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## [Error when exporting and importing tags / UDTs](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-when-exporting-and-importing-tags-udts/29448)

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**Author:** [@tordvd](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tordvd)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2019, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-when-exporting-and-importing-tags-udts/29448 "2019-10-28T14:42:56Z")

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There was no respond in this thread, so im trying to keep this alive: I am not sure how many is affected by this. "tag export" -\> "search/replace" -\> "tag import" is not working. We have to add all/change all tags man…

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## [Perspective: check permissions before navigating to view](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-check-permissions-before-navigating-to-view/23943)

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**Author:** [@ASF](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ASF)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2019, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-check-permissions-before-navigating-to-view/23943 "2019-10-28T14:35:28Z")

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I have a settings view, which requires a Service role to access. I have set up the view permissions, and now if I am not logged in when I try to navigate to that view, it appears very briefly, before being replaced by th…

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## [Conditional and parameterized named query syntax](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/conditional-and-parameterized-named-query-syntax/29304)

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**Author:** [@mmurphy](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mmurphy)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2019, 2:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/conditional-and-parameterized-named-query-syntax/29304 "2019-10-28T14:08:26Z")

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DISCLAIMER: This might be more of a SQL question than an Ignition one. I have a table on Perspective and I want to bind its data property to a conditional and parameterized query. My view (shown below) has a multistate …

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## [Hide ALL Headers in Perspective Alarm Table](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/hide-all-headers-in-perspective-alarm-table/27312)

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**Author:** [@vcgasman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/vcgasman)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2019, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/hide-all-headers-in-perspective-alarm-table/27312 "2019-10-28T14:29:58Z")

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I’m trying to add a 56px high alarm bar as a docked window at the bottom of my project. I was able to hide the column names header, but I cannot find a way to hide the header above that with the number of active alarms,…

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## [Ignition 8 Perspective acting weird](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-perspective-acting-weird/29420)

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**Author:** [@sac](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sac)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2019, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-perspective-acting-weird/29420 "2019-10-28T14:25:42Z")

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I designed a basic page with few controls of ON/OFF. If I turn on 1 and 2 it turns on the right tags but when I am opening the same page in web browser, instead of turning on 1 and 2, it’s turning on 5 and 6. What might…

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## [\[Bug-15287\]Images crops vertically if smaller than 16px](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-15287-images-crops-vertically-if-smaller-than-16px/29394)

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**Author:** [@dkylep](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dkylep)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2019, 1:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-15287-images-crops-vertically-if-smaller-than-16px/29394 "2019-10-28T13:15:45Z")

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I have a small image on a perspective view. When I embedded that view on another view at a reduced size my image disappeared. I played around and realized that the image gets clipped if you reduce it’s vertical size be…

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## [Tags imported as bad quality, values are NULL](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tags-imported-as-bad-quality-values-are-null/18149)

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**Author:** [@harryzhou4498](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/harryzhou4498)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2019, 11:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tags-imported-as-bad-quality-values-are-null/18149 "2019-10-27T23:24:00Z")

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I am having trouble getting my tags to be correct. I have imported the tags from the OPC server over onto my Designer client. After doing so, all of my input and output tags seem to be bad quality. Additionally, all of t…

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## [System.dataset not working in Client Tag Change Script](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-dataset-not-working-in-client-tag-change-script/29430)

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**Author:** [@ematschke](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ematschke)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2019, 8:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-dataset-not-working-in-client-tag-change-script/29430 "2019-10-27T20:40:12Z")

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If I use the following code on a button, it works fine. I can call incRow further down in the script. But if i use it in a Tag Change Script, I get NameError: global name ‘system’ is not defined def incRow(): newData …

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## [Kymera Map Panel Not Drawing Maps Anymore](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/kymera-map-panel-not-drawing-maps-anymore/29424)

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**Author:** [@WildeKurt](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/WildeKurt)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2019, 9:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/kymera-map-panel-not-drawing-maps-anymore/29424 "2019-10-26T21:53:28Z")

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I’m working with the Kymera Map Panel module and was able to get it to draw maps for a while using Google. However, after a panning and zooming the panel, it quit drawing the maps. When I place pins, I can pan them li…

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## [Perspective Column Container parameters that can change based on breakpoint?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-column-container-parameters-that-can-change-based-on-breakpoint/29406)

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**Author:** [@chelseajbenzie](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/chelseajbenzie)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2019, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-column-container-parameters-that-can-change-based-on-breakpoint/29406 "2019-10-26T16:33:50Z")

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Is there some type of parameter that can be changed based on different Column Container Breakpoints? I have multiple text fields (all of different sizes) that need to shrink/grow based on the breakpoint. I also have a s…

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## [How to bind more than one property to a control](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-bind-more-than-one-property-to-a-control/29419)

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**Author:** [@sac](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sac)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2019, 12:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-bind-more-than-one-property-to-a-control/29419 "2019-10-26T12:57:25Z")

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How can I bind more than 1 tag to a control in perspective. If I have 10 tags to turn on 10 lights, how can I add all these tags to a single button in Ignition 8 perspective?

