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**Author:** [@tmahaffey](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tmahaffey)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2021, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-db-runquery-add-a-native-ignition-dt-object-to-a-datetime-mssql-date-colum/43657 "2021-02-22T13:58:03Z")
Here’s my code. Basically all i’m doing is trying to copy the contents stored in this dataset into a SQL table. I think its getting hung up on the fact that the SQL database’s date datatype might be differnet than igniti… --- ## [Call custom method](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/call-custom-method/43649)
**Author:** [@jiawei.liu](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jiawei.liu)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2021, 1:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/call-custom-method/43649 "2021-02-22T13:23:51Z")
Can I use the library of custom modules in python script? if it is possible, can provide me an example --- ## [Size elements in perspective](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/size-elements-in-perspective/43610)
**Author:** [@OscarLucas](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/OscarLucas)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2021, 1:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/size-elements-in-perspective/43610 "2021-02-22T13:14:50Z")
Dear all I am working with perspective, and i don’t understand how to set the size of a button for example. If i wanted bigger the program do not give me access to do it. Looks to be very easy, but i found this probl… --- ## [Ignition designer Login problem](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-designer-login-problem/15053)
**Author:** [@BHASKAR](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/BHASKAR)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2017, 11:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-designer-login-problem/15053 "2017-08-21T23:33:18Z")
I am not able to login to Ignition designer...? My user name & password every thing is corrrect. What may be the reason?? Even I could see the status & configure page with the same user name and password. --- ## [Dataset regarding doubt](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dataset-regarding-doubt/43667)
**Author:** [@prasath.t](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/prasath.t)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2021, 12:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dataset-regarding-doubt/43667 "2021-02-22T12:10:35Z")
i just want to convert the image dataset to below mentioned format is this possible dryer n handling 636 finish line 81.82 mixer 146.25 please let me know how to convert dataset lik… --- ## [Alarm Journal update time](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-journal-update-time/9172)
**Author:** [@Serhii](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Serhii)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2021, 8:29am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-journal-update-time/9172 "2021-02-22T08:29:07Z")
Hello for all! How often the Alarm Journal updates his values? Where i can change this time? I am create an alarm tag, make alarm and in Alarm Status Table it shows after 1 sec. I want that the same time can be in Ala… --- ## [Alarm Status Table vs Alarm Journal Table - Set interval time](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-status-table-vs-alarm-journal-table-set-interval-time/43606)
**Author:** [@gmiroclosa](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/gmiroclosa)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2021, 7:58am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-status-table-vs-alarm-journal-table-set-interval-time/43606 "2021-02-22T07:58:40Z")
Hi, I’m newer with Ignition. My question is about define an Interval time that will show alarms on a table, for example from 2hours ago until now. I could fix the problem with Alarm Journal Table. But I couldn’t find … --- ## [Gets the last value](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gets-the-last-value/43650)
**Author:** [@448719222](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/448719222)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2021, 1:47am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gets-the-last-value/43650 "2021-02-22T01:47:31Z")
In the development of the SDK module, can I directly obtain the last value and time of the tag without queryhistory? For example, if the tag changes from 0 to 10, can I obtain the value 0 and time before 10 in the code --- ## [Can't find Position for buttons in vision (width, height, x,y)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cant-find-position-for-buttons-in-vision-width-height-x-y/43662)
**Author:** [@Yfactor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Yfactor)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2021, 10:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cant-find-position-for-buttons-in-vision-width-height-x-y/43662 "2021-02-21T22:44:25Z")
Hi there I am on 8.1 and I can’t find the position property for buttons on vision… Where are they? e.g. width, height, x,y --- ## [Client Launcher "broke" after upgrading to 7.9.10](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/client-launcher-broke-after-upgrading-to-7-9-10/22176)
**Author:** [@CJVR](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/CJVR)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2021, 9:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/client-launcher-broke-after-upgrading-to-7-9-10/22176 "2021-02-21T21:18:20Z")
Sunday we upgraded to 7.9.10. Today we could not use the 7.9.9 CL to start any projects. The CL displays all of the projects available but when you try to run a project nothing happens. The log file contains these entrie… --- ## [HTTP get - send body text](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/http-get-send-body-text/43118)
