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## [Passing Parameters into a Perspective Session](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/passing-parameters-into-a-perspective-session/29849)

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**Author:** [@jramirez3](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jramirez3)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 11, 2019, 5:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/passing-parameters-into-a-perspective-session/29849 "2019-11-11T17:28:07Z")

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Is there a way to pass a value (string) into a perspective session from another application (not an Ignition project but just from another website using vb.net) without that values being shown in the URL? So from the ou…

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## [Singel Vision Instance](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/singel-vision-instance/29845)

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**Author:** [@roland.scheuer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/roland.scheuer)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 11, 2019, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/singel-vision-instance/29845 "2019-11-11T17:14:37Z")

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Hello, is it possible to allow only 1 started Vision-Client Instance per computer. Today i was looking on a Computer where operator started 8 Instances :S. Many Thanks in advance. br, Roland

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## [Constant Error storing tag history data - Connector/J Issue?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/constant-error-storing-tag-history-data-connector-j-issue/29499)

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**Author:** [@bkthomas](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bkthomas)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 11, 2019, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/constant-error-storing-tag-history-data-connector-j-issue/29499 "2019-11-11T17:13:13Z")

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Specified historical sink 'DB' does not exist java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Specified historical sink 'DB' does not exist. at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.history.HistoryManagerImpl.storeHistory(Hist…

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## [Get role from System/User/RoleString](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/get-role-from-system-user-rolestring/29851)

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**Author:** [@Neil\_B](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Neil_B)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 11, 2019, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/get-role-from-system-user-rolestring/29851 "2019-11-11T16:43:02Z")

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I’m trying to set a memory tag using the following expression on the system/client/RoleString which does not evaluate correctly. The RoleString system tag is a list of strings, so I’m not sure how I would need to check …

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## [XY Chart Background Fill](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/xy-chart-background-fill/26386)

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**Author:** [@vcgasman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/vcgasman)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 11, 2019, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/xy-chart-background-fill/26386 "2019-11-11T16:31:47Z")

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I would like to color the background of my plot area but it changes the background color of the entire xy chart component. Is this expected behavior or even possible to change the background color of just the plot area?…

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## [Color transparency render black in Microsoft Edge Browser](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/color-transparency-render-black-in-microsoft-edge-browser/29827)

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**Author:** [@nader.chinichian](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nader.chinichian)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 11, 2019, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/color-transparency-render-black-in-microsoft-edge-browser/29827 "2019-11-11T16:13:29Z")

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Hello Any object with color transparency other than 100(Alpha channel) render in black color in Microsoft Edge Browser. I see this bug in Android devices that use x86 CPU devices

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## [Screen Resolution questions](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/screen-resolution-questions/345)

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**Author:** [@mrtweaver](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mrtweaver)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 11, 2019, 3:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/screen-resolution-questions/345 "2019-11-11T15:40:32Z")

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I am not sure if the locking feature, not sure of this is what it is called, but it basically locks items to a screen so as the screen changes the position remains constant. But anyway I am not sure if this feature would…

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## [Java TLS Error When sending e-mail](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/java-tls-error-when-sending-e-mail/14168)

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**Author:** [@Dohertab](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Dohertab)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2017, 7:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/java-tls-error-when-sending-e-mail/14168 "2017-05-08T19:50:21Z")

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When attempting to use the 'system.net.sendEmail' function, I get the following error: "Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 37, in com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.gateway\_interface.GatewayExce…

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## [Transaction Group](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/transaction-group/29834)

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**Author:** [@rajeshbabu](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rajeshbabu)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 11, 2019, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/transaction-group/29834 "2019-11-11T14:11:15Z")

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Are there any known problems of Transaction Groups getting reset automatically in a live project where the connected PLC are active.In case there are known problems, please advise a solution.

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## [Not able to do import in Tags v.8](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/not-able-to-do-import-in-tags-v-8/29563)

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**Author:** [@patrick.garceau](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/patrick.garceau)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [November 11, 2019, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/not-able-to-do-import-in-tags-v-8/29563 "2019-11-11T13:58:54Z")

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Why is the import tag not working? the only way to get the tag working is to do a browse and then the tag works, importing does not work. Should I go to version 7.9, at least it worked, but my license is now version 8 …

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## [Offline application](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/offline-application/29351)

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**Author:** [@michal.koblasa](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michal.koblasa)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 11, 2019, 1:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/offline-application/29351 "2019-11-11T13:33:06Z")

