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## [Change the position of an already open popup view (perspective)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/change-the-position-of-an-already-open-popup-view-perspective/38291)

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**Author:** [@mcarritt1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mcarritt1)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2020, 1:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/change-the-position-of-an-already-open-popup-view-perspective/38291 "2020-09-02T13:19:53Z")

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Is there any way to change the position of an open popup window (preferably through scripting)? I have a small popup that sits in the bottom corner that I want to nudge upwards 40 pixels if the user opens a toolbar.

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## [Selection buttons integer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/selection-buttons-integer/38295)

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**Author:** [@tom.wouters](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tom.wouters)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2020, 12:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/selection-buttons-integer/38295 "2020-09-02T12:44:09Z")

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Hello, I have an integer tag and I would like to be able to set every bit individually with a button in that integer. Now for scripting I have found to use def set\_bit(value, bit): return value | (1\<\<bit) def cle…

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## [Reading out result of alarm property bound to expression](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reading-out-result-of-alarm-property-bound-to-expression/38297)

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**Author:** [@Esn](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Esn)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2020, 12:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reading-out-result-of-alarm-property-bound-to-expression/38297 "2020-09-02T12:31:09Z")

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Hi, I’m interested in reading out the result of an alarm property bound to an expression. I know I can use system.tag.getConfiguration() to get a tags configuration including its alarm settings. The problem is that if…

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## [Transaction group stored procedure read timeout](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/transaction-group-stored-procedure-read-timeout/38286)

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**Author:** [@andrea.parola](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andrea.parola)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2020, 12:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/transaction-group-stored-procedure-read-timeout/38286 "2020-09-02T12:29:58Z")

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Hello, I created a stored procedure transaction group to run a sp that takes about 5 minutes to execute. After 60 second the transaction group goes in error with “read timeout” java.lang.RuntimeException: com.microsof…

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## [Ways to update used Tag, after changing the Tag path Folder or Tag](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ways-to-update-used-tag-after-changing-the-tag-path-folder-or-tag/38284)

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**Author:** [@Vijikesh](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Vijikesh)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2020, 6:32am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ways-to-update-used-tag-after-changing-the-tag-path-folder-or-tag/38284 "2020-09-02T06:32:34Z")

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How to update the used tags in project while your changing the Tag Folder path name/ TagName. I have Update using find and replace option, any-other way to do this.

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## [\[BUG - 14103\] Tag editor role missing on the Edit Real time Tag provider page in 8.0](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-14103-tag-editor-role-missing-on-the-edit-real-time-tag-provider-page-in-8-0/25481)

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**Author:** [@Apisit\_Chuencharoen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Apisit_Chuencharoen)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2020, 3:33am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-14103-tag-editor-role-missing-on-the-edit-real-time-tag-provider-page-in-8-0/25481 "2020-09-02T03:33:55Z")

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How can I grant permission for tag editor in Ignition 8.0.2-rc? I can’t found Tag Editing Role (s) in real time tag provider setting as belows. Real time tag provider setting https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/dis…

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## [Template Randomly Change to Folder](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/template-randomly-change-to-folder/38281)

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**Author:** [@monc](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/monc)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2020, 3:07am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/template-randomly-change-to-folder/38281 "2020-09-02T03:07:13Z")

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Hi All, I’m using Ignition 8.0.14 and we’re getting a problem where the Templates randomly changed into Folders. Is there a way to fix this?

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## [Version 8, Get opcTagPath From Tag Instance?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/version-8-get-opctagpath-from-tag-instance/38272)

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**Author:** [@TheColonel26](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/TheColonel26)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2020, 3:01am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/version-8-get-opctagpath-from-tag-instance/38272 "2020-09-02T03:01:40Z")

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How can I get the opcTagPath from a Tag Instance? and how can I write it back? the result object from system.tag.browse does not return this information.

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## [Ignition Designer Tags browser mixed all projects' tags togather](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-designer-tags-browser-mixed-all-projects-tags-togather/38249)

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**Author:** [@moli501](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/moli501)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2020, 2:36am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-designer-tags-browser-mixed-all-projects-tags-togather/38249 "2020-09-02T02:36:20Z")

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Hi, I have problem to deal with Ignition Designer Tags browser, currently I have 2 projects in Ignition Designer, one is for S7-1500, another is for AB CompactLogix, I noticed this 2 projects sharing one Tags browser in …

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## [View Load event in perspective](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/view-load-event-in-perspective/36770)

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**Author:** [@jvisser](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jvisser)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2020, 1:51am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/view-load-event-in-perspective/36770 "2020-09-02T01:51:01Z")

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Hello, I have a script in my perspective view that is responsible for setting the data of a grid in my view. I added a script action to my grid component onStartup. I have read the documentation in the link below that s…