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## [How to extract data from another web server in the network using web service?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-extract-data-from-another-web-server-in-the-network-using-web-service/29384)

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**Author:** [@michaelryan.alimagno](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michaelryan.alimagno)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2019, 7:58am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-extract-data-from-another-web-server-in-the-network-using-web-service/29384 "2019-10-26T07:58:16Z")

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How to extract data from another web server in the network using web service? To be specific, we need to extract data from WESM (Wholesale Electricity Spot Market) web server using the .net script and plot them in the Ig…

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## [\[BUG\]Vision client update closes docked windows](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-vision-client-update-closes-docked-windows/29415)

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**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2019, 5:20am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-vision-client-update-closes-docked-windows/29415 "2019-10-26T05:20:58Z")

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v8.0.5 When I update my clients with changes, all of my docked windows close. It doesn’t seem to happen every time. This is one of my dock window’s properties:

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## [Change Vision Dropdown Component to show items above component as well](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/change-vision-dropdown-component-to-show-items-above-component-as-well/29382)

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**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2019, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/change-vision-dropdown-component-to-show-items-above-component-as-well/29382 "2019-10-25T20:09:20Z")

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I'm hoping that this will be possible by changing the ComboBox renderer or model.. We have an HMI and a drop down component on a popup. We have already increased the height of the underlying combobox items by modifying …

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## [Alarm Pipeline is Not Running](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-pipeline-is-not-running/29411)

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**Author:** [@jramirez3](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jramirez3)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2019, 7:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-pipeline-is-not-running/29411 "2019-10-25T19:44:32Z")

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I have an alarm configured when it’s a value on 1 become true. I have a simple pipeline tied to it and i’ve done the test alarm pipeline on it. When my alarm goes true, i get these messages in the gateway: “(prov:default…

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## [Execute the same report x times and perspective download as multiple pages in a single file](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/execute-the-same-report-x-times-and-perspective-download-as-multiple-pages-in-a-single-file/29407)

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**Author:** [@wking](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/wking)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2019, 7:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/execute-the-same-report-x-times-and-perspective-download-as-multiple-pages-in-a-single-file/29407 "2019-10-25T19:15:28Z")

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Is this possible? Before I start digging in… I am making wip tags through reporting. We usually print four at a time. One by one. I can’t seem to find anything on running a report multiple times on a script and adding…

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## [Call a function in a tag](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/call-a-function-in-a-tag/29408)

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**Author:** [@Brown](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Brown)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2019, 6:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/call-a-function-in-a-tag/29408 "2019-10-25T18:39:24Z")

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I have a function defined in project library. I called the function when the tag changes. what i want is that this function be run 5 times when the tag changes. i have to try with the loops but it’s not working x = 1 …

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## [Multiple Project Inheritance scripting issue/bug](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/multiple-project-inheritance-scripting-issue-bug/29403)

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**Author:** [@bschroeder](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bschroeder)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2019, 6:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/multiple-project-inheritance-scripting-issue-bug/29403 "2019-10-25T18:12:42Z")

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I’ve got a project that is setup as such Project \> Parent #2 \> Parent #1 Where Parent #1 is the main parent project, Parent #2 inherits from Parent #1 and Project inherits from Parent #2. Within the Parent #2 project …

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## [Scripting Issue trying to input a bunch of rows of data into SQL](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/scripting-issue-trying-to-input-a-bunch-of-rows-of-data-into-sql/25741)

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**Author:** [@dholt](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dholt)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [June 12, 2019, 11:26am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/scripting-issue-trying-to-input-a-bunch-of-rows-of-data-into-sql/25741 "2019-06-12T11:26:34Z")

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Hello. We currently have a process that we're wanting to move into Ignition where we register our part numbers for any new numbers that come through to my company. It's not uncommon for there to be 40 new part numbers is…

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## [Connect to camera using opencv](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connect-to-camera-using-opencv/27076)

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**Author:** [@daniel.garcia-redrue](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/daniel.garcia-redrue)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connect-to-camera-using-opencv/27076 "2019-10-25T16:29:19Z")

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Hi all, I’m newbie in module development using Ignition SDK. I tried the examples and I focused on the Vision Component Example. I am trying to develop a new component to connect to an IP camera using OpenCV. Right now…

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## [Inductive University Challenge File Launcher pulling up blank screen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/inductive-university-challenge-file-launcher-pulling-up-blank-screen/29399)

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**Author:** [@lance.scada](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lance.scada)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2019, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/inductive-university-challenge-file-launcher-pulling-up-blank-screen/29399 "2019-10-25T15:37:31Z")

