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## [\[Bug-16284\] Perspective slider invisibility](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-16284-perspective-slider-invisibility/33715)

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**Author:** [@Tim](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Tim)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-16284-perspective-slider-invisibility/33715 "2020-04-06T18:14:53Z")

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Perspective slider invisibility only makes part of the slider invisible in 8.0.10.

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## [Error completing \`gwcmd\` CLI gateway backup restoration](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-completing-gwcmd-cli-gateway-backup-restoration/33716)

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**Author:** [@sean.oneil](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sean.oneil)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 5:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-completing-gwcmd-cli-gateway-backup-restoration/33716 "2020-04-06T17:38:14Z")

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Hi, I'm running Ignition 8.0.10 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS servers and VMs and am having trouble restoring a .gwbk file through the /usr/local/bin/ignition/gwcmd CLI utility on both. I can restore a backup well through the ga…

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## [Create Tags using script not working correctly for MEMORY](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/create-tags-using-script-not-working-correctly-for-memory/33686)

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**Author:** [@deancable](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/deancable)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 4:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/create-tags-using-script-not-working-correctly-for-memory/33686 "2020-04-06T16:55:51Z")

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Ignition 8.0.8 I can create a MEMORY Boolean tag using scripting. However, it does NOT quite show up correctly in the Tag Editor. Is the tag ACTUALLY setup correctly in Ignition? Is this just a display problem with…

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## [Configuring clamp using member within UDT](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/configuring-clamp-using-member-within-udt/33175)

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**Author:** [@ijustdunnoaname1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ijustdunnoaname1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 4:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/configuring-clamp-using-member-within-udt/33175 "2020-04-06T16:32:15Z")

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I’m using a UDT with the following members: Setpoint SP\_HiLimit SP\_LoLimit Within the UDT, I’d like to set the “EngHigh” property equal to the tag SP\_HiLimit and I’d like to set the “EngLow” property equal to the tag…

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## [Client Menu Bar broken](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/client-menu-bar-broken/33706)

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**Author:** [@jcaudle](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jcaudle)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/client-menu-bar-broken/33706 "2020-04-06T16:28:49Z")

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Hello, I seem to have broken the Vision Client Menu Bar. Just upgraded to 8.0.10 and brought this project with me. At some point in the past, I had tried to remove the Command menu by deleting it... then I found the Hide…

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## [Historian On Change Tag with Consecutive Duplicates](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/historian-on-change-tag-with-consecutive-duplicates/33673)

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**Author:** [@dion.botha](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dion.botha)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/historian-on-change-tag-with-consecutive-duplicates/33673 "2020-04-06T15:43:10Z")

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Hello, I have a string OPC tag that is configured with ‘Sample Mode’ set to ‘On Change’. Firstly, can anyone tell me why it is it that if I query the historian for this tag, I see consecutive duplicates? Second, how d…

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## [Perspective - Creating a custom event on component](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-creating-a-custom-event-on-component/33700)

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**Author:** [@dillonu](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dillonu)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-creating-a-custom-event-on-component/33700 "2020-04-06T15:13:21Z")

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Is there an example of how to create a custom event on a custom perspective component? I’ve been trying to follow another thread on how to do this: http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/creating-a-component-event/3040…

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## [Creating a component event](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/creating-a-component-event/30403)

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**Author:** [@RadicalRumin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/RadicalRumin)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 3:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/creating-a-component-event/30403 "2020-04-06T15:11:10Z")

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I’ve been working on creating a calender component for perspective using FullCalender. I was wondering how I could add component events, like the table has for example.

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## [Issue with DateTime Input component](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/issue-with-datetime-input-component/33362)

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**Author:** [@ptchanchal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ptchanchal)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 1:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/issue-with-datetime-input-component/33362 "2020-04-06T13:20:03Z")

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I am facing an issue with DateTime Input Component in perspective. The site stops responding when I click the DateTime Input component, it only happens in chrome, I also tried with FireFox and Edge, it works fine in thos…

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## [How can I do validation for datetime input component?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-can-i-do-validation-for-datetime-input-component/33132)

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**Author:** [@ptchanchal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ptchanchal)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2020, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-can-i-do-validation-for-datetime-input-component/33132 "2020-03-17T13:00:37Z")

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I want to check whether user picked date from datetime input component on a button click I tried following codes: if isNull(self.session.custom.expenseSelectDate): if self.session.custom.expenseSelectDate == null: if…