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## [Read subtopics with MQTT Engine](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/read-subtopics-with-mqtt-engine/38146)

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**Author:** [@edoardo.manzardo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/edoardo.manzardo)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2020, 9:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/read-subtopics-with-mqtt-engine/38146 "2020-09-01T21:24:10Z")

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I have some Shellys inside my home and I configured its in MQTT protocol. I installed MQTT Enginde inside gateway and I want to read a subtopics. Below the situation inside my broker Mosquitto I want to read a stat…

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## [\[Bug\] Perspective - Dropdown Component Error with Search Enabled](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-perspective-dropdown-component-error-with-search-enabled/38173)

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**Author:** [@Matthew.gaitan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matthew.gaitan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-perspective-dropdown-component-error-with-search-enabled/38173 "2020-08-28T18:14:46Z")

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On 8.0.16 Running into an error (which i also had on 8.0.13) where if I have search enabled on my dropdowns that have a lot of items, the dropdowns will immediately display “component error” after touching the dropdown. …

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## [Perspective - Tags from remote gateway causing templates to not load properly](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-tags-from-remote-gateway-causing-templates-to-not-load-properly/38181)

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**Author:** [@Matthew.gaitan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matthew.gaitan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2020, 9:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-tags-from-remote-gateway-causing-templates-to-not-load-properly/38181 "2020-09-01T21:03:16Z")

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Hi, We’ve been running into this issue as far back as 8.0.6 (currently on 8.0.16). When doing indirect bindings to tags on a remote tag provider our templates spaz out so to say. Not really sure how best to explain it s…

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## [Debugging Badge Authentication Failures](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/debugging-badge-authentication-failures/38266)

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**Author:** [@ryanjmclaughlin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ryanjmclaughlin)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2020, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/debugging-badge-authentication-failures/38266 "2020-09-01T20:54:47Z")

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I am trying to enable badge support on one of our IdPs connected to an AD/DB Hybrid user source. I added the query to the badge query of the User source config and confirmed that the query returns the username as expect…

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## [How to Pivot a Sql query In Ignition](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-pivot-a-sql-query-in-ignition/38219)

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**Author:** [@jshaffer09](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jshaffer09)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2020, 7:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-pivot-a-sql-query-in-ignition/38219 "2020-09-01T19:44:58Z")

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What I have below gives me the results From the EquipWorkOrder Table and EquipWorkOrderHrs Table Linked by EquipWorkOrderID. The Other joins are for info on equipment. I can Have up to 5 Techs or UserNm’s and each one o…

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## [Ign8 ModbusRTU serial port access on ARM hardware - Disconnected and jSerialComm.SerialPort error](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign8-modbusrtu-serial-port-access-on-arm-hardware-disconnected-and-jserialcomm-serialport-error/38226)

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**Author:** [@thebaldgeek](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/thebaldgeek)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2020, 7:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign8-modbusrtu-serial-port-access-on-arm-hardware-disconnected-and-jserialcomm-serialport-error/38226 "2020-09-01T19:08:41Z")

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I have installed full Ignition 8.0.15 on some ARMV71 hardware. Everything seems to be working well other than the ModbusRTU serial port driver module. The device simply shows as ‘disconnected’. The path to the serial …

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## [Need help in script to open a text file](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/need-help-in-script-to-open-a-text-file/38255)

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**Author:** [@m.omair.amin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/m.omair.amin)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2020, 6:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/need-help-in-script-to-open-a-text-file/38255 "2020-09-01T18:02:01Z")

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Hello all, I am working on a script to open a text file. It has two parts. I have achieved results for first part. Part 1: When the button (object) is pressed: Step 1: collect the object name and store it in an inter…

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## [Web Browse PDF Reader](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/web-browse-pdf-reader/38269)

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**Author:** [@jlee](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jlee)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2020, 5:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/web-browse-pdf-reader/38269 "2020-09-01T17:38:33Z")

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Hello, My customer is using the web browser component to access their reporting website. As you can see in the image 11, everything else shows in the web browser component except actual reports (image 22). We did confi…

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## [Tag change events for folders, UDT's and arrays](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-change-events-for-folders-udts-and-arrays/38262)

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**Author:** [@PRAMANJ](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/PRAMANJ)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2020, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-change-events-for-folders-udts-and-arrays/38262 "2020-09-01T16:13:42Z")

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Its possible to select non-atomic tags like folders, UDTs and arrays in the tag change event selector window. (The 'check tag paths' button doesn't give any error on these tags). However I was wondering what the 'The new…

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## [Alarm pipeline does not Set Property name](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-pipeline-does-not-set-property-name/38261)

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**Author:** [@wpmccormick](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/wpmccormick)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2020, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-pipeline-does-not-set-property-name/38261 "2020-09-01T16:07:12Z")

