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**Author:** [@guipinper](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/guipinper)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/get-roster-scripting-function/32102 "2020-02-10T21:02:22Z")
Hi guys, Just a quick question: does the function system.alarm.getRosters() gets the information directly from the gateway? Best regards, Guilherme --- ## [Origin event property for vision?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/origin-event-property-for-vision/32109)
**Author:** [@bkarabinchak.psi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bkarabinchak.psi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2020, 8:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/origin-event-property-for-vision/32109 "2020-02-10T20:55:07Z")
I recently was working on a Perspective project and realized they have an additional property in propertyChange scripts - binding, which lets you tell what affected the property, a script or a user/browser. It really he… --- ## [Is there a tag that holds the Backup Folder for Automatic Backups](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-tag-that-holds-the-backup-folder-for-automatic-backups/32059)
**Author:** [@martinel3746](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/martinel3746)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2020, 8:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-tag-that-holds-the-backup-folder-for-automatic-backups/32059 "2020-02-10T20:47:19Z")
We have several gateways that backup to network drives with different servers and paths depending on the region or facility. Most of the time it works great but sometimes it fails for various reasons. I’m writing a util… --- ## [Unable to retrieve edit lock for resource error](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-retrieve-edit-lock-for-resource-error/32096)
**Author:** [@AFULLER](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AFULLER)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2020, 8:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-retrieve-edit-lock-for-resource-error/32096 "2020-02-10T20:47:07Z")
Restarted the gateway and rebooted the server, still have the "unable to retrieve edit lock for resource error " any ideas? Many thanks! --- ## [AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'motorNumber'](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/attributeerror-nonetype-object-has-no-attribute-motornumber/31927)
**Author:** [@wattersm](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/wattersm)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/attributeerror-nonetype-object-has-no-attribute-motornumber/31927 "2020-02-10T20:15:26Z")
I have a popup window that is throwing errors when it is opened. motorNumber is a custom property that is defined in the custom properties for the window. Does anybody know what would cause this? Below is a full stack… --- ## [Perspective: session.props.device.identifier changing during session?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-session-props-device-identifier-changing-during-session/32045)
**Author:** [@waldner](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/waldner)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2020, 7:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-session-props-device-identifier-changing-during-session/32045 "2020-02-10T19:04:38Z")
Ignition 8.0.7, I’m seeing a strange issue where session.props.device.identifier in onStartup(session) has a value, but then, later, extracting self.session.props.device.identifier in a runAction(self, event) function fo… --- ## [Storing (historizing) data from OPC-DA connection](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/storing-historizing-data-from-opc-da-connection/32101)
**Author:** [@ccorrea](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ccorrea)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/storing-historizing-data-from-opc-da-connection/32101 "2020-02-10T18:43:16Z")
Hi guys, Newbie question here (I was once told there’s no such thing as dummy question, so…). I have some devices connected to DeltaV and seeing the data in real-time; because of history-tag limitations such data is no… --- ## [Analog Indicator Binding on Value Indicator on fill color](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/analog-indicator-binding-on-value-indicator-on-fill-color/5774)
**Author:** [@tailfire](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tailfire)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2020, 6:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/analog-indicator-binding-on-value-indicator-on-fill-color/5774 "2020-02-10T18:30:46Z")
Is there a quick way I can bind the color property on the '\[value indicator\]' to match the set points? On the "Moving Analog Indicator" --- ## [Excel Timestamp format](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/excel-timestamp-format/32091)
**Author:** [@avg](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/avg)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2020, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/excel-timestamp-format/32091 "2020-02-10T16:49:12Z")
We use this code to export data to a ‘Excel’ File: table = event.source.parent.getComponent(‘Power Table’) filePath = system.dataset.exportExcel(“datosPR.xls”, 1, table.data) In one side we have problems opening the f… --- ## [Modbus UDP Driver](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modbus-udp-driver/32099)
**Author:** [@bschroeder](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bschroeder)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2020, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modbus-udp-driver/32099 "2020-02-10T15:57:14Z")
Is there an official IA Modbus UDP driver? This would specifically be for an Edge solution as well. --- ## [Change perspective dock height in runtime](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/change-perspective-dock-height-in-runtime/32070)