**Author:** [@eichler-eng](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/eichler-eng)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2021, 9:46am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/http-get-send-body-text/43118 "2021-02-21T09:46:34Z")
Hi All I've written a short script that pulls data from a web server. This works fine but I would like to send some arguments in the body of the HTTP command so that I can filter the results. The documentation from the… --- ## [System tag write blocking](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-write-blocking/43240)
**Author:** [@michael.black](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michael.black)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2021, 1:17am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-write-blocking/43240 "2021-02-21T01:17:45Z")
I have a container with 4 objects in it and I want to control visibility on the container based on if the mouse is over the container or not. I created a custom property called HighlightVis for the coordinate container. … --- ## [\[BUG\] Ignition 8 upgrade leaves old version in Windows Registry](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-ignition-8-upgrade-leaves-old-version-in-windows-registry/43528)
**Author:** [@witman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/witman)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2021, 8:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-ignition-8-upgrade-leaves-old-version-in-windows-registry/43528 "2021-02-20T20:35:36Z")
This is on Windows 10 after a restart following upgrade to 8.1.2. Should this have been left here? Will uninstalling the old version break anything? If it’s safe to uninstall this, will the fact we uninstalled standa… --- ## [Which Linux Distribution for a SCADA Ignition Server?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/which-linux-distribution-for-a-scada-ignition-server/43389)
**Author:** [@eccornelsen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/eccornelsen)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2021, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/which-linux-distribution-for-a-scada-ignition-server/43389 "2021-02-20T13:56:08Z")
Hi there, Which Linux Distribution do you recommend to run a SCADA server with Ignition project? Thanks --- ## [8.0.13 Client Launcher Not installing Apps](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/8-0-13-client-launcher-not-installing-apps/35763)
**Author:** [@jcaudle](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jcaudle)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2021, 2:04am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/8-0-13-client-launcher-not-installing-apps/35763 "2021-02-20T02:04:33Z")
Recently updated the gateway to 8.0.13 and cannot use the client launcher to install apps. My work around was to reinstall the client launcher from an older gateway 8.0.12 which then was able to install the icon, app an… --- ## [Ignition 7.9 Gateway Home Page. How Do I Remove a Project](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-7-9-gateway-home-page-how-do-i-remove-a-project/43645)
**Author:** [@ddurant](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ddurant)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2021, 1:37am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-7-9-gateway-home-page-how-do-i-remove-a-project/43645 "2021-02-20T01:37:12Z")
I have a project which shows up in my 7.9 homepage under “Launch Projects”. One of the projects no longer exists. It’s not in my projects list under the Configure. How do i delete it? I don’t see that option anywher… --- ## [ProductionModelRunner Error](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/productionmodelrunner-error/43643)
**Author:** [@yifan.jiang](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/yifan.jiang)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2021, 12:34am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/productionmodelrunner-error/43643 "2021-02-20T00:34:56Z")
Hi All: We are running ignition gateway version 8.0.15. We have just enabled gateway redundancy and everything else seems to be working fine, except this productionmodelrunner error keeps logging into the system log. Pl… --- ## [PLC Allen Bradley 1400](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/plc-allen-bradley-1400/43635)
**Author:** [@paul.chacon](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul.chacon)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2021, 11:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/plc-allen-bradley-1400/43635 "2021-02-19T23:04:04Z")
Hi Guys I have an allen bradley 1766-L32BWA C/21.02 MicroLogix 1400. Currently i have 3 of them already connected to the Factory brain with no issues but this last one does not show any information. Do you have any su… --- ## [Using script to write to a few tags after a value is entered into a text field](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-script-to-write-to-a-few-tags-after-a-value-is-entered-into-a-text-field/43640)
**Author:** [@michael.black](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michael.black)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2021, 10:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-script-to-write-to-a-few-tags-after-a-value-is-entered-into-a-text-field/43640 "2021-02-19T22:28:53Z")
I have a text field that I would like to put a script on which would write that value entered into a few tags defined in the script. I know in vision you can use the propertychange event handler but I do not see anythin… --- ## [View resetting in designer on connection restored](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/view-resetting-in-designer-on-connection-restored/31510)
**Author:** [@Rmorgan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Rmorgan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2021, 9:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/view-resetting-in-designer-on-connection-restored/31510 "2021-02-19T21:17:22Z")
Since using version 8.0.7 it seems that if you suffer momentary loss of connection to the gateway from the designer, when the connection gets restored the view resets to the last saved view, it keeps happening whether it… --- ## [Getting current user roles onStartup session](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/getting-current-user-roles-onstartup-session/43636)
