# Ignition **URL:** https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=951 [Latest](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/tags.md) **Page:** 952 --- ## [Perspective XY Chart Remove Padding](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-xy-chart-remove-padding/51658)
**Author:** [@franklepkowski](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/franklepkowski)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2021, 9:11am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-xy-chart-remove-padding/51658 "2021-10-07T09:11:13Z")
Hello All, See snip below, I am looking to remove the highlighted areas. Such that the XY chart fills the entire flex container it is inside of. Any ideas are appreciated, I tweaked the padding in the style for the char… --- ## [\[Perspective\] Bidirectional bindings and default values](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-bidirectional-bindings-and-default-values/51485)
**Author:** [@maciej.paszek](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/maciej.paszek)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2021, 9:04am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-bidirectional-bindings-and-default-values/51485 "2021-10-07T09:04:59Z")
Hello. I think I have stucked on some basic stuff, but I have not found clear explanation. So, I have a View, which is my template, let’s call it InputTemplate. Template has a Label and TextField inside. text property … --- ## [Filter by custom property in system.alarm.queryStatus](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/filter-by-custom-property-in-system-alarm-querystatus/51653)
**Author:** [@Aiasa21](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Aiasa21)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2021, 7:42am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/filter-by-custom-property-in-system-alarm-querystatus/51653 "2021-10-07T07:42:09Z")
Good morning guys, actually I have an Alarm Status Table where I show all the alarms filtered by the property “Display Path Filter” that is binded with a string variable; this variable is something like Mac1,Mac2,Mac… --- ## [Failover User Source Roles](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/failover-user-source-roles/51683)
**Author:** [@justin1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/justin1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2021, 6:14am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/failover-user-source-roles/51683 "2021-10-07T06:14:52Z")
Hi All, I am trying to set up security in my project, but am having trouble accessing my roles defined in the failover source. I have 2 user sources: Active Directory (not yet fully set up - roles don’t exist yet) De… --- ## [Reference perspective session props from gateway event](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reference-perspective-session-props-from-gateway-event/51672)
**Author:** [@vinh.nguyen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/vinh.nguyen)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2021, 4:20am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reference-perspective-session-props-from-gateway-event/51672 "2021-10-07T04:20:37Z")
I have an Ignition project that on save will run a bash script to git commit and push. As of now when ever a project save is done it will commit with a timestamp. I would like to pass it the username so I can track which… --- ## [\[IGN-4846\]Rename Tag Providers in cloned project](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-4846-rename-tag-providers-in-cloned-project/51650)
**Author:** [@m.pelagatti](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/m.pelagatti)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2021, 2:47am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-4846-rename-tag-providers-in-cloned-project/51650 "2021-10-07T02:47:57Z")
Hi at all, i have a question : I have created a project in ignition (vision) and the tags in the whole project are tied to the tag provider \[default\]. in the same gateway I have to create another project, starting fro… --- ## [Expression read tags on level before](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/expression-read-tags-on-level-before/51659)
**Author:** [@vrautomation](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/vrautomation)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2021, 2:39am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/expression-read-tags-on-level-before/51659 "2021-10-07T02:39:54Z")
Hello Ignition’s black belt :slight\_smile: Ignition 8.1.3 I have a UDT (UD1) that contain an instance of another UDT (UDT2). I would like to add a tag in UDT2 that will read a tag from UDT1. How do I do that? Thanks… --- ## [Calculated Rosters & Fallback Rosters?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/calculated-rosters-fallback-rosters/51680)
**Author:** [@AIO](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AIO)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2021, 10:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/calculated-rosters-fallback-rosters/51680 "2021-10-06T22:34:35Z")
Hi folks, Ignition 7.9 I’ve set up a calculated roster for a notification pipeline, wherein managers are able to dynamically create rosters for tank alarms based on the contents of said tank. All of this is up and runn… --- ## [\[FEATURE\] Add icon badge to identify overridden resources (Views, Pages etc.)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-add-icon-badge-to-identify-overridden-resources-views-pages-etc/51679)
**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2021, 10:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-add-icon-badge-to-identify-overridden-resources-views-pages-etc/51679 "2021-10-06T22:29:53Z")
Currently it’s not possible in the Designer to tell if a resource like a View, Template, Window, etc. is overridden from an inherited project, or if it’s just a new resource that was created inside an inherited resource … --- ## [Unexpected Values in historian query CSV](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unexpected-values-in-historian-query-csv/51611)
**Author:** [@mukul](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mukul)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2021, 9:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unexpected-values-in-historian-query-csv/51611 "2021-10-06T21:54:32Z")
I want to explain that as in the chart plotted below - we can see that the value keeps increasing and then on Reset goes to Zero - it will move only in the direction of increment and then drops to zero because it is a to… --- ## [Laptop WiFi Disconnections](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/laptop-wifi-disconnections/51639)
