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## [Tag History Expression Binds Crash Ignition](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-history-expression-binds-crash-ignition/24337)

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**Author:** [@Steve\_Laubach](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Steve_Laubach)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2019, 12:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-history-expression-binds-crash-ignition/24337 "2019-04-24T12:18:50Z")

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I’m on an early 8.01 build. I think it was the 2nd nightly. I’m trying to do this on an XY Chart: https://www.inductiveuniversity.com/videos/tag-history-binding---expression/8.0 https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/d…

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## [List all tags used in a page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/list-all-tags-used-in-a-page/24253)

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**Author:** [@lettierf](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lettierf)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2019, 10:29am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/list-all-tags-used-in-a-page/24253 "2019-04-24T10:29:06Z")

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Hi all I am trying to get all tags used in a page. At now I am able to it by listing all the components in a page and then get the property of the linked tag. This is working quite fine because the objects in a page are…

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## [MAC Address from ARM system](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mac-address-from-arm-system/24343)

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**Author:** [@keithw](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/keithw)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2019, 10:20am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mac-address-from-arm-system/24343 "2019-04-24T10:20:14Z")

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I’m running a vision client on a raspberry pi, unfortunately the MAC address tag (\[System\]Client/Network/MACAddress) is being read as “none”. Is this not possible to read? Thanks.

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## [Timer display on HMI](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/timer-display-on-hmi/17486)

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**Author:** [@cagibson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cagibson)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2018, 7:51am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/timer-display-on-hmi/17486 "2018-03-26T07:51:03Z")

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I'm trying to display a 30 second stop watch/timer on the HMI. The trigger/or reset to zero would be the complete inspection button. This way production will know how fast they need to process each tube. -Carlos

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## [Ignition Auto Start on Panel HMI](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-auto-start-on-panel-hmi/3968)

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**Author:** [@MCC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/MCC)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-auto-start-on-panel-hmi/3968 "2012-02-10T19:19:53Z")

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This is related to the topic of delaying client start: http://www.inductiveautomation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=72&t=5929&p=18077&hilit=Ignition+startup#p18077 We have an application in which Ignition is running on an …

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## [Tag Providers Organization Best Practice](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-providers-organization-best-practice/24308)

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**Author:** [@david.l](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/david.l)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2019, 7:48am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-providers-organization-best-practice/24308 "2019-04-24T07:48:35Z")

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I read a post where someone mentioned that it is best practice not to use the default tag provider since it causes issues with the Gateway network later on. This person had seen this at ICC. How many tag providers are u…

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## [Error Opening Script Console](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-opening-script-console/24341)

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**Author:** [@roger\_larson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/roger_larson)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2019, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-opening-script-console/24341 "2019-04-23T21:47:50Z")

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Hi all, We are trying to post some alarms to a slack channel, and using this test code causes it to fail (and kills our script console as well): from urllib import request, parse import json def send\_message\_to\_slack(t…

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## [Using system.util.invokeAsychronous on Power Table Extension Functions](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-system-util-invokeasychronous-on-power-table-extension-functions/24334)

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**Author:** [@jlopez](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jlopez)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2019, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-system-util-invokeasychronous-on-power-table-extension-functions/24334 "2019-04-23T21:10:02Z")

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I am trying to split my extension functions into database and GUI activities to speed up the GUI. I’ve used system.util.invokeLater and system.util.invokeAsychronous successfully on a button’s actionPerformed eventHandl…

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## [\[Bug-13253\]Text Field Backgrounds](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-13253-text-field-backgrounds/24209)

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**Author:** [@Walt](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Walt)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2019, 8:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-13253-text-field-backgrounds/24209 "2019-04-23T20:29:22Z")

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When a Text Field background color is transparent it will turn white when clicked. Then if you click another text field the first text field will show some garbage in the background.