**Author:** [@kgamble](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kgamble)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/change-perspective-dock-height-in-runtime/32070 "2020-02-10T15:37:28Z")
Is there a way to change the height of a dock at runtime? For instance I am creating a shared header that shows system messages on each page, for example when a database connection is faulted. The view for that header i… --- ## [JTreeTable extend javax.swing.JTable (Vision)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/jtreetable-extend-javax-swing-jtable-vision/32038)
**Author:** [@giulio.comito](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/giulio.comito)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2020, 12:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/jtreetable-extend-javax-swing-jtable-vision/32038 "2020-02-10T12:49:09Z")
Hello everybody! I would like to know if I can implement the class JTreeTable from “oracle.ide.controls.JTreeTable” (extend javax.swing.JTable). I also wrote a post where I try to get the same result but following a di… --- ## [\[FEATURE\] Device Description through Script](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-device-description-through-script/32093)
**Author:** [@Tumeksi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Tumeksi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2020, 12:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-device-description-through-script/32093 "2020-02-10T12:37:16Z")
HI, We are adding devices through scripting to our OPC-server. It would be nice to have the option to add the device description along with the script. Our device names are generic with only numbers as distinguishing… --- ## [Passing varying parameters from a generic template to windows?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/passing-varying-parameters-from-a-generic-template-to-windows/31853)
**Author:** [@Esn](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Esn)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2020, 10:04am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/passing-varying-parameters-from-a-generic-template-to-windows/31853 "2020-02-10T10:04:11Z")
Hi, I’d like to know if there is a smart way of passing varying parameters from a generic template to different windows. Say I have a template representing a valve. I would like to use that template everywhere regardle… --- ## [Combining two lists into one Dataset](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/combining-two-lists-into-one-dataset/32082)
**Author:** [@mdia](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mdia)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2020, 9:31am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/combining-two-lists-into-one-dataset/32082 "2020-02-10T09:31:30Z")
Hi, I have two lists containing different data from two machine run cycles and they both share the same headers. The first column is the time stamp for each run, so one of these lists might have more rows than the other … --- ## [Using POP up window as templatew](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-pop-up-window-as-templatew/32085)
**Author:** [@prashanth.patil](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/prashanth.patil)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2020, 5:36am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-pop-up-window-as-templatew/32085 "2020-02-10T05:36:32Z")
can I use pop up window as template? If Yes, Then How --- ## [Electronic Signatures and Change Management](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/electronic-signatures-and-change-management/29413)
**Author:** [@jmonter](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jmonter)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/electronic-signatures-and-change-management/29413 "2020-02-09T21:28:54Z")
Have a potential project to migrate an iFix system to Ignition but there is a feature in iFix that will need to be duplicated. Electronic Signature and Change Management does anyone know if there is an add-on module alre… --- ## [Issue: Retriving Project updates from gateway (ignition 8.0.7)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/issue-retriving-project-updates-from-gateway-ignition-8-0-7/31812)
**Author:** [@anarula](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/anarula)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2020, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/issue-retriving-project-updates-from-gateway-ignition-8-0-7/31812 "2020-02-09T16:19:50Z")
Hi, Am facing an issue everytime when i tried to configure power table with filter and wrap text option my ignition designer got a popup Retriving “Project updates from ignition gateway” and screens continous refreshing… --- ## [Ingition Designer 7.9: Moving Analog Indicator and Indictor Range Clamp](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ingition-designer-7-9-moving-analog-indicator-and-indictor-range-clamp/32065)
**Author:** [@Johnathon](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Johnathon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2020, 2:46am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ingition-designer-7-9-moving-analog-indicator-and-indictor-range-clamp/32065 "2020-02-08T02:46:38Z")
The top indicator is missing because the Process Value is 114% on a scale of 100 Is there a way to make the indicator stay on the bar without affecting the historized value of the tag and maybe indicate the value is o… --- ## [\[BUG\]Template UDT Instances Stopped working until Gateway Restart](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-template-udt-instances-stopped-working-until-gateway-restart/31916)
**Author:** [@mbhagotra](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mbhagotra)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2020, 1:01am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-template-udt-instances-stopped-working-until-gateway-restart/31916 "2020-02-08T01:01:50Z")
Hello, In version 8.0.7 we just encountered a weird situation. For some reason a select group of UDT template instances were not working. The tags were being communicated with fine as we can see them update in the tag… --- ## [Template Canvas: issue OK button](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/template-canvas-issue-ok-button/32028)
