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## [Perspective Report Viewer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-report-viewer/33138)

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**Author:** [@jpark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jpark)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2020, 3:27am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-report-viewer/33138 "2020-10-20T03:27:48Z")

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8.0.10 RC1 I am unable to get a simple report showing on the Perspective Report Component. Even a simple report that displays a text parameter does not work in perspective. It works fine using the Vision component. I …

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## [\[BUG\] Perspective: Coord container Copy component outside bounds Pastes very small](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-perspective-coord-container-copy-component-outside-bounds-pastes-very-small/39821)

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**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2020, 2:32am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-perspective-coord-container-copy-component-outside-bounds-pastes-very-small/39821 "2020-10-20T02:32:05Z")

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v8.1.0rc1 In fact, there are numerous bugs when component bounds are not container in the container bounds. Some of these components disappear altogether in the browser/client as well, even if they display correctly i…

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## [Ignition 7.9 FTP over TLS](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-7-9-ftp-over-tls/39818)

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**Author:** [@Jonathan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jonathan)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2020, 2:24am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-7-9-ftp-over-tls/39818 "2020-10-20T02:24:16Z")

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I am trying to automate uploading a file to an FTP server that requires explicit FTP over TLS. I have tried using pythons ftplib, but that does not seem to have support for FTPS until 2.7. I then wrote a script that use…

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## [Remote tag provider issue](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/remote-tag-provider-issue/39820)

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**Author:** [@seancourtney1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/seancourtney1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2020, 2:21am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/remote-tag-provider-issue/39820 "2020-10-20T02:21:41Z")

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Ignition 8.1 –Tags are available, and correct in the tag browser, under ’ All providers’ but are not available in the OPC browser. Tags were available to browse from the OPC Browser at one point , but no more. –Restar…

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## [\[BUG-788\] Security Level selections are reset to NONE, when editing a Views Security Level](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-788-security-level-selections-are-reset-to-none-when-editing-a-views-security-level/39634)

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**Author:** [@vipo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/vipo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2020, 12:33am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-788-security-level-selections-are-reset-to-none-when-editing-a-views-security-level/39634 "2020-10-20T00:33:00Z")

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Security Level selections are reset to NONE, when Configuring View Permissions This makes it impossible to work with, since you have to know what security level a View has, before you want to configure view permissions. …

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## [Perspective Alarm status table Background 8.0.12](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-alarm-status-table-background-8-0-12/39817)

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**Author:** [@Yfactor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Yfactor)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2020, 11:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-alarm-status-table-background-8-0-12/39817 "2020-10-19T23:06:37Z")

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Hi there, how do we change the alarm status table’s background? I tried with style but its not happening…

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## [PSQL interval data and report calculations](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/psql-interval-data-and-report-calculations/39810)

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**Author:** [@bschroeder](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bschroeder)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2020, 8:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/psql-interval-data-and-report-calculations/39810 "2020-10-19T20:11:13Z")

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Using Ignition version 8.0.16. I’ve got a report that is gathering interval data from a Postgsql database and I’d like to be able to have a summary row that uses calculations for that data. However it seems that when I…

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## [Programmatically create alarm with expression as condition](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/programmatically-create-alarm-with-expression-as-condition/25182)

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**Author:** [@gottsche](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/gottsche)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2020, 6:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/programmatically-create-alarm-with-expression-as-condition/25182 "2020-10-19T18:10:44Z")

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Hello everyone :slightly\_smiling\_face:, I’m using system.tag.editAlarmConfig() in order to create new alarms. When using the alarm mode “On Condition” however, I have no idea of how to bind the “activeCondition” propert…

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## [system.util.jsonEncode/Decode locale indipendent](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-util-jsonencode-decode-locale-indipendent/39794)

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**Author:** [@Mau89](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Mau89)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2020, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-util-jsonencode-decode-locale-indipendent/39794 "2020-10-19T16:59:37Z")

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Hi, I am working with json and function system.util.jsonEncode/Decode , I had some problem to use because the system function are not independent by user locale. Expecialy when you work on dataset. I partially resolved…

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## [How to get sdk version of gateway](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-get-sdk-version-of-gateway/39808)

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**Author:** [@mpervaiz](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mpervaiz)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-get-sdk-version-of-gateway/39808 "2020-10-19T16:26:03Z")

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In my custom module I am trying to programmatically get the version information like “8.0.16 (b2020082513)” This information is available at /data/status/overview but I can’t seem to get that information from java code…

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## [Store to tag history on previous value greater than current value? and no other situation?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/store-to-tag-history-on-previous-value-greater-than-current-value-and-no-other-situation/39806)