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## [\[BUG-11902\] Moving Windows to new folder collapses existing expanded folders and expands just the folder being moved to](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-11902-moving-windows-to-new-folder-collapses-existing-expanded-folders-and-expands-just-the-folder-being-moved-to/24076)

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**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2019, 7:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-11902-moving-windows-to-new-folder-collapses-existing-expanded-folders-and-expands-just-the-folder-being-moved-to/24076 "2019-04-23T19:03:07Z")

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8.0.0 (b2019040718) When I move a Window from a folder into a new folder, my whole Windows browser structure gets collapsed and then only the folder path where the Window was moved to gets expanded. This is frustrating …

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## [\[BUG-13548\] Renaming a folder to itself deletes the folder!](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-13548-renaming-a-folder-to-itself-deletes-the-folder/24084)

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**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2019, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-13548-renaming-a-folder-to-itself-deletes-the-folder/24084 "2019-04-23T18:51:53Z")

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8.0.0 (b2019040718) This one is super critical. If you rename a tag folder to itself (i.e. you accidentally double click on it and you start the rename action so press ‘enter’ to not rename it), the whole folder is del…

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## [\[BUG-12968\] Go To Definition doesn't do anything on a UDT instance](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-12968-go-to-definition-doesnt-do-anything-on-a-udt-instance/23981)

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**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2019, 6:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-12968-go-to-definition-doesnt-do-anything-on-a-udt-instance/23981 "2019-04-23T18:22:37Z")

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8.0.0 (b2019040718) Windows 7 As topic title says, this button doesn’t seem to do anything when clicked.

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## [\[bug-13371\] \[perspective\] resolving conflict](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-13371-perspective-resolving-conflict/23712)

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**Author:** [@BumbleBeeTuna](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/BumbleBeeTuna)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2019, 6:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-13371-perspective-resolving-conflict/23712 "2019-04-23T18:22:27Z")

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build: b2019032708 When I click save in the designer I see a empty resolve conflict window: output console reports: \> 10:32:14.122 \[AWT-EventQueue-0\] INFO designer.update-and-save - resolving 1 conflicts... \> Excep…

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## [Selecting based on value instead of a row?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/selecting-based-on-value-instead-of-a-row/24332)

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**Author:** [@bkarabinchak.psi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bkarabinchak.psi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2019, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/selecting-based-on-value-instead-of-a-row/24332 "2019-04-23T18:11:59Z")

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I have a dropdown menu with the following data value label 2 label2 3 label3 5 label5 4 label4 7 label7 6 label6 11 label1…

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## [Resolve conflict window hangs](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/resolve-conflict-window-hangs/24331)

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**Author:** [@sudipta.tripathy](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sudipta.tripathy)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2019, 5:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/resolve-conflict-window-hangs/24331 "2019-04-23T17:49:26Z")

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I am having intermittent issues in saving my project in a multi-user development environment. The resolve conflict screen hangs. strong text

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## [\[Feature\] Property on Perspective Table to assign filter](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-property-on-perspective-table-to-assign-filter/24043)

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**Author:** [@grietveld](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/grietveld)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2019, 5:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-property-on-perspective-table-to-assign-filter/24043 "2019-04-23T17:40:39Z")

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Came across a use case, and I think this could be a useful feature. I’m trying to create a table that would display part data, and I wanted to give the operator the ability to scan a barcode to pull up those records in t…

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## [Image not resizing on a client project - Ignition 8.0](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/image-not-resizing-on-a-client-project-ignition-8-0/24330)

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**Author:** [@dholt](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dholt)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2019, 4:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/image-not-resizing-on-a-client-project-ignition-8-0/24330 "2019-04-23T16:58:13Z")

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The previous issue has been resolved, I’m assuming you guys pushed an update last night on scripting? I have a new issue however. I’m re-building my dashboards for my assembly lines and have a problem with some of my cli…

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## [When I try to group an entire screen of graphics designer crashes](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/when-i-try-to-group-an-entire-screen-of-graphics-designer-crashes/24322)

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**Author:** [@chaddcharbonneau](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/chaddcharbonneau)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2019, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/when-i-try-to-group-an-entire-screen-of-graphics-designer-crashes/24322 "2019-04-23T16:17:17Z")

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Designer keeps locking up when I try to group graphics, any ideas, thanks. I’m trying to group 1012 componenets