**Author:** [@csanyia](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/csanyia)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2020, 10:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/template-canvas-issue-ok-button/32028 "2020-02-07T22:01:40Z")
I’m loading a CSV into the template canvas dataset, templates. Everything looks file, however, a lot of code I have to interact w/ the templates are disabled. If I go to the template canvas templates customizer and make… --- ## [Ignition 8 Reporting - Component binding to SQL query](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-reporting-component-binding-to-sql-query/32056)
**Author:** [@cole.sharrah](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cole.sharrah)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-reporting-component-binding-to-sql-query/32056 "2020-02-07T21:19:24Z")
I have a reporting sql query that saves as a PDF via a button on screen(Vision); the time range is changed by component on screen as well. I want to implement a dropdown to say either sort by ascending or descending or… --- ## [Replacing 'textfield' input with DATASET info](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/replacing-textfield-input-with-dataset-info/32062)
**Author:** [@c.turmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/c.turmel)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2020, 8:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/replacing-textfield-input-with-dataset-info/32062 "2020-02-07T20:52:14Z")
I’m basicaly working on something that will consist of a ‘‘text field’’ where you could for exemple enter an equipement ID (ex: 30-XTO-001). I would like to use that input to search a dataset in order to ‘‘print’’ or ‘‘S… --- ## [Project Properties via code](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/project-properties-via-code/31991)
**Author:** [@leversole](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/leversole)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/project-properties-via-code/31991 "2020-02-07T20:12:05Z")
I have some apps that do double duty as view only full screens, and the need to have some reports and lookup table maintenance, etc… I would like to programmatically turn of the menus based on the machine name. Thanks --- ## [How to save or print Report using Perspective module?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-save-or-print-report-using-perspective-module/32048)
**Author:** [@ptchanchal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ptchanchal)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2020, 6:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-save-or-print-report-using-perspective-module/32048 "2020-02-07T18:54:37Z")
I am new to perspective and ignition. I am facing problem with saving report on button click. I tried all the different ways given in forum and YouTube. I created a report named “ExpenseReport” and a view with pdf viewer… --- ## [Module feasibity for tag history to-from No-SQL DB](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/module-feasibity-for-tag-history-to-from-no-sql-db/12351)
**Author:** [@mazeyrat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mazeyrat)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/module-feasibity-for-tag-history-to-from-no-sql-db/12351 "2020-02-07T17:16:33Z")
Is that feasible (with a reasonable complexity) to achieve a module for : storing tag history data (with ignition history deadband) to a No-SQL DB retrieving these history data for easy chart ? --- ## [Is there any way that I can connect to the database from my html file in Web Dev module?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-any-way-that-i-can-connect-to-the-database-from-my-html-file-in-web-dev-module/32055)
**Author:** [@ptchanchal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ptchanchal)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-any-way-that-i-can-connect-to-the-database-from-my-html-file-in-web-dev-module/32055 "2020-02-07T17:15:28Z")
From what I know about web dev module, it doesn’t support php files so is there any way that I can connect to database using web dev module. --- ## [Script Console Hover Help](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/script-console-hover-help/32052)
**Author:** [@thomas.stevic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/thomas.stevic)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2020, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/script-console-hover-help/32052 "2020-02-07T17:13:27Z")
When hovering the mouse pointer over an error in the script console, the help is displayed. On my machine, the help is not readable because both the foreground and background colors are practically the same dark color. (… --- ## [Bug: Project Reports keep Switching](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-project-reports-keep-switching/32051)
**Author:** [@hsabreen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/hsabreen)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2020, 5:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-project-reports-keep-switching/32051 "2020-02-07T17:12:54Z")
I have a project that contains 5 different reports. I’m running into an issue where sometimes, if I click off of the report and on to another one, it will erase the report I was clicking onto and replace it with the repo… --- ## [Barcode scanner or QR code scanner](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/barcode-scanner-or-qr-code-scanner/31995)
**Author:** [@c.turmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/c.turmel)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2020, 5:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/barcode-scanner-or-qr-code-scanner/31995 "2020-02-07T17:03:58Z")
Hi everyone, I’m looking to integrate a barcode scanner in my HMI. I would like to be able to scan a code and make it do an action in igntion. I don’t need to collect any data for now in my sql database. I was looking i… [Previous page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md?page=1405) [Next page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md?page=1407)