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I’m trying to set the alarm name property inside a pipeline using the Set Property block so that the voice message is more descriptive, but it does not work. I simply want to replace({displayPath},’/’,’ ') as the Proper…

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## [Adding Data & selectedRow Properties to Custom Module](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/adding-data-selectedrow-properties-to-custom-module/38223)

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**Author:** [@elliot.lohr](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/elliot.lohr)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2020, 3:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/adding-data-selectedrow-properties-to-custom-module/38223 "2020-09-01T15:10:10Z")

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Hey all, I’m building a component that uses Ignition;s VisionAdvancedTable object. I’m trying to make properties for this component that allow the designer to access the dataset as well as the selectedRow like Ignition’s…

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## [PowerTable onCellEdit get dropdown label](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/powertable-oncelledit-get-dropdown-label/38252)

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**Author:** [@bschroeder](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bschroeder)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2020, 12:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/powertable-oncelledit-get-dropdown-label/38252 "2020-09-01T12:56:08Z")

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I’ve got a dropdown in a power table, and I’d like to grab the label that the user selected rather than the value. How to I grab that? The onCellEdit seems to return the value, but I’d like the label so I only have to ke…

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## [Project not found on Client Launcher](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/project-not-found-on-client-launcher/38244)

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**Author:** [@kartik.i](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kartik.i)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2020, 12:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/project-not-found-on-client-launcher/38244 "2020-09-01T12:41:42Z")

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Hello All, I have four projects now on my gateway but I am able to see only three of them in the Vision Client Launcher window, So could anyone tell me what I am missing here. Thanks,

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## [System.tag.configure creating a tag with Uncertain\_InitialValue](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-configure-creating-a-tag-with-uncertain-initialvalue/38178)

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**Author:** [@brandon1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/brandon1)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2020, 12:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-configure-creating-a-tag-with-uncertain-initialvalue/38178 "2020-09-01T12:13:38Z")

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Hello all, I have the following script that I run in the script console: tagdict = { 'historyEnabled': True, 'formatString': u'#,##0.00', 'historicalDeadband': 0.05, 'scaleMode': u'Linear', 'historyProvider': u'His…

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## [List of tag and alarm configuration properties?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/list-of-tag-and-alarm-configuration-properties/37420)

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**Author:** [@brian.ankeny](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/brian.ankeny)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 10:53am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/list-of-tag-and-alarm-configuration-properties/37420 "2020-08-06T10:53:58Z")

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Where can I find a list of available tag properties and alarm configuration properties (that are accessible via scripting)?

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## [Vision Client Tags all Stale](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-client-tags-all-stale/38229)

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**Author:** [@joshdunstan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/joshdunstan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2020, 12:04am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-client-tags-all-stale/38229 "2020-09-01T00:04:02Z")

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Have a reoccurring issue where all of the tags show bad quality… stale… any time of date at random. A client close/reopen is the only way to recover. Screens are still functional during this time… just shows the stale o…

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## [Dynamically Add Tag Pens to Easy Chart from parameters](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dynamically-add-tag-pens-to-easy-chart-from-parameters/38222)

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**Author:** [@barrett.urness](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/barrett.urness)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2020, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dynamically-add-tag-pens-to-easy-chart-from-parameters/38222 "2020-08-31T20:54:27Z")

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I’m passing UDT tag info from a button to a popup. I would like to add a pen to an easy chart for each UDT tag passed in. I tried using cell updates but the number of tags being added isn’t always the same. I tried to ac…

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## [Get RDP Client Session IP address](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/get-rdp-client-session-ip-address/38183)

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**Author:** [@jscheer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jscheer)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2020, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/get-rdp-client-session-ip-address/38183 "2020-08-31T19:05:36Z")

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I need to change my vision application to use a different instance of a UDT and change labels on the screen based on the IP address of the client session. I am running the clients on an RDP (terminal server). I have the …

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## [BUG - Perspective Numeric Entry Field as unicode](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-perspective-numeric-entry-field-as-unicode/37173)

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**Author:** [@victor1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/victor1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-perspective-numeric-entry-field-as-unicode/37173 "2020-08-31T18:58:29Z")

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Hi! The Numeric Entry Field component’s props.value property is of type ‘unicode’ instead of a numeric data type. logger.info(str(type(pis)))

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## [Security and Thin Clients](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/security-and-thin-clients/38214)

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**Author:** [@JeremyAdair87](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JeremyAdair87)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2020, 5:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/security-and-thin-clients/38214 "2020-08-31T17:17:20Z")

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So I believe I read somewhere in the manuals that you can not assign security roles in client scripts. I have an application where I would like to assign security to a few screens in my project based on which thin clien…

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