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**Author:** [@liam1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/liam1)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2021, 2:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/remove-empty-space-around-simplified-powerchart/51484 "2021-09-30T14:08:12Z")
Does someone know how to descrease/remove empty space around a simplified powerchart? --- ## [Fixed Interval MQTT Publishing](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/fixed-interval-mqtt-publishing/50777)
**Author:** [@john.macenri](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/john.macenri)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2021, 12:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/fixed-interval-mqtt-publishing/50777 "2021-09-30T12:58:14Z")
Hi. We are quite keen to start using Ignition Edge with MQTT Transmission module across a number of our client sites, but we’re hitting an issue that I’m hoping someone can shed some light on. We are involved in Industr… --- ## [Adding popup video perspective](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/adding-popup-video-perspective/51479)
**Author:** [@berkay.cinar](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/berkay.cinar)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2021, 5:58am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/adding-popup-video-perspective/51479 "2021-09-30T05:58:07Z")
Hello everybody, I want to use videoplayer component in perspective but could not found detailed explanations or examples. I want the video to pop up and play due to certain tag being 1 and closing the video if the tag … --- ## [Allen-Bradley Logix Driver Disconnects intermittently](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/allen-bradley-logix-driver-disconnects-intermittently/51458)
**Author:** [@SBhumkar](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/SBhumkar)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2021, 5:23am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/allen-bradley-logix-driver-disconnects-intermittently/51458 "2021-09-30T05:23:02Z")
We have 2 an Allen Bradley Control Logix PLC 5580 V32 connected via the built-in OPC-UA Allen Bradley Logix Driver( )out of two, 1 PLC at least twice a day the connection is dropped and it does not reconnect. Selecting… --- ## [I can't lunch project.Help me](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/i-cant-lunch-project-help-me/51430)
**Author:** [@wangjun\_ming\_1996](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/wangjun_ming_1996)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2021, 4:29am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/i-cant-lunch-project-help-me/51430 "2021-09-30T04:29:19Z")
I create a project. I can use designer to launch project and run it normally but i download project suffix ‘.jnlp’ file to run. It display JAVA icon. Several minutes later the icon disappear. Nothing happened. The p… --- ## [How to stop Power Chart from adding multiple x-traces and brushed areas?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-stop-power-chart-from-adding-multiple-x-traces-and-brushed-areas/44457)
**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2021, 11:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-stop-power-chart-from-adding-multiple-x-traces-and-brushed-areas/44457 "2021-09-29T23:10:04Z")
v8.1.3 I’m using a touchscreen with no keyboard and can’t seem to find an option to disable adding a new x-trace when the operator touches the chart area :confused: I’m sure this might be useful maybe, but not so much w… --- ## [Delayed communication with Allen bradley PLC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/delayed-communication-with-allen-bradley-plc/51475)
**Author:** [@kunal.ghule](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kunal.ghule)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2021, 10:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/delayed-communication-with-allen-bradley-plc/51475 "2021-09-29T22:39:30Z")
I’m working on ignition edge and haveing issue with PLC communication delay while writing into using bidirectional binding. Most of the things are in default settings. after research following are main 2 errors im stuc… --- ## [Perspective Power Chart: Date Range Selector as an independent component](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-power-chart-date-range-selector-as-an-independent-component/49828)
**Author:** [@jsalceda](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jsalceda)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2021, 8:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-power-chart-date-range-selector-as-an-independent-component/49828 "2021-09-29T20:55:52Z")
Hello everyone, Is there any possibility for a Date Range Selector component in the near future? like the one used inside the Perspective Power Chart, here’s a screenshot for reference: --- ## [When should go to Entreprise Architecture?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/when-should-go-to-entreprise-architecture/51470)
**Author:** [@francois.guy](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/francois.guy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2021, 8:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/when-should-go-to-entreprise-architecture/51470 "2021-09-29T20:35:07Z")
Hi, we have 4 differents plants and for now we’re planning to have 4 standard architectures. Theses are not big plants and we just start to use Ignition. For the biggest plant we can have maybe 19000 tags. I was think… --- ## [XY Chart Component Error](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/xy-chart-component-error/51468)
**Author:** [@nicholas.robinson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nicholas.robinson)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/xy-chart-component-error/51468 "2021-09-29T20:27:54Z")
Looking around I can see several topics about the XY chart, example: We are using 8.1.10 and we see this happening: In order to fix it, I click F5 to refresh the browser and it goes away. It seems to occur ran… --- ## [RunNamedQuery with parameter not compiling](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/runnamedquery-with-parameter-not-compiling/51454)
