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**Author:** [@tom.ha](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tom.ha)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2019, 8:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-path-dynamic/30625 "2019-12-11T20:10:21Z")
Hi, I create dynamic tagpath. In my tag they need addition 2 number (such as \[~\]MachineFolder/Machine\_3/HighSP),\[~\]MachineFolder/Machine\_4/HighSP…… In value : \[~\]MachineFolder/Machine\_{Root Container.machine::MaNum}"+… --- ## [It is necessary to clear the cache for the changes to take effect](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/it-is-necessary-to-clear-the-cache-for-the-changes-to-take-effect/30615)
**Author:** [@informatica](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/informatica)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2019, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/it-is-necessary-to-clear-the-cache-for-the-changes-to-take-effect/30615 "2019-12-11T18:20:01Z")
Good morning. After upgrading from Ignition 7.9.9 to Ignition 8.0.6, all global resources (libraries and templates) have been moved to the “global” project. This is fine, but now when I update a function in a shared scr… --- ## [Script to format tag as string using engUnit & formatstring properties](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/script-to-format-tag-as-string-using-engunit-formatstring-properties/25753)
**Author:** [@justin.brzozoski](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/justin.brzozoski)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2019, 7:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/script-to-format-tag-as-string-using-engunit-formatstring-properties/25753 "2019-12-11T19:19:49Z")
I feel like this should be an integral feature of Ignition scripting and I’m just missing it, but I’ve not been able to find any hints in the manual or the forums. If I’m working in Perspective in a script, what is the … --- ## [\[feature-14663\]Perspective Session Info](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-14663-perspective-session-info/29109)
**Author:** [@DavidWisely](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/DavidWisely)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2019, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-14663-perspective-session-info/29109 "2019-12-11T18:55:18Z")
Is there any way to get perspective session information such as the number of sessions, users logged in, project name, etc… ? For Vision I use system.util.getSessionInfo() but this doesn’t get Perspective info. There a… --- ## [Dynamic easy chart "dataset" vs "where clause"](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dynamic-easy-chart-dataset-vs-where-clause/30588)
**Author:** [@tom.ha](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tom.ha)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2019, 6:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dynamic-easy-chart-dataset-vs-where-clause/30588 "2019-12-11T18:18:21Z")
Hi , I learn easy chart ignition 8.0 on inductive university, they mention about indirect easy chart, or dynamic chart. But in IGNITION 8.05, I looked for “dataset” in properties editor of easy chart, it was changed to … --- ## [Duplicated Data - Reports Table](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/duplicated-data-reports-table/30604)
**Author:** [@conan.a](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/conan.a)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2019, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/duplicated-data-reports-table/30604 "2019-12-11T17:52:39Z")
Hi Guys, Have an Issue with the reporting feature on Ignition 8. I am trying to display data in a 24 hour time from starting from midnight to 23:00PM. This column is reading in a Text Value of @t\_stamp@, I have the… --- ## [Flex view overlapping when resizing](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/flex-view-overlapping-when-resizing/30607)
**Author:** [@victor1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/victor1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2019, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/flex-view-overlapping-when-resizing/30607 "2019-12-11T16:17:03Z")
Hello. I am using flex view with flex repeater. The behavior when growing the screen its ok, but when shrinking the screen, the components are overlapping. How can I avoid this? Thanks --- ## [Undesired Component Behavior in Perspective App](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/undesired-component-behavior-in-perspective-app/30605)
**Author:** [@erfritts](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/erfritts)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2019, 1:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/undesired-component-behavior-in-perspective-app/30605 "2019-12-11T13:59:52Z")
We use iOS for our mobile client solutions. In our first attempts to redeploy our mobile projects as Perspective projects we have had numerous interaction problems. It is so bad as to make the projects unusable in their … --- ## [\[BUG-14820\] with disabled instances](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-14820-with-disabled-instances/27657)
**Author:** [@eoin.rigney](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/eoin.rigney)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2019, 12:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-14820-with-disabled-instances/27657 "2019-12-11T12:30:57Z")
When we disable an instance of a UDT it only disables tags on the top level. In our case we have tags in a folder yet the folder has a disabled icon but the tags are still live in the folder. Version 8.0.4 Nightly --- ## [Information appears in a popup window after pressing a button on a machine's HMI](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/information-appears-in-a-popup-window-after-pressing-a-button-on-a-machines-hmi/30590)
**Author:** [@felipe2010silva](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/felipe2010silva)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2019, 11:06am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/information-appears-in-a-popup-window-after-pressing-a-button-on-a-machines-hmi/30590 "2019-12-11T11:06:50Z")
Good evening, I’m new to ignition and I wanted to make a client application improvement but I have no idea how to do it. I will create a button on the HMI on the machine named “Cupper” which can be seen in the image belo… --- ## [Table Named Query](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-named-query/24562)
