# Ignition **URL:** https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=988 [Latest](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/tags.md) **Page:** 989 --- ## [Perspectiive property expression or binding challenge](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspectiive-property-expression-or-binding-challenge/49003)
**Author:** [@Data](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Data)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2021, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspectiive-property-expression-or-binding-challenge/49003 "2021-07-20T18:00:05Z")
If anyone out there could help we would really appreciate some tips- We’re trying to bind a single checkbox to the property of 4 different tags. Using the tutorials and help files we’re unable to find an example that he… --- ## [Power Chart Date Range Selector](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-chart-date-range-selector/49002)
**Author:** [@isabellapitco](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/isabellapitco)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2021, 5:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-chart-date-range-selector/49002 "2021-07-20T17:57:55Z")
As of now, when you open the date range selector (for historical mode) on the power chart the default date is the one last selected in the designer, no matter the user. Is there anyway for it to default to today’s date? … --- ## [Gateway faulted cant access gateway control utility](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-faulted-cant-access-gateway-control-utility/48962)
**Author:** [@dzohner](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dzohner)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2021, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-faulted-cant-access-gateway-control-utility/48962 "2021-07-20T16:24:28Z")
I have a vaulted gateway I have tried following other threads on here but can’t even launch the gateway control utility does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks --- ## [Psychrometric charts?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/psychrometric-charts/48968)
**Author:** [@ProfMechatronic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ProfMechatronic)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2021, 4:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/psychrometric-charts/48968 "2021-07-20T16:04:45Z")
Hello, I was wondering if anyone has tried to produce a psychrometric chart in Ignition? I am looking at creating this but I am unsure if Ignition has this ability or not. For those that don’t know, a psychrometric gr… --- ## [Swapping Screens based on a tag from PLC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/swapping-screens-based-on-a-tag-from-plc/48979)
**Author:** [@pkhoshroo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pkhoshroo)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2021, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/swapping-screens-based-on-a-tag-from-plc/48979 "2021-07-20T15:42:54Z")
Hello everyone, I want to be able to change the screen based on a boolean tag (an OPT touch button) from PLC. I have two screens (Top/Bottom) and before changing the screen first I want to know which screen is open. S… --- ## [\[BUG\] 8.1.0 Vision "Set XML from clipboard" not working](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-8-1-0-vision-set-xml-from-clipboard-not-working/41952)
**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2021, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-8-1-0-vision-set-xml-from-clipboard-not-working/41952 "2021-07-20T15:23:42Z")
Shift+Right-clicking on a Template or Window and selecting Copy XML to Clipboard works, but using the Set XML from Clipboard action doesn’t do anything. Although the component you paste it onto does become italicised to … --- ## [String formatting from textbox value - Leading zeros/spaces](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/string-formatting-from-textbox-value-leading-zeros-spaces/48986)
**Author:** [@soundwavesct](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/soundwavesct)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2021, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/string-formatting-from-textbox-value-leading-zeros-spaces/48986 "2021-07-20T14:59:35Z")
Hello, I am concatenating several strings into a barcode. Each segment is coming from a textbox value and needs to be padded (left) with either a zero or a space depending on the variable. I have tried numerous Python … --- ## [system.device.addDevice bacnet LOCALBACNETDEVICESETTINGSID](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-device-adddevice-bacnet-localbacnetdevicesettingsid/48959)
**Author:** [@cbarker](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cbarker)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2021, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-device-adddevice-bacnet-localbacnetdevicesettingsid/48959 "2021-07-20T14:07:24Z")
I am currently trying to make a custom form for populating the bacnet device list. Eventually this will be fed data from another source to churn out a lot of these connections, rather than hand addition. I am basing thi… --- ## [JNA with Ignition 8.x](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/jna-with-ignition-8-x/48977)
**Author:** [@stefano\_marengo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/stefano_marengo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2021, 12:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/jna-with-ignition-8-x/48977 "2021-07-20T12:36:34Z")
Hello everybody. If I well understood, until Ignition 7.x, the java libraries (JNA) was native from SUN. But with Ignition 8.x the java lib are deployed by Inductive Automation with a custom package. This shouldn’t a … --- ## [Issue in implementing Loading Progress Bar](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/issue-in-implementing-loading-progress-bar/48972)