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**Author:** [@wking](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/wking)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2020, 4:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/store-to-tag-history-on-previous-value-greater-than-current-value-and-no-other-situation/39806 "2020-10-19T16:04:04Z")

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Through Tag history, is there a way to only sample a value when it is less than the previous value? So say, a int tag is at 7521 and goes to 1. I want to store 7521 with a timestamp, not the timestamp of: 7520 or 1. I …

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## [\[Bug-11950\] system.tag.exists](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-11950-system-tag-exists/21259)

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**Author:** [@software.development](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/software.development)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-11950-system-tag-exists/21259 "2020-10-19T15:19:52Z")

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This function is always returning True, no matter what is the inserted address.

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## [system.tag.browseHistoricalTags(path) result doesn't show new tags until gateway restart](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-browsehistoricaltags-path-result-doesnt-show-new-tags-until-gateway-restart/37319)

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**Author:** [@mstone](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mstone)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-browsehistoricaltags-path-result-doesnt-show-new-tags-until-gateway-restart/37319 "2020-10-19T14:30:26Z")

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I have a mouse over event that collects all the system history tags and fills a drop down with the found history tag names. I used the example in the docs for this. It works well, however, if I add historical tags, the…

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## [Production Schedule in OEE module](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/production-schedule-in-oee-module/32788)

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**Author:** [@SamuelsenLarsen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/SamuelsenLarsen)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2020, 1:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/production-schedule-in-oee-module/32788 "2020-10-19T13:10:38Z")

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Hi, I have problems with auto ending a scheduled production run in the OEE module. The production is time scheduled for a 8 hour shift. After the 8 hours it shows 100%, but it continurs for 8 more hours before it ends. …

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## [Table pager hiding](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-pager-hiding/39796)

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**Author:** [@maja](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/maja)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2020, 1:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-pager-hiding/39796 "2020-10-19T13:09:59Z")

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When Ignition presenting the new table (a long time ago) it was said “Add advanced hide property to pager that results in the visual hiding of pagers.” Does anyone know how to achieve it? I was trying, under pager proper…

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## [system.tag.browseHistoricalTags will not return the tag path for Historical Tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-browsehistoricaltags-will-not-return-the-tag-path-for-historical-tags/37737)

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**Author:** [@pdc5067](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pdc5067)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2020, 1:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-browsehistoricaltags-will-not-return-the-tag-path-for-historical-tags/37737 "2020-10-19T13:07:45Z")

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Im experiencing an issue with the system.tag.browseHistoricalTags() function when called via a property change script. I also attempted via a button. I know the tags are available in MySQL DB because I can query them usi…

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## [Script editor, window not open value error](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/script-editor-window-not-open-value-error/39743)

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**Author:** [@trishadx](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/trishadx)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2020, 10:45am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/script-editor-window-not-open-value-error/39743 "2020-10-19T10:45:43Z")

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Hi guys, I'm currently editing a property change for one of my buttons. I'd like its visibility to be defined by a component of another page. So this button is on a docked "footer" page, that's always open and opened at…

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## [Images from image management pixelates](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/images-from-image-management-pixelates/39789)

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**Author:** [@renzoc](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/renzoc)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2020, 8:21am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/images-from-image-management-pixelates/39789 "2020-10-19T08:21:13Z")

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Hi, beginner here. I’m using a tab strip component and inside each tab has a checkmark icon (‘Builtin/icons/16/check2.png’) but it doesn’t look good because it pixelates. Any suggestion on how to fix this without changin…

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## [\[BUG-12870\] Copy/Paste Objects in Perspective deselects them](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-12870-copy-paste-objects-in-perspective-deselects-them/22806)

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**Author:** [@Steve\_Laubach](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Steve_Laubach)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2020, 3:34am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-12870-copy-paste-objects-in-perspective-deselects-them/22806 "2020-10-19T03:34:33Z")

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I’m running the b2019022002 build. I don’t have time at the moment to load the latest but I wanted to report this because I didn’t see it in the daily patches. I think I’m one daily back from current. Anyway, when I c…

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## [SMP™ IO-2230 Distributed I/O Platform](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/smp-io-2230-distributed-i-o-platform/39783)

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**Author:** [@ijtamsefuria](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ijtamsefuria)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2020, 2:06am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/smp-io-2230-distributed-i-o-platform/39783 "2020-10-19T02:06:41Z")

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Good day. Does anyone here know the estimated price of SMP™ IO-2230 Distributed I/O Platform?