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Hello, in our facility we need to implement application for our MilkRun (train which is riding around our facility, it loads and delivers packages). We need to prepare ignition application for him. But our wifi coverag…

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## [EasyChart Save button Not Working](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easychart-save-button-not-working/28282)

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**Author:** [@lrhyrne](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lrhyrne)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [November 11, 2019, 1:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easychart-save-button-not-working/28282 "2019-11-11T13:09:33Z")

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I have anEasyChart being used in a trending Window and the ‘Save…’ Button with the disk on it does not work, it only outs an incomplete XML file. I would like to fire a custom event handler script to handle our custom …

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## [Ignition 8 Tag Expression Binding Bug](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-tag-expression-binding-bug/29679)

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**Author:** [@maniaero14](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/maniaero14)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 11, 2019, 10:08am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-tag-expression-binding-bug/29679 "2019-11-11T10:08:35Z")

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Bug when we are binding a tag to a component in property \> expression it gets binded but when a new tag is created in the mean time does not get reflected in the property \> expression.

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## [\[Feature-15417\] Perspectives Slider seems laggy](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-15417-perspectives-slider-seems-laggy/29764)

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**Author:** [@weertske](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/weertske)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2019, 10:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-15417-perspectives-slider-seems-laggy/29764 "2019-11-10T22:17:10Z")

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On this page, I have a slider the output of which is bound to 4 realtime tag historian queries (to build the chart) and a text expression (to show the time span). Dragging the slider is very laggy. Any suggestions?

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## [Get TemplateRepeater object from within repeated template component](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/get-templaterepeater-object-from-within-repeated-template-component/29822)

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**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2019, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/get-templaterepeater-object-from-within-repeated-template-component/29822 "2019-11-10T19:56:40Z")

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The template that I’m repeating is able to delete its entry from the SQL table that’s providing the Template Repeater dataset, so upon deleting it, I want to also trigger the templateParams dataset to refresh. I have tr…

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## [Using a property as a table name in SQL query?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-a-property-as-a-table-name-in-sql-query/29818)

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**Author:** [@rupej](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rupej)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2019, 12:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-a-property-as-a-table-name-in-sql-query/29818 "2019-11-10T12:55:43Z")

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I’m using trying to use the following query as the data binding for a table. It works great until I try to use a custom property (which is a string) as the table name. Does anyone know what the correct syntax is to do …

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## [Ignition 7.9.10 Trends](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-7-9-10-trends/29809)

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**Author:** [@dcamp1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dcamp1)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2019, 11:42am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-7-9-10-trends/29809 "2019-11-10T11:42:01Z")

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I can’t figure out what I’m doing wrong! I select my pens from a Tranaction Group (as you can see in my pen selection) the database is correct as far as the value in the fields “685870\_Ft” value = 9.53 but for some r…

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## [External Web Server to Access database to Ignition Gateway](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/external-web-server-to-access-database-to-ignition-gateway/29819)

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**Author:** [@michaelryan.alimagno](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michaelryan.alimagno)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2019, 11:18am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/external-web-server-to-access-database-to-ignition-gateway/29819 "2019-11-10T11:18:49Z")

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We need a data from an external web server (e.g. WESM Web Server) via the internet. WESM Web server will provide an API where we can use to extract the data from WESM Web server and will be received by Ignition Gateway u…

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## [Iframe plugin required for Amcrest camera](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/iframe-plugin-required-for-amcrest-camera/29802)

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**Author:** [@khanczrik](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/khanczrik)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2019, 8:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/iframe-plugin-required-for-amcrest-camera/29802 "2019-11-08T20:33:20Z")

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Added an Iframe in Perspective for a camera; it runs fine tools-\>perspective-\>launch session, but errors on mobile devices(Iphones, Android, etc). The same problem existed in Vision, but after updating camera’s firmware…

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## [Ignition perspective giving realtime errors of tag on controls](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-perspective-giving-realtime-errors-of-tag-on-controls/29821)

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**Author:** [@sac](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sac)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2019, 7:56am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-perspective-giving-realtime-errors-of-tag-on-controls/29821 "2019-11-10T07:56:21Z")

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I have connected a device using Modbus RTU over TCP. Occasionally there are timeout errors which Ignition is picking up and showing in the tags.,I have bound a control to. Let’s say I have an ON/ OFF tag bound to a chec…

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## [V7.9.10 Easy Chart Trend Zoom](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/v7-9-10-easy-chart-trend-zoom/29814)