**Author:** [@craigb](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/craigb)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2019, 4:36am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-named-query/24562 "2019-12-11T04:36:03Z")
I have a table, linked to a named query. Named query caching is off, table polling is set to 5 seconds. When I add / edit the table on a client. The other clients do not update unless you navigate to another page and ba… --- ## [Using The PA Office Module to read .xlsb files](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-the-pa-office-module-to-read-xlsb-files/30595)
**Author:** [@howard.montero](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/howard.montero)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2019, 3:48am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-the-pa-office-module-to-read-xlsb-files/30595 "2019-12-11T03:48:18Z")
Has anyone used the Perfect Abstractions Office module to read .xlsb files or has a sample code of how to use it? I have been able to read .xlsx files with the ‘xssf.usermodel’ package and ‘XSSFWorkbook’ class, however,… --- ## [Can I delete the .mdmp file in ignition](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-i-delete-the-mdmp-file-in-ignition/30593)
**Author:** [@pitsaeng](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pitsaeng)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2019, 2:28am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-i-delete-the-mdmp-file-in-ignition/30593 "2019-12-11T02:28:52Z")
--- ## [Session Events - Session Props](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/session-events-session-props/25045)
**Author:** [@hodgins.e](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/hodgins.e)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2019, 10:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/session-events-session-props/25045 "2019-12-10T22:27:54Z")
I'm trying to set custom props in the Session Events on Startup. Basically i'm trying to access session.props.auth.user properties. But I keep getting back NoneType errors. Oddly if I log this in the session event: l… --- ## [Easy Chart Where Clause](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-chart-where-clause/2174)
**Author:** [@Rockman1\_1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Rockman1_1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2019, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-chart-where-clause/2174 "2019-12-10T20:44:47Z")
In FPMI, the Easy Chart Customizer included a Where clause entry box in the data section when adding pens. This was in addition to the Value Column, Time Column, Table Name and Datasource entries. This entry box doesn'… --- ## [Report Dynamic Table of Contents](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-dynamic-table-of-contents/30576)
**Author:** [@nathan.willbanks](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nathan.willbanks)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2019, 8:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-dynamic-table-of-contents/30576 "2019-12-10T20:28:40Z")
I’m creating a Report using a Table Group for each “Report Section” (5 Sections total). Because the Table Group adds pages as necessary, the page number on which each section begins is not always the same. Does anyone k… --- ## [Scripting Help w/ Perspective - Passing parameters to a popup window w/ table](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/scripting-help-w-perspective-passing-parameters-to-a-popup-window-w-table/30562)
**Author:** [@tmahaffey](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tmahaffey)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2019, 6:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/scripting-help-w-perspective-passing-parameters-to-a-popup-window-w-table/30562 "2019-12-10T18:37:53Z")
Is there anything that you can see that would stop my popup window from opening? The commented rungs are for where a programmer showed me different ways to pass parameters to my table that I’m trying to open. We had t… --- ## [Simple gauge padding](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/simple-gauge-padding/30566)
**Author:** [@sbussolino](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sbussolino)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2019, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/simple-gauge-padding/30566 "2019-12-10T17:19:19Z")
Hello Everyone, I have the needing to put a small simple gauge on a window (it will be around 50x50px) , but I noticed that the simple gauge element is not padding as I am expecting. To be more clear the circle that is … --- ## [New Chart Components](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/new-chart-components/26859)
**Author:** [@jball](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jball)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2019, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/new-chart-components/26859 "2019-12-10T17:14:53Z")
New Chart Components - 8.0.3 RC2 Timeseries charts, where the X-axis of the chart represents the passage of time, are of crucial importance in industrial applications like the kind built in Perspective. The 8.0.3 RC2 rel… --- ## [invokeLater in a for loop](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/invokelater-in-a-for-loop/30570)
**Author:** [@pascal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pascal)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2019, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/invokelater-in-a-for-loop/30570 "2019-12-10T14:40:17Z")
Hi, I’m trying to make a script that runs a db query to retrieve historical data between two dates. I would like to loop through the result dataset and write each value on a tag, wait 1 second (or more) and write the n… --- ## [Trouble with getting Autosol connected to Ignition](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/trouble-with-getting-autosol-connected-to-ignition/30456)