**Author:** [@drojas](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/drojas)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2021, 9:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/getting-current-user-roles-onstartup-session/43636 "2021-02-19T21:15:14Z")
I am trying to populate a dropdown menu of all the roles that the current user belongs to after they have logged in to a Perspective session (using an internal usersource and Ignition default IdP). However, the system.s… --- ## [Database Fault and ResultWriter Error](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/database-fault-and-resultwriter-error/43630)
**Author:** [@kstewart](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kstewart)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2021, 7:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/database-fault-and-resultwriter-error/43630 "2021-02-19T19:32:17Z")
I have created many of our pages to use historical tags and values to fill many of the components. After doing so I have been having problems with one of our databases faulting out due to too many connections. Many of th… --- ## [Backups are being made 0 kb each time, no error in logs?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/backups-are-being-made-0-kb-each-time-no-error-in-logs/43625)
**Author:** [@bkarabinchak.psi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bkarabinchak.psi)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2021, 6:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/backups-are-being-made-0-kb-each-time-no-error-in-logs/43625 "2021-02-19T18:32:59Z")
I am using 8.0.14. Recently had to change what folder my Gateway backups go into. Was testing with a backup every minute and the logs are saying that the gateway backup happened successfully, however the backups themse… --- ## [Export report in csv](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/export-report-in-csv/5906)
**Author:** [@gnguyen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/gnguyen)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2021, 6:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/export-report-in-csv/5906 "2021-02-19T18:08:24Z")
Hi, is it possible to export a Report in csv ? Regards --- ## [How can I group embedded views into a container?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-can-i-group-embedded-views-into-a-container/43616)
**Author:** [@DougSN](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/DougSN)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2021, 6:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-can-i-group-embedded-views-into-a-container/43616 "2021-02-19T18:02:57Z")
I have created several small coordinate views to use as templates in my Perspective project. I have a larger column view where I would like to put a few containers, each container having a few embedded views in it so tha… --- ## [Ad-Hock Trend update](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ad-hock-trend-update/43369)
**Author:** [@Gracefull](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Gracefull)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2021, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ad-hock-trend-update/43369 "2021-02-19T17:30:31Z")
I see on the description it says the latest version is 1.06. but all i can find to download is 1.05 ? --- ## [Module signer issue](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/module-signer-issue/43627)
**Author:** [@oisin.gribben](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/oisin.gribben)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2021, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/module-signer-issue/43627 "2021-02-19T17:13:55Z")
Hi, When signing our module we are now getting this error. Exception in thread "main" org.apache.commons.cli.UnrecognizedOptionException: Unrecognized option: -jar at org.apache.commons.cli.DefaultParser.handle… --- ## [Audit STATUS\_CODE column interpretation](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/audit-status-code-column-interpretation/43624)
**Author:** [@mazeyrat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mazeyrat)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/audit-status-code-column-interpretation/43624 "2021-02-19T16:27:15Z")
@PGriffith Ignition 8.1.2 In audit table, we have some code in column STATUS\_CODE. Status\_code = 0 =\> OK Status\_code = -2146238464 Can we use something like: from com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.model.value… --- ## [Dynamically populating Menu Tree from database table](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dynamically-populating-menu-tree-from-database-table/43573)
**Author:** [@Peter.Dmitriev](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Peter.Dmitriev)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2021, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dynamically-populating-menu-tree-from-database-table/43573 "2021-02-19T16:18:16Z")
Hello, I’m trying to figure out the best way to dynamically populate Menu Tree component with the data from database. One way I can think of is to bind items prop to a named query and add script transform to format quer… --- ## [system.alarm.queryStatus broken in 7.9.5?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-alarm-querystatus-broken-in-7-9-5/16279)
**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2021, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-alarm-querystatus-broken-in-7-9-5/16279 "2021-02-19T16:07:58Z")
I was using this function in 7.9.4 which was working, however after upgrading to 7.9.5, it appears to be broken... I've been trying to test with a simplified case: system.alarm.queryStatus(source=\["\*Winery/Tank Farms/W… [Previous page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md?page=1216) [Next page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md?page=1218)