**Author:** [@yannirocco](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/yannirocco)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2021, 9:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/laptop-wifi-disconnections/51639 "2021-10-06T21:48:44Z")
I was looking into some reasons why I was getting WiFi network loss and from some troubleshooting I did earlier in the week. After talking with a couple of my techs I was given the explanation that they had not had any … --- ## [Killing Gateway Scripts Via Scripting](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/killing-gateway-scripts-via-scripting/51674)
**Author:** [@bzink1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bzink1)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2021, 8:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/killing-gateway-scripts-via-scripting/51674 "2021-10-06T20:53:36Z")
We have some scripts that do some heavy lifting in regards to pulling historical tag data out of our Canary Historian and parsing items together. There is an issue with having a bunch of concurrent users and requesting a… --- ## [Linux installer issue](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/linux-installer-issue/51656)
**Author:** [@alex.ferrell](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/alex.ferrell)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2021, 8:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/linux-installer-issue/51656 "2021-10-06T20:23:28Z")
I have a VM with ubuntu installed on it that I use as an Ignition server for development and testing. When I set it up, I installed v8.0.10. I ma trying to upgrade it now to v8.1.10. When I download the linux installer, … --- ## [What modules are required for my Edge server?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-modules-are-required-for-my-edge-server/51660)
**Author:** [@Troy](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Troy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2021, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-modules-are-required-for-my-edge-server/51660 "2021-10-06T19:27:51Z")
I’m going to set up an Edge server to connect with some PLCs, then report the data back to our gateway. I know I’ll need the Sync Services Module, do I also need the Enterprise Administration Module? --- ## [How to convert Python index to list](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-convert-python-index-to-list/51665)
**Author:** [@pkhoshroo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pkhoshroo)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2021, 6:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-convert-python-index-to-list/51665 "2021-10-06T18:23:01Z")
Hello everyone, I was hoping that you may have a way to convert a Python index \[one, two, three\] to a Python list \[“one”,“two”,“three”\]… I’m trying to create a DropDown list of all the columns in a dataset so that I can… --- ## [Adding Dropdown box into PowerTable](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/adding-dropdown-box-into-powertable/11188)
**Author:** [@mikehill100](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mikehill100)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2021, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/adding-dropdown-box-into-powertable/11188 "2021-10-06T17:30:05Z")
I found how to do it it in a regular table here: inductiveautomation.com/forum/v ... umn#p24546 Does anyone know how to do this with a powertable? Thanks! Mike --- ## [Folder UDT problem](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/folder-udt-problem/32034)
**Author:** [@Jorgeibesi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jorgeibesi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2021, 2:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/folder-udt-problem/32034 "2021-10-06T14:17:52Z")
Hello, when I’m gonna create a new instance of UDT, I still see old deleted Data Type folders. How can I delete this? --- ## [\[BUG\] Vision: Selected component moves to mouse clicked coordinates sporadically](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-vision-selected-component-moves-to-mouse-clicked-coordinates-sporadically/30203)
**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2021, 12:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-vision-selected-component-moves-to-mouse-clicked-coordinates-sporadically/30203 "2021-10-06T12:36:15Z")
This has been a long term frustration for me and a colleague of mine since first starting to use Ignition 3 years ago. I haven’t yet checked to see if it happens in v8, but certainly all versions of 7.7+ that i’ve tried,… --- ## [Close Popup screen when mouse leave, Perspective](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/close-popup-screen-when-mouse-leave-perspective/51626)
**Author:** [@a.beltran](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/a.beltran)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2021, 11:16am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/close-popup-screen-when-mouse-leave-perspective/51626 "2021-10-06T11:16:19Z")
Hi, I’m currently working with a project that I had in Vision, but now in perspective what I did in vision was when the mouse is over popup the screen and close it when mouse leave, but seems like the close event is not… --- ## [Not able to login to Ignition gateway after restoring .gwbk file](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/not-able-to-login-to-ignition-gateway-after-restoring-gwbk-file/43246)
**Author:** [@msohaib](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/msohaib)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2021, 10:54am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/not-able-to-login-to-ignition-gateway-after-restoring-gwbk-file/43246 "2021-10-06T10:54:32Z")
I took a previously backed up gateway file taken from client’s machine and trying to restore it in my machine using ignition 8.1. After restore I cannot login to the gateway, as it says incorrect username or password. No… --- ## [DB Connection Error in Label](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/db-connection-error-in-label/51636)