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**Author:** [@Bob\_O](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Bob_O)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2019, 7:40am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/v7-9-10-easy-chart-trend-zoom/29814 "2019-11-10T07:40:43Z")

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When zooming in, the trend line turn to dot/dashes when the pen is selected to trend as Line. I assume I have done something incorrectly during my set-up. Any help is appreciated. Thanks,

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## [Publish Mode and Commit Messages are missing](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/publish-mode-and-commit-messages-are-missing/22624)

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**Author:** [@martinel3746](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/martinel3746)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [November 9, 2019, 12:45am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/publish-mode-and-commit-messages-are-missing/22624 "2019-11-09T00:45:09Z")

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Project Properties / General Publishing Settings are missing from my Ignition 8 beta download from 11-Feb-2019. I don’t have the Publish Mode or Commit Messages. Will there still be separation between Staging and Publi…

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## [Internal error in explorer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/internal-error-in-explorer/22420)

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**Author:** [@drinaldi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/drinaldi)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 9, 2019, 12:04am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/internal-error-in-explorer/22420 "2019-11-09T00:04:02Z")

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Hello, I keep getting an “Internal error” show up in explorer while system is running. This in turn locks up designer. Has anyone seen this before and know of a fix? running windows 10, 64 bit, new PC, just installed …

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## [\[Bug-15419\] Dock can't resize on touch screen device](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-15419-dock-cant-resize-on-touch-screen-device/29730)

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**Author:** [@nader.chinichian](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nader.chinichian)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2019, 11:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-15419-dock-cant-resize-on-touch-screen-device/29730 "2019-11-08T23:33:28Z")

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Is this a bug or some thing plan to add in future? Even when I toggle back ‘toggle device toolbar’ to mouse, it doesn’t work until refresh in mouse mode. I use v 8.0.6 rc1

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## [Proper system.db.runNamedQuery usage in python](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/proper-system-db-runnamedquery-usage-in-python/29768)

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**Author:** [@tyrel.parker](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tyrel.parker)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2019, 10:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/proper-system-db-runnamedquery-usage-in-python/29768 "2019-11-08T22:49:37Z")

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I frequently have troubles where I want to run a named query within a python script, but when I try to iterate through that dataset to format the returns I end up crashing my designer. I don’t think I am doing anything t…

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## [Recommendation for alarm pipleline structure, number of pipelines?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/recommendation-for-alarm-pipleline-structure-number-of-pipelines/29810)

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**Author:** [@rpavlicek](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rpavlicek)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2019, 9:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/recommendation-for-alarm-pipleline-structure-number-of-pipelines/29810 "2019-11-08T21:56:12Z")

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Hello, I’m looking for what would be a good practice for an alarm pipeline structure. I’ve read though the alarming sections in the manual and university and have a good idea on creating pipelines, notifications, roste…

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## [Putting a button inside a power table column?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/putting-a-button-inside-a-power-table-column/29801)

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**Author:** [@bkarabinchak.psi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bkarabinchak.psi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2019, 9:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/putting-a-button-inside-a-power-table-column/29801 "2019-11-08T21:55:43Z")

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I saw a few threads on this and but I cannot get either of them to work. Has anyone done this with success? Also, in one of the post it's mentioned about putting some of the information in the table initialize ext…

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## [Table Customizer - Translation List issue](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-customizer-translation-list-issue/29754)

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**Author:** [@nigel.flynn](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nigel.flynn)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2019, 9:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-customizer-translation-list-issue/29754 "2019-11-08T21:44:59Z")

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I have created 3 Translation lists in my table customizer but as you can see below the translation is not coming out correct? I have checked the data behind the translation and its correct? It always only affects th…

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## [Open message box on different window](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/open-message-box-on-different-window/29423)

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**Author:** [@kunal.ghule](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kunal.ghule)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2019, 9:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/open-message-box-on-different-window/29423 "2019-11-08T21:38:18Z")

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I’m working on a project with 2 monitors, 2nd monitor is being controlled through system.gui.openDesktop. Is there a way to open message box on 2nd screen, as it always opens on 1st. Thank you.

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## [Dataset Tag Limit XYChart](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dataset-tag-limit-xychart/29808)

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**Author:** [@richard.forero](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/richard.forero)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2019, 9:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dataset-tag-limit-xychart/29808 "2019-11-08T21:29:34Z")

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I have a table in a database, this table have many rows, around 1 million of rows, When i try graph this data, XYChart disappear for ten minutes and don’t work. how can i graph this data more faster in XYChart?. What is …

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