**Author:** [@bob.richards](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bob.richards)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2021, 6:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/runnamedquery-with-parameter-not-compiling/51454 "2021-09-29T18:43:19Z")
I have two named queries Last30DaysDowntime (contains a string parameter named plant) \[see attached file named Last30DaysDowntime\] Last30DaysNoParam (same query as Last30DaysDowntime but with no parameter) \[see attach… --- ## [8.1 Perspective projects use system tags?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/8-1-perspective-projects-use-system-tags/51463)
**Author:** [@mjohnson0238](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mjohnson0238)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2021, 6:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/8-1-perspective-projects-use-system-tags/51463 "2021-09-29T18:34:52Z")
Can 8.1 Perspective projects use system tags? i.e., \[System\]Client/Network/Hostname I keep getting a “null” returned. --- ## [Office365, MFA and emailing through Ignition?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/office365-mfa-and-emailing-through-ignition/51462)
**Author:** [@bkarabinchak.psi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bkarabinchak.psi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2021, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/office365-mfa-and-emailing-through-ignition/51462 "2021-09-29T18:25:39Z")
My application uses emailing via microsoft/office365. This worked fine. Just this week our IT enabled multifactor authetnication for office365, and now emails are failing with errors in the log that are like this - ja… --- ## [Access PLC Datatype Metadata via Ignition OPC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/access-plc-datatype-metadata-via-ignition-opc/51459)
**Author:** [@rricard](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rricard)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2021, 6:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/access-plc-datatype-metadata-via-ignition-opc/51459 "2021-09-29T18:05:35Z")
We’d like to collect a comment that was added to a PLC tag (beckhoff structured text) and view it in ignition. It’s possible to do this via UaGateway using the ‘Description’ Attribute, of the type Opc.Ua.Localized. Wha… --- ## [Is there a way to select from a results of a stored procedure in SQL Server?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-select-from-a-results-of-a-stored-procedure-in-sql-server/51414)
**Author:** [@bkarabinchak.psi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bkarabinchak.psi)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2021, 5:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-select-from-a-results-of-a-stored-procedure-in-sql-server/51414 "2021-09-29T17:38:23Z")
I have a new stored procedure that runs a god amount of logic to determine a result set to return. I have two custom dataset properties on a root container that select certain columns from the old result set by a direct… --- ## [Sudden restart of the gateway](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sudden-restart-of-the-gateway/51192)
**Author:** [@kaushik.shah](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kaushik.shah)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2021, 5:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sudden-restart-of-the-gateway/51192 "2021-09-29T17:20:51Z")
Few minutes ago, I realized that my gateway restarted automatically. All started at around 09:02 AM. I tried reading logs and below is what I found : Any ideas on possible cause ? --- ## [Is there a way to timeout a window?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-timeout-a-window/51451)
**Author:** [@kaushik.shah](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kaushik.shah)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2021, 4:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-timeout-a-window/51451 "2021-09-29T16:46:10Z")
Is there a way you can run a timer or may be system.util.invokeAsynchronous to timeout the window (pop-up in this case) after a specific time ? --- ## [Accidently Broke the Gateway web page - Help](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/accidently-broke-the-gateway-web-page-help/51445)
**Author:** [@cbeard](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cbeard)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2021, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/accidently-broke-the-gateway-web-page-help/51445 "2021-09-29T16:18:35Z")
I configured the gateway with a certificate successfully, but then I configured different ports and now the gateway web page won’t come up no matter what ports I use. I found the file C:\\Program Files\\Inductive Automatio… --- ## [System.tag.readBlocking method only read the current tag value?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-readblocking-method-only-read-the-current-tag-value/51408)
**Author:** [@phandc](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/phandc)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2021, 2:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-readblocking-method-only-read-the-current-tag-value/51408 "2021-09-29T14:54:45Z")
Hi everyone! I am trying to bind a tag using Python script instead of binding through UI. I have used system.tag.readBlocking method to read the tag’s value then passing it to a label. I noticed that the label only show… --- ## [Perspective Power Chart - Transaction Group Data](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-power-chart-transaction-group-data/51365)
**Author:** [@rajesh.dayala](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rajesh.dayala)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2021, 1:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-power-chart-transaction-group-data/51365 "2021-09-29T13:08:23Z")
Hi All, I am using version 8.1.7. First thing is, I have to create extra tag history provider as shown in the image, so that I can see DB table list under browser tags of powerChart in perspective. I want to hide the … --- ## [Perspective Map "Theming" - Internet Tile Server Options](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-map-theming-internet-tile-server-options/40164)
