-chart-tag-history-binding-based-on-dropdown-selection/54213 "2021-12-16T22:26:08Z")
Here’s my dropdown (on top) and XY Chart. Here’s my existing (fixed) binding. How would I replace the contents of the red box with the option value selected in the dropdown? --- ## [UDT Query Tag Not Updating](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/udt-query-tag-not-updating/54205)
**Author:** [@dkhayes117](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dkhayes117)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2021, 10:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/udt-query-tag-not-updating/54205 "2021-12-16T22:13:00Z")
I have a UDT instance that has a query tag set to a Leased 5 second execution rate. When I imported them in from v7.9 they were errored out from missing parameter quotes. I fixed the errors and the correct numbers were… --- ## [Derived tag vs multiple tag reading same modbus address](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/derived-tag-vs-multiple-tag-reading-same-modbus-address/54186)
**Author:** [@qle303](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/qle303)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2021, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/derived-tag-vs-multiple-tag-reading-same-modbus-address/54186 "2021-12-16T21:21:04Z")
I am trying to figure out what is the best practice to having multiple tag looking at the same value of a modbus address. One tag live in a folder that I use to transmit out via MQTTT and another tag live in another fold… --- ## [\[SOLVED\] Moving labels on a column container is difficult](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/solved-moving-labels-on-a-column-container-is-difficult/53249)
**Author:** [@bmeyers](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bmeyers)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2021, 9:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/solved-moving-labels-on-a-column-container-is-difficult/53249 "2021-12-16T21:16:48Z")
Does anyone else find it unreasonably difficult to move components on a column container around? If I add in 3 or 4 labels and then want to put another label near the top it is extremely difficult to just move a label in… --- ## [Weather Widget Perspective blocked](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/weather-widget-perspective-blocked/54209)
**Author:** [@mstone](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mstone)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2021, 9:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/weather-widget-perspective-blocked/54209 "2021-12-16T21:01:10Z")
I have a "Weather " widget on one of my perspective pages, it’s was working for months, but stopped and displays: “Waiting for weather station…” I found the script for that widget (getWeather) and ran it in the Script C… --- ## [Vision Docked Windows Relative Size](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-docked-windows-relative-size/54126)
**Author:** [@amarks](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/amarks)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2021, 7:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-docked-windows-relative-size/54126 "2021-12-16T19:36:26Z")
I’m trying to set up 2 docked windows that will stay in place permanently. I’ve created the docked windows and marked them to open on startup. However, I’m having trouble with the sizing of the docked window. Layout is… --- ## [Log out button not working when first starting up project](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/log-out-button-not-working-when-first-starting-up-project/54204)
**Author:** [@andrews](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andrews)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2021, 7:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/log-out-button-not-working-when-first-starting-up-project/54204 "2021-12-16T19:32:31Z")
After switching between pages 4-5 times it works. But at first it does not do anything. The page icon loads, the tags change because i see my component disappear. But it stays on the same page, like something stops it fr… [Previous page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=914) [Next page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=916)