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## [Gateway network connection Status monitoring and alarming](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-network-connection-status-monitoring-and-alarming/33678)

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**Author:** [@deancable](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/deancable)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-network-connection-status-monitoring-and-alarming/33678 "2020-04-06T13:04:33Z")

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I am wondering if there are any TAGS or any way in SCRIPTING to periodically check the STATUS of a Gateway Network Connection to another Ignition Gateway? I will be creating a Gateway Network from an Ignition 7.9 to a…

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## [How to set Tag Scaling/Numeric Properties](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-set-tag-scaling-numeric-properties/33698)

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**Author:** [@wpmccormick](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/wpmccormick)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 12:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-set-tag-scaling-numeric-properties/33698 "2020-04-06T12:45:42Z")

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There doesn’t seem to be a straight forward way to bind to an OPC tag’s Numeric Scaling Properties, though it looks like it might be possible through scripting. I’m using a Modbus TCP driver for my PLC comms, and I woul…

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## [Roster Management (Disable Adding Rosters)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/roster-management-disable-adding-rosters/33704)

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**Author:** [@melwadeya](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/melwadeya)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 12:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/roster-management-disable-adding-rosters/33704 "2020-04-06T12:05:57Z")

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Hi, I am trying to disable the add roster button in the roster management component in vision (user are not supposed to add/create rosters). how is that possible? Thanks,

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## [Ignition Versioning](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-versioning/8229)

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**Author:** [@cosentano](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cosentano)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 10:35am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-versioning/8229 "2020-04-06T10:35:27Z")

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Hi all, Do you have any info about Ignition versioning? I found that Ignition can: "if you change a project to be in Manual publish mode, then you can explicitly publish a project in the Designer." inductiveautomat…

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## [Reporting bar chart colors](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reporting-bar-chart-colors/11517)

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**Author:** [@erick](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/erick)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 8:54am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reporting-bar-chart-colors/11517 "2020-04-03T08:54:48Z")

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This is an example to make your bar chart colors customizable using the JFree Chart API in JYTHON. This is executed under the chart properties =\> edit script. from java.awt import Color a = 1 #gets the underlying d…

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## [Importing tsx module in perspective modules](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/importing-tsx-module-in-perspective-modules/33660)

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**Author:** [@bas.dejong](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bas.dejong)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 6:41am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/importing-tsx-module-in-perspective-modules/33660 "2020-04-06T06:41:26Z")

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We’re trying to build a perspective module that consists of multiple react components. I’m able to import the main .tsx module file. However, any other .tsx file that I try to import from there can’t be found by the grad…

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## [Connecting to Siemens Simatic ET 200SP F](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connecting-to-siemens-simatic-et-200sp-f/33307)

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**Author:** [@Sanderd17](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Sanderd17)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 7:31am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connecting-to-siemens-simatic-et-200sp-f/33307 "2020-04-06T07:31:21Z")

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We’ve been asked to take some temperature readings in from an older machine with a Siemens PLC. Below are the details of the PLC, but we can’t get it to connect. Does anyone know if this is actually supported? I’ve tri…

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## [Pipe Segment Isuue](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pipe-segment-isuue/33691)

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**Author:** [@roizundak](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/roizundak)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 6:44am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pipe-segment-isuue/33691 "2020-04-06T06:44:26Z")

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Hi, I using in my all industrial projects the Pipe segment object, my issue is when I’m connect two pipes from Bottom to Cap for example, in my designer its look great but in the client they don’t seat well. What i’m d…

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## [Tag.read after tag.write](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-read-after-tag-write/11218)

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**Author:** [@pgmo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pgmo)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2020, 11:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-read-after-tag-write/11218 "2020-04-04T23:56:21Z")

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Hi, I have a question about system.tag.read and system.tag.write instructions: if I execute a read just after a write on the same tag path, e.g. system.tag.write(tagPath,someValue) newValue=system.tag.read(tagPath).v…

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## [Single Sign On Options](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/single-sign-on-options/31167)

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**Author:** [@john.furby](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/john.furby)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2020, 11:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/single-sign-on-options/31167 "2020-04-04T23:55:18Z")

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Is there a way to setup SSO with a default login backup? We have users that access Ignition from a variety of different ways. I want to enable single sign on, but I don’t want to lose the benefit of being able to monitor…

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## [Read tag properties from an ocp client connected to the ignition server](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/read-tag-properties-from-an-ocp-client-connected-to-the-ignition-server/33627)