**Author:** [@justin.huggins](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/justin.huggins)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2019, 2:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/trouble-with-getting-autosol-connected-to-ignition/30456 "2019-12-10T14:38:10Z")
Does anyone have any instructions on what all needs to take place to get Autosol connected to Ignition? I have the host name and ProgID but the connection just faults. --- ## [Try:Except: Not working](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/try-not-working/30572)
**Author:** [@dkhayes117](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dkhayes117)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2019, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/try-not-working/30572 "2019-12-10T14:36:25Z")
I have a function that has some nested functions inside. The script is called on a barcode scan event. I had to add a custom property called scanBool that sets to 1, then reverts to 0 upon completion. This is so that … --- ## [Printing barcode to Zebra printer SerialPort Com](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/printing-barcode-to-zebra-printer-serialport-com/22742)
**Author:** [@ernesto.espino](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ernesto.espino)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2019, 4:14am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/printing-barcode-to-zebra-printer-serialport-com/22742 "2019-02-21T04:14:35Z")
can you help with an example I want to print barcode --- ## [Problem Ignition Designer Launcher](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-ignition-designer-launcher/30564)
**Author:** [@1526083654](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/1526083654)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2019, 12:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-ignition-designer-launcher/30564 "2019-12-10T12:39:45Z")
Ignition v8.0.0 and java 1.8.0\_151 on windows10 64 bit When I try to launch The Designer Launcher,it create an OpenJDK process but no visible window. I encountered the same problem on windows7.Hope someone can help … --- ## [Future in Industrial Automation](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/future-in-industrial-automation/14233)
**Author:** [@dcamp](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dcamp)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2017, 1:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/future-in-industrial-automation/14233 "2017-08-10T13:48:50Z")
Hello: I would appreciate your input/advice. I come from an electronic design/programming industry, for almost 40 years I have designed new electronic things that evolved around microprocessor's and that in-turn requir… --- ## [MES Do not move scheduled work orders when the current time passes the planned start date](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mes-do-not-move-scheduled-work-orders-when-the-current-time-passes-the-planned-start-date/30561)
**Author:** [@jeffrey.minton](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jeffrey.minton)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2019, 12:32am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mes-do-not-move-scheduled-work-orders-when-the-current-time-passes-the-planned-start-date/30561 "2019-12-10T00:32:47Z")
I noticed in OEE 2.0 that the scheduled entries for work orders are always moving forward in time when the current date passes the planned start date. Is there a way to stop this from happening. If the start time for a s… --- ## [Multiple Scan Class Behavior](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/multiple-scan-class-behavior/30557)
**Author:** [@alainia.spencer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/alainia.spencer)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2019, 11:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/multiple-scan-class-behavior/30557 "2019-12-09T23:24:40Z")
I currently have a dilemma that I am trying to overcome. I have a group of gas meter tags and plunger tags that all reside on the same device. I would like to only poll the plunger tags twice a day where as the gas mete… --- ## [Cannot write to UDT instance metadata documentation with system.tag.writeBlocking](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cannot-write-to-udt-instance-metadata-documentation-with-system-tag-writeblocking/30556)
**Author:** [@jacksone](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jacksone)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2019, 11:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cannot-write-to-udt-instance-metadata-documentation-with-system-tag-writeblocking/30556 "2019-12-09T23:20:44Z")
I had a script that worked at 7.9 that would write to a tag’s .documentation field. This script still works at 8.0 if the tag is not a UDT instance. The script does not generate an error, it just does nothing. I am wo… --- ## [\[BUG-15516\]\[FEATURE-14576\] CSS3 transform: scaleX(-1) mirror doesn't work in Coordinate Container](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-15516-feature-14576-css3-transform-scalex-1-mirror-doesnt-work-in-coordinate-container/29838)
**Author:** [@nader.chinichian](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nader.chinichian)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2019, 8:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-15516-feature-14576-css3-transform-scalex-1-mirror-doesnt-work-in-coordinate-container/29838 "2019-12-09T20:48:19Z")
Hello, I add transform: scaleX(-1) in style of an icon for mirroring icon shape in perspective, but it doesn’t work when I put object in Coordinate Container. It work in other container like flex. Is it bug? Or is the… --- ## [com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.script.LegacyClientTagUtilities](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/com-inductiveautomation-ignition-client-script-legacyclienttagutilities/30476)
**Author:** [@jacksone](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jacksone)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2019, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/com-inductiveautomation-ignition-client-script-legacyclienttagutilities/30476 "2019-12-09T20:03:01Z")
So after upgrading to Ignition 8, I have noticed that python script errors are now reporting com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.script.LegacyClientTagUtilities… I am just curious if this is now legacy, is there som… [Previous page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md?page=1428) [Next page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md?page=1430)