**Author:** [@suram-in](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/suram-in)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2021, 10:42am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/db-connection-error-in-label/51636 "2021-10-06T10:42:08Z")
Hi, I have used the few SQL Query Expression in the templates and all are working fine. This template is used inside the faceplate. But this faceplate showing icon in the left corner. It looks like DB Connection Error… --- ## [system.security.getUsername() returning "Name" instead of "Username." Any way to get current user's information?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-security-getusername-returning-name-instead-of-username-any-way-to-get-current-users-information/51629)
**Author:** [@DaveRNeal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/DaveRNeal)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2021, 9:08am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-security-getusername-returning-name-instead-of-username-any-way-to-get-current-users-information/51629 "2021-10-06T09:08:22Z")
Good Afternoon, I’m attempting to programmatically get the current user’s contact information through the vision client. The code provided below worked when the “Name” and the “Username” were the same. Unfortunately t… --- ## [Perspective - SVG text-anchor and dominant-baseline support](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-svg-text-anchor-and-dominant-baseline-support/41079)
**Author:** [@calimero100582](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/calimero100582)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2021, 8:09am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-svg-text-anchor-and-dominant-baseline-support/41079 "2021-10-06T08:09:18Z")
Hi I’m trying to create some kind of chart in SVG, and I want to center the label, but SVG text-anchor and dominant-baseline does not seems to be supported, anyone have a workaround? For the moment, I’m trying to do it … --- ## [Disable right click menu for context menu event. \[Perspective 8.0.9\]](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disable-right-click-menu-for-context-menu-event-perspective-8-0-9/33383)
**Author:** [@michael2](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michael2)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2021, 6:21am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disable-right-click-menu-for-context-menu-event-perspective-8-0-9/33383 "2021-10-06T06:21:16Z")
I have a component with an onContextMenu event, which has a popup event action. Is there a way to prevent the right click menu from appearing? --- ## [Weird View Behavior Deletes Custom Property Automatically](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/weird-view-behavior-deletes-custom-property-automatically/51603)
**Author:** [@Gaurav.Shitole](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Gaurav.Shitole)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2021, 5:29am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/weird-view-behavior-deletes-custom-property-automatically/51603 "2021-10-06T05:29:03Z")
Hello all, I am seeing weird thing in my project. I have a views having 2 custom properties linked to different databases. One of custom property gets deleted automatically and hence the script I have done throws “Attri… --- ## [Accessing tag attributes (EngUnit, Scaled Low, etc) in PARAMS bound to a UDT](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/accessing-tag-attributes-engunit-scaled-low-etc-in-params-bound-to-a-udt/51641)
**Author:** [@AliE](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AliE)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2021, 12:28am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/accessing-tag-attributes-engunit-scaled-low-etc-in-params-bound-to-a-udt/51641 "2021-10-06T00:28:09Z")
Hi, I’m using an embedded view as a widget in perspective and have a UDT bound to the PARAMS of the view. Is there a way to access the attributes of the PV tag other than the value? I’m specifically looking to acces… --- ## [Bind with Expression to component on different window?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bind-with-expression-to-component-on-different-window/51020)
**Author:** [@dzohner](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dzohner)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2021, 3:52am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bind-with-expression-to-component-on-different-window/51020 "2021-10-06T03:52:55Z")
Is there a way to bind a component property with the Expression or some other way to a component property of a separate window? I found this but it was through scripting not expression binding https://inductiveunivers… --- ## [\[FEATURE\] Add "Show last edits" to resources](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-add-show-last-edits-to-resources/51642)
**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2021, 12:24am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-add-show-last-edits-to-resources/51642 "2021-10-06T00:24:05Z")
It would be super useful if we could right click on a resource (View, P. Style, Tag, etc.) and, if auditing is turned on, be able to select an option to show the latest edits for that resource in a popup. IDEA: --- ## [Popups In Perspective](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/popups-in-perspective/51640)
**Author:** [@steven.gyllich](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/steven.gyllich)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2021, 11:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/popups-in-perspective/51640 "2021-10-05T23:56:24Z")
I am trying to create a motor popup in perspective. I have the motor popup view created, with a UDT param defined. I have created property bindings to the UDT param for each item in the view. Now how do I open that mo… --- ## [Pie Chart Color Based on Value](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pie-chart-color-based-on-value/51637)
**Author:** [@rrebro](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rrebro)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2021, 9:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pie-chart-color-based-on-value/51637 "2021-10-05T21:18:47Z")
I am wondering how can I change the color of my pie charts based on the category values? I know there is a configureCharts routine but there is no getBarColor like the bar charts [Previous page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=950) [Next page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=952)