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## [Ignition 7.9 vs 8.0 designer GUI](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-7-9-vs-8-0-designer-gui/39780)

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**Author:** [@mathieurleblanc33](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mathieurleblanc33)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2020, 12:41am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-7-9-vs-8-0-designer-gui/39780 "2020-10-19T00:41:16Z")

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i would like to know if there is a way to make the 8.# project designer change color scheme to be the same as 7.9#. Some of my co-workers who are partially colorblind find the 7.9 more productive as there is more contras…

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## [Joining two ignition tables (not sql tables)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/joining-two-ignition-tables-not-sql-tables/39296)

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**Author:** [@anuragrattan23](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/anuragrattan23)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/joining-two-ignition-tables-not-sql-tables/39296 "2020-10-17T22:23:52Z")

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Hello there, I have two table son one ignition window. I am trying to join the two tables but getting the error- Invalid object name for tables. How do I select the columns if there is an error finding the table itself? …

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## [Comments Panel Setup](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/comments-panel-setup/39043)

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**Author:** [@steven.cox](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/steven.cox)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2020, 6:15am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/comments-panel-setup/39043 "2020-10-17T06:15:25Z")

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Hi All, I am new to Ignition and working to build a project to learn with. I am trying to get a comments panel up and working but cannot seem to find enough information. I am using Ignition 8.0.16 and it seems much of…

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## [Are the histogram libraries of JFreeChart accessible?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/are-the-histogram-libraries-of-jfreechart-accessible/39769)

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**Author:** [@rod.holland](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rod.holland)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2020, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/are-the-histogram-libraries-of-jfreechart-accessible/39769 "2020-10-16T22:24:53Z")

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We’re using Ignition 7.9.14. I was requested by one of my colleagues to get a decent histogram output in ignition. He didn’t care for some characteristics of barchart and wanted more. By this time I’d had some exper…

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## [Upgrade from 7.3.9 to 8](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/upgrade-from-7-3-9-to-8/39761)

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**Author:** [@a.beltran](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/a.beltran)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2020, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/upgrade-from-7-3-9-to-8/39761 "2020-10-16T20:22:34Z")

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Hello Everyone, I hope one of you guys can help me with that, so I’ve been trying to upgrade from 7.3.9 to 8, but I realize when I go to the devices the PLC connections are not created, any thoughts?. I could create th…

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## [Data Maxtrix Barcode does not scan on iPhone but does on Android - Perspective App](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/data-maxtrix-barcode-does-not-scan-on-iphone-but-does-on-android-perspective-app/36552)

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**Author:** [@gloweware](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/gloweware)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2020, 7:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/data-maxtrix-barcode-does-not-scan-on-iphone-but-does-on-android-perspective-app/36552 "2020-10-16T19:18:54Z")

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I have an app Designed in Ignition Perspective that scans a barcode (data matrix) and stores the value. The barcode scans correctly when using the Android App, but the iPhone app does not detect the barcode. Has anyo…

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## [Report Schedule Trigger](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-schedule-trigger/39651)

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**Author:** [@afarzin1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/afarzin1)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-schedule-trigger/39651 "2020-10-16T17:24:00Z")

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I have a report set up that displays the results of a query in a table. The report is sent out via email on a schedule. The issue is that I only want to send this report out if the query returns some value, not if it’s n…

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## [Using BrowseResult from system.tag.browseHistoricalTags()](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-browseresult-from-system-tag-browsehistoricaltags/10962)

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**Author:** [@drewdin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/drewdin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-browseresult-from-system-tag-browsehistoricaltags/10962 "2020-10-16T16:43:26Z")

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Has anyone used the function system.tag.browseHistoricalTags ? docs.inductiveautomation.com:84 ... oricalTags I can get back the BrowseResult, but it cannot be iterated or passed to a dataset. I can convert it t…

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## [Access device settings table](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/access-device-settings-table/39758)

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**Author:** [@mpervaiz](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mpervaiz)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/access-device-settings-table/39758 "2020-10-16T16:41:09Z")

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I am trying to get to the device settings for each device in my ignition server. For example I have a Micrologix device “device-A” and I want to access Microxlogixsettingsrecord in the internal db. Is it possible?

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## [\[BUG-837\] Perspective: Icon colour via style not working in browser but working in Designer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-837-perspective-icon-colour-via-style-not-working-in-browser-but-working-in-designer/39655)

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**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-837-perspective-icon-colour-via-style-not-working-in-browser-but-working-in-designer/39655 "2020-10-16T16:06:51Z")

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v8.1.0rc1 I’m using unset to force the colour to fall back to the parent styling. Designer: Browser (Chrome and Chromium Edge): Style class definition:

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