**Author:** [@nathan.boeger](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nathan.boeger)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2021, 1:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-map-theming-internet-tile-server-options/40164 "2021-09-29T13:02:54Z")
There are considerable free mapping resources available online. This explores using different tile server URLs, which has the effect of considerably different maps. ArcGIS servers are somewhat “self-documenting” in that… --- ## [Swiping to Exit](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/swiping-to-exit/29970)
**Author:** [@scicco](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/scicco)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2021, 9:07am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/swiping-to-exit/29970 "2021-09-29T09:07:50Z")
I have a Perspective project with an onDemand left dock menu. I was randomly getting an Exit Application popup when I was trying to open the menu. I just realized there must be something built into Perspective that mak… --- ## [Capture Sunset and Surise Time in Ignition](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/capture-sunset-and-surise-time-in-ignition/51382)
**Author:** [@pranjali.ramtekkar](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pranjali.ramtekkar)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2021, 6:55am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/capture-sunset-and-surise-time-in-ignition/51382 "2021-09-29T06:55:08Z")
How can I capture Sunset and Sunrise Time in Perspective ignition ? Can you provide me some direction? --- ## [Tag Alarming - Expression](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-alarming-expression/51426)
**Author:** [@michaelf](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michaelf)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2021, 1:18am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-alarming-expression/51426 "2021-09-29T01:18:03Z")
Hi there, I have an alarm to show display message when triggered: left({itemPath},indexOf({itemPath},"/")) + " - " + substring({itemPath},indexOf({itemPath},"/F")+1,len({itemPath})) + " - " + {notes} + " - P" + {Platten… --- ## [Ignition 8 API Similar to Ignition 7 API](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-api-similar-to-ignition-7-api/51422)
**Author:** [@jacob.ramirez](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jacob.ramirez)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2021, 10:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-api-similar-to-ignition-7-api/51422 "2021-09-28T22:44:25Z")
Is there a page for Ignition 8 like this one for Ignition 7? http://files.inductiveautomation.com/sdk/javadoc/ignition79/795/index.html --- ## [Binding on enable ui/popup Map Component not functioning as expected?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/binding-on-enable-ui-popup-map-component-not-functioning-as-expected/51424)
**Author:** [@justin.huggins](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/justin.huggins)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2021, 10:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/binding-on-enable-ui-popup-map-component-not-functioning-as-expected/51424 "2021-09-28T22:32:33Z")
I have created a single checkbox that I want to control the “enable” of the layers/ui/popup/enable. Basically just want to turn them all on or off with the single checkbox. Seems like a simple binding, but will only w… --- ## [Symbolic Link to Project folder](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/symbolic-link-to-project-folder/51025)
**Author:** [@ajacques](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ajacques)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2021, 10:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/symbolic-link-to-project-folder/51025 "2021-09-28T22:13:37Z")
I’m trying to setup a symbolic link for an Ignition project and am having trouble doing so. My goal is to have different versions of a project stored in different folders outside of Ignition’s data/project’s folder (so a… --- ## [Scripting Ignition Gateway functionality](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/scripting-ignition-gateway-functionality/51416)
**Author:** [@drojas](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/drojas)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2021, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/scripting-ignition-gateway-functionality/51416 "2021-09-28T20:09:48Z")
Are there ways to script certain gateway functionality such as creating journals, audit profiles, realtime tag providers, service security, user sources…etc? I’d like to build a project that has capability to automate c… --- ## [Ignition client Raspberry Pi ubuntu](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-client-raspberry-pi-ubuntu/51418)
**Author:** [@ejaegler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ejaegler)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2021, 7:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-client-raspberry-pi-ubuntu/51418 "2021-09-28T19:58:23Z")
With Ubuntu now creating a 64 bit operating system for the Raspberry Pi 4, has anyone tried to run a vision client on a Raspberry Pi ubuntu system? I do not see much documentation in regards to vision and linux. --- ## [Alarms from Dataset Tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarms-from-dataset-tags/51413)
**Author:** [@Duffanator](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Duffanator)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2021, 7:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarms-from-dataset-tags/51413 "2021-09-28T19:45:09Z")
Hey all, Maybe someone has done something like this before, I can’t figure out a good way to go about it. I am pulling alarm data from a different system via a SQL table, I’d like to mirror those alarms in Ignition. Is… [Previous page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=953) [Next page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=955)