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**Author:** [@lachguerabdallah](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lachguerabdallah)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/read-tag-properties-from-an-ocp-client-connected-to-the-ignition-server/33627 "2020-04-04T22:20:37Z")

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Hello From an ocp client connected with the Ignition server, can I check tag properties? like alarms So far I can only check the value, quality, timestamp. any help will help me a lot. thanks

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## [Powertable row selected with a boolean cell wrong background](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/powertable-row-selected-with-a-boolean-cell-wrong-background/33684)

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**Author:** [@mazeyrat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mazeyrat)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2020, 1:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/powertable-row-selected-with-a-boolean-cell-wrong-background/33684 "2020-04-04T13:31:48Z")

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@PGriffith I think you had posted a fix for the powertable row selected with the boolean cell. Could you please point me to the post, I can’t find it… Perhaps it is fix in 8.0.11 ? Ignition 8.0.10

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## [Module sdk - run internal query - convert result to a dataset](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/module-sdk-run-internal-query-convert-result-to-a-dataset/33606)

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**Author:** [@mazeyrat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mazeyrat)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 9:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/module-sdk-run-internal-query-convert-result-to-a-dataset/33606 "2020-04-03T21:58:43Z")

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In a module (gateway scope) I try to query the ignition internal database with: GatewayContext context; ... PersistenceSession DBSession = context.getPersistenceInterface().getSession(); List\<List\<Object\>\> data = null; …

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## [Manage gateway tag change script paths through script](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/manage-gateway-tag-change-script-paths-through-script/33674)

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**Author:** [@adam.todorski](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/adam.todorski)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 7:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/manage-gateway-tag-change-script-paths-through-script/33674 "2020-04-03T19:59:18Z")

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Is there a programmatic way to manage the list of gateway tag change script paths?

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## [Data loggers in Ignition](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/data-loggers-in-ignition/33569)

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**Author:** [@lachguerabdallah](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lachguerabdallah)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 7:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/data-loggers-in-ignition/33569 "2020-04-03T19:53:51Z")

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we can connect dataloggers to direct ignition? to obtain data without having to process csv files that the dataloggers export. thanks you.

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## [system.nav.getCurrentWindow For Perspective](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-nav-getcurrentwindow-for-perspective/32304)

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**Author:** [@jaspinall](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jaspinall)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 6:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-nav-getcurrentwindow-for-perspective/32304 "2020-04-03T18:57:55Z")

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Hello There, Are there any equivalents of “system.nav.getCurrentWindow” for Perspective? Essentially I would like to pass the name of the Active Page to my Docked Window once it opens up. Many Thanks

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## [Formatting issue with gateway time](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/formatting-issue-with-gateway-time/33640)

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**Author:** [@Tannerawbrey](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Tannerawbrey)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/formatting-issue-with-gateway-time/33640 "2020-04-03T18:53:34Z")

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Hello, I am currently working on a system that keeps track of CIP data by logging it into SQL. I am using the system.date.now() command to get the time before I log data into the SQL server. My problem is that my time is…

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## [Tag Event Scripting Performance](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-event-scripting-performance/33659)

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**Author:** [@twstevic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/twstevic)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-event-scripting-performance/33659 "2020-04-03T17:37:27Z")

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Does anyone know when the number of tag script events begin to affect the performance of the gateway? All of the alarms and many other events (Conveyor Start/Stop, etc.) will have a script that queries a database contain…

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## [Connections to gateway on http through ssh tunnel closed with 8.0.10 update](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connections-to-gateway-on-http-through-ssh-tunnel-closed-with-8-0-10-update/33666)

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**Author:** [@adam.todorski](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/adam.todorski)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 5:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connections-to-gateway-on-http-through-ssh-tunnel-closed-with-8-0-10-update/33666 "2020-04-03T17:27:15Z")

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I noticed when updating from 8.0.7 to 8.0.10 that I can no longer connect to the gateway through an ssh tunnel. That is, I ssh from my local workstation with port forwarding for 8088 to an Ignition server that I cannot …

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## [Iframe doesn't load local file url](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/iframe-doesnt-load-local-file-url/33614)

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**Author:** [@nader.chinichian](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nader.chinichian)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/iframe-doesnt-load-local-file-url/33614 "2020-04-03T17:16:54Z")

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Hi I want that iframe load and play a mp3 file from local file system. for example: file:///C:/w1.mp3. This is easily done in browser. I don’t want to use ignition gateway as a file server because of traffic load of s…

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