**Author:** [@KumarArvind](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/KumarArvind)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2021, 12:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/issue-in-implementing-loading-progress-bar/48972 "2021-07-20T12:19:41Z")
We are loading data into power table by calling a function through runScript. When data is large in size, it takes time for loading the data. We were trying to implement loading progress bar till the time data loads into… --- ## [Perspective dropdown alarm priority](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-dropdown-alarm-priority/48975)
**Author:** [@michal.konopski](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michal.konopski)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2021, 8:00am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-dropdown-alarm-priority/48975 "2021-07-20T08:00:08Z")
Hello everyone, I’m currently trying to make a dropdown selection to change the alarm priority in perspective I created a dropdown and connected its value to a script if len(value)\>0: #Get tag alarms alarms = syste… --- ## [Link user roles to security levels](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/link-user-roles-to-security-levels/48974)
**Author:** [@flavien](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/flavien)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2021, 7:52am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/link-user-roles-to-security-levels/48974 "2021-07-20T07:52:03Z")
Hi, Before Upgrade to Ignition I used a user source named “home” and I created roles. In perspective I created 3 security levels “Administrator”, “SuperUser” and “User”. How can I link my roles created in “home” with … --- ## [Assigning bigint datatype in Python](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/assigning-bigint-datatype-in-python/22083)
**Author:** [@wakaguaka](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/wakaguaka)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2021, 6:35am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/assigning-bigint-datatype-in-python/22083 "2021-07-20T06:35:08Z")
Hello, I want to send information into multiple databases in a postgresql environment. I have a sql function that returns the id that was inserted from the previous execution. The problem that I am facing is that the … --- ## [Perspective Popup Question](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-popup-question/48955)
**Author:** [@franklepkowski](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/franklepkowski)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2021, 4:53am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-popup-question/48955 "2021-07-20T04:53:40Z")
If I open a popup window (A) that has a button that closes the current pop up and opens another (B)I am seeing the following behavior. If I drag A somewhere other than center then click button to close A and open B, B o… --- ## [Log in a proyect](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/log-in-a-proyect/48966)
**Author:** [@orlandocid29](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/orlandocid29)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2021, 4:42am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/log-in-a-proyect/48966 "2021-07-20T04:42:00Z")
I´m serch for a utility in a proyect. How i can log in, in my windows and when i was log others windows, you don´t see depending the user registred --- ## [EAM connected device status is always in shutdown mode](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/eam-connected-device-status-is-always-in-shutdown-mode/48963)
**Author:** [@Dillon.lee](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Dillon.lee)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 9:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/eam-connected-device-status-is-always-in-shutdown-mode/48963 "2021-07-19T21:05:23Z")
I have a gateway connected to the EAM server and for some reason the status is always showing as shutdown. I have power cycled it, re-established the EAM connection, have others connected just fine, what else am I missin… --- ## [Issue with queryAlarmStatus() and getActiveData()](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/issue-with-queryalarmstatus-and-getactivedata/48956)
**Author:** [@jkirchman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jkirchman)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 8:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/issue-with-queryalarmstatus-and-getactivedata/48956 "2021-07-19T20:48:09Z")
I am unable to access the values returned from getActiveData(). The code below runs fine: alarms = system.alarm.queryStatus() print alarms\[0\].getActiveData() output: {eventTime=Mon Jul 19 10:14:49 CDT 2021, label… --- ## [Unable to open attachments from email sent using system.net.sendEmail](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-open-attachments-from-email-sent-using-system-net-sendemail/48946)
**Author:** [@gramesh](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/gramesh)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-open-attachments-from-email-sent-using-system-net-sendemail/48946 "2021-07-19T17:31:31Z")
I am working on a Perspective app where I am using the system.net.sendEmail function to send attachments to an email address. I am able to get the email with the attachments but when i open them i get the following error… --- ## [UDT Parameter in a Tag Change script](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/udt-parameter-in-a-tag-change-script/48945)
**Author:** [@srb](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/srb)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/udt-parameter-in-a-tag-change-script/48945 "2021-07-19T17:31:07Z")
Hi all, I’m on 8.1.7 and I’m trying to access a UDT parameter as follows but I seem to be getting a null value: siteName = tag\[‘parameters’\]\[‘SiteName’\] Is this right? --- ## [Any way to push browser notification from Perspective?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/any-way-to-push-browser-notification-from-perspective/48947)
**Author:** [@justin.brzozoski](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/justin.brzozoski)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/any-way-to-push-browser-notification-from-perspective/48947 "2021-07-19T16:50:22Z")
Is there any way to push browser notifications from a Perspective session? I mean like the ones that popup on the local PC when using things like this forum, for example. --- ## [Disabling Alarm Timestamp](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disabling-alarm-timestamp/48948)