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## [Frequent Client Updates shown - 7.9.10](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/frequent-client-updates-shown-7-9-10/24301)

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**Author:** [@RohanPalshikar](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/RohanPalshikar)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2019, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/frequent-client-updates-shown-7-9-10/24301 "2019-04-23T14:52:38Z")

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Our Clients every time they login are seeing frequent updates. When they click to download the update, it runs successfully but through the day they again see that an update is available for download on the yellow bar at…

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## [Is there a way to collect tag changes into 1 variable?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-collect-tag-changes-into-1-variable/24317)

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**Author:** [@huyao](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/huyao)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2019, 1:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-collect-tag-changes-into-1-variable/24317 "2019-04-23T13:31:39Z")

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Hi All, Current I have around 5000 tags, and want to collect all the tags changes event every second. Two ideas Memory dataset tag. For those 5000 tags, add tag change scripts to read and write the dataset tag. Ques…

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## [Is a threaded comments system possible?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-a-threaded-comments-system-possible/24321)

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**Author:** [@bkarabinchak.psi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bkarabinchak.psi)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2019, 12:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-a-threaded-comments-system-possible/24321 "2019-04-23T12:57:09Z")

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I am creating a window on my project that allows users to leave messages on topics, and basically right now I display all the messages in a two column’d table I’ve made to look like a old school chatroom. It works fine. …

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## [Dynamically Update Template Instances](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dynamically-update-template-instances/24311)

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**Author:** [@breynolds](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/breynolds)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2019, 12:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dynamically-update-template-instances/24311 "2019-04-23T12:24:26Z")

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I have a template that represents a part moving down a conveyor. I want to add and remove instances dynamically and animate them moving between stations. Can this animation be accomplished with a template canvas? If not,…

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## [Trending time-series data from cloud providers](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/trending-time-series-data-from-cloud-providers/24309)

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**Author:** [@david.l](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/david.l)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2019, 12:46am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/trending-time-series-data-from-cloud-providers/24309 "2019-04-23T00:46:24Z")

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I am looking at Cirrus Link injectors (AWS/Azure). I was wondering if anybody has been able to successfully create trending dashboards based on the data. Are you trending live data, if so, how are you doing it? Azure a…

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## [Ignition 8.0 Upgrade - Inaccessible Shared Project Scripts](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-0-upgrade-inaccessible-shared-project-scripts/24305)

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**Author:** [@bfuson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bfuson)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2019, 10:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-0-upgrade-inaccessible-shared-project-scripts/24305 "2019-04-22T22:41:41Z")

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I had a client recently upgrade their Gateway from Ignition 7.9.10 to 8.0 Before the upgrade, there existed several shared project scripts for handling critical functionality for both the server and the clients. Since u…

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## [Delay Gatway script](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/delay-gatway-script/24299)

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**Author:** [@Xavier](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Xavier)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2019, 9:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/delay-gatway-script/24299 "2019-04-22T21:51:51Z")

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Hi All, Looking for some help on delaying a Gateway event script based off of Tag Change. I am new to scripting in ignition. We are logging test data after the test completes and moves the data block to the completed te…

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## [\[BUG - 13483\] Perspective Date Time input displays error for non-english locales](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-13483-perspective-date-time-input-displays-error-for-non-english-locales/23851)

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**Author:** [@chi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/chi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2019, 8:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-13483-perspective-date-time-input-displays-error-for-non-english-locales/23851 "2019-04-22T20:50:06Z")

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The datetime input component is not usable for non english locales ( 8.0.0-rc1 (b2019040123)) select an non-english localein the locale property of the DateTime Input (e.g. de) start preview mode click the datetime inp…

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## [\[Bug-12960\]Type Mismatch On Dataset Within Expressions Whether From Property Or Tag](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-12960-type-mismatch-on-dataset-within-expressions-whether-from-property-or-tag/23005)

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**Author:** [@jreynolds](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jreynolds)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2019, 6:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-12960-type-mismatch-on-dataset-within-expressions-whether-from-property-or-