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I am trying to complete the rest of my lessons on inductive university so I uninstalled ignition (already had it on my computer), reinstalled it, and logged into localhost with the admin/ password credentials. When I res…

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## [How to time duration of tag.readBlocking, and duration of DB.runUpdateQuery](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-time-duration-of-tag-readblocking-and-duration-of-db-runupdatequery/29347)

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**Author:** [@brian.kehn](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/brian.kehn)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2019, 3:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-time-duration-of-tag-readblocking-and-duration-of-db-runupdatequery/29347 "2019-10-25T15:27:41Z")

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Good morning All, I have a new piece of equipment with a Windows 10 PC running an Ignition Gateway version 8.0.2. We’re using a single client, and both the Gateway and Client are running on that same PC. MySQL 8.0 is al…

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## [Perspective Security on Component Action](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-security-on-component-action/28950)

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**Author:** [@deon.korb](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/deon.korb)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2019, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-security-on-component-action/28950 "2019-10-25T15:08:13Z")

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Hi, This might be a blonde moment, but how can one implement Perspective permissions on the native action of a component, such as a toggle or numeric entry? For a button, the permission is set on the event script. For…

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## [Alarm Property Reference displayPath not functioning consistently nor as documented](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-property-reference-displaypath-not-functioning-consistently-nor-as-documented/29107)

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**Author:** [@dion.botha](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dion.botha)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2019, 2:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-property-reference-displaypath-not-functioning-consistently-nor-as-documented/29107 "2019-10-25T14:17:24Z")

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Hello, I just noticed that on some (not all) of my tags I cannot change the tag alarm property ‘Display Path’… It’s like the input field box is disabled… If I click the binding button and find the tag it seems to take a…

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## [Help With A-B Connection Path](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/help-with-a-b-connection-path/29396)

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**Author:** [@ClemsonTim80](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ClemsonTim80)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2019, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/help-with-a-b-connection-path/29396 "2019-10-25T13:45:59Z")

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Trying to setup connection path to a DH+ based SLC 5/04 Processor At Node 6 by going through a ControlLogix at 192.53.3.30 using 1756-DHRIO/D Channel B in slot 9 Selecting A-B SLC Driver and current path that is not wor…

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## [Convert 7.9 Gateway Project to 8.0 Edge Project](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/convert-7-9-gateway-project-to-8-0-edge-project/28986)

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**Author:** [@mhicks1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mhicks1)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2019, 11:31am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/convert-7-9-gateway-project-to-8-0-edge-project/28986 "2019-10-25T11:31:49Z")

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I would like to convert a Full Ignition gateway project to an Edge Project. Reasoning behind this is that we can use the full license in another application and utilize the edge in one application. I have Imported my G…

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## [Scheduling Cards](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/scheduling-cards/29391)

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**Author:** [@p.swanson26](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/p.swanson26)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2019, 11:23am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/scheduling-cards/29391 "2019-10-25T11:23:43Z")

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I’m trying to make a scheduling board in ignition that can be updated live by the client. Yes, I’m aware of the Equipment Schedule component, but we’re trying to add some extra functionality. Basically what we have is a …

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## [Ignition 8.0.3 - Linking UDTs to Views](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-0-3-linking-udts-to-views/27818)

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**Author:** [@gschneider](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/gschneider)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2019, 3:52am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-0-3-linking-udts-to-views/27818 "2019-10-25T03:52:43Z")

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I’m going through the IU videos now and noticed noticed there’s a “Motor\_Template” view on one of the instructor’s projects. Anyone know if there’s a video covering how this is made? I’m trying to figure out a way to pa…

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## [How to take first row of a querry tag and write it to a similar memory dataset tag? on Value Changed script](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-take-first-row-of-a-querry-tag-and-write-it-to-a-similar-memory-dataset-tag-on-value-changed-script/29369)

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**Author:** [@wking](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/wking)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2019, 12:32am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-take-first-row-of-a-querry-tag-and-write-it-to-a-similar-memory-dataset-tag-on-value-changed-script/29369 "2019-10-25T00:32:48Z")

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def valueChanged(tag, tagPath, previousValue, currentValue, initialChange, missedEvents): """ Fired whenever the current value changes in value or quality. Arguments: tag: The source tag object. A read-only wrapper…

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## [\[BUG-13544\] Deadlock in Designer with Debug level logging](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-13544-deadlock-in-designer-with-debug-level-logging/24060)

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**Author:** [@connor.elison](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/connor.elison)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2019, 11:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-13544-deadlock-in-designer-with-debug-level-logging/24060 "2019-10-24T23:57:47Z")

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I have ran into a reproducible deadlock on the AWT-EventQueue thread forcing the user to kill the designer process. To reproduce it requires Debug level logging on tags.manager.gwinterface and OutputConsole and python pr…

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