**Author:** [@jramirez3](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jramirez3)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disabling-alarm-timestamp/48948 "2021-07-19T16:43:26Z")
When changing an alarms enabled property from “Enabled to Disabled”, is there a way to get the timestamps of this somewhere? I need to be able to disable an alarm and enable it later after some period of time. --- ## [Calculate column values from Table](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/calculate-column-values-from-table/40605)
**Author:** [@p\_hanson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/p_hanson)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 4:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/calculate-column-values-from-table/40605 "2021-07-19T16:35:27Z")
I’m trying to create a Display Label with a calculated value from a specific Table column that is populated based on an SQL query. The query uses a where clause based on a calendar, so anyone can select a date on the ca… --- ## [OPC Tags keep 'Good' quality after OPC client connection is deleted?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-tags-keep-good-quality-after-opc-client-connection-is-deleted/48675)
**Author:** [@321liftoff](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/321liftoff)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-tags-keep-good-quality-after-opc-client-connection-is-deleted/48675 "2021-07-19T16:29:48Z")
Running Ignition version 8.1.5 and OPC module 9.1.5 (b2021042810). I have an OPC-UA server and had an OPC-UA client connection to it from Ignition. I have Ignition tags created from OPC-UA nodes. After deleting the OP… --- ## [Ignition Tag Scanning Stagger](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-tag-scanning-stagger/48952)
**Author:** [@MAz123](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/MAz123)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-tag-scanning-stagger/48952 "2021-07-19T16:17:07Z")
Hi all, Is there a way to stagger the scanning of tags from OPC-UA devices in Ignition to reduce the load on the devices? For example, set the tags in a way so that the first second a group of tags would be scanned, the… --- ## [Documentation on system.opcua.addConnection/removeConnection?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/documentation-on-system-opcua-addconnection-removeconnection/48786)
**Author:** [@frank.carney](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/frank.carney)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/documentation-on-system-opcua-addconnection-removeconnection/48786 "2021-07-19T14:44:08Z")
I found in the nightly build summaries this: Connectivity 2174: system.opcua.addConnection and system.opcua.removeConnection New scripting functions for adding/removing OPC UA connections: system.opcua.addConnection an… --- ## [Syntax error on text expression](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/syntax-error-on-text-expression/48917)
**Author:** [@joelle.rennick](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/joelle.rennick)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 2:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/syntax-error-on-text-expression/48917 "2021-07-19T14:32:38Z")
Hello! I am trying to get a text to change what it says based on if 2 tags are true or false. For example, if the RDY (ready) tag is on and the RNG (running) tag is on, the text should say ‘RUNNING’. I have a tag path pr… --- ## [Quarantine issue with historian](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/quarantine-issue-with-historian/48941)
**Author:** [@vrautomation](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/vrautomation)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/quarantine-issue-with-historian/48941 "2021-07-19T13:38:07Z")
Hello folks! Ignition 8.1.3 Sql Server 2019 I have a big number of quanrantines items. Most of them because of “Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint”. Also, the buttons “Retry All” and “Delete All” are shaded… So: 1… --- ## [Day of the week in a dropdown calendar](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/day-of-the-week-in-a-dropdown-calendar/5076)
**Author:** [@Z\_M\_S](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Z_M_S)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 1:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/day-of-the-week-in-a-dropdown-calendar/5076 "2021-07-19T13:08:29Z")
Hello. I have a question. Days of the week in a dropdown calendar are shown since a Sunday and finishind Saturday. But I need to make calendar to show them since a Monday and finishing Sunday. How can I make this? --- ## [Edge vs Gateway UDT paths](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/edge-vs-gateway-udt-paths/48940)
**Author:** [@ceckholm](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ceckholm)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 1:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/edge-vs-gateway-udt-paths/48940 "2021-07-19T13:02:40Z")
I was given some UDTs from a distributed gateway system to use in a new Edge stand alone application. Trying to use them, but not working like I had hoped. Diagnostics show several items “Bad\_NotFound”. Verified that … --- ## [Custom ToolTip when using a Tall Status Chart](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/custom-tooltip-when-using-a-tall-status-chart/48912)
**Author:** [@nathan.ricks](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nathan.ricks)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 10:23am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/custom-tooltip-when-using-a-tall-status-chart/48912 "2021-07-19T10:23:14Z")
Hey all, I’m working with a status chart in the tall data format (8.1.6 - Ignition Designer - Vision), and I’m trying to use the getToolTipText extension function. The problem I run into is the seriesIndex parameter ret… [Previous page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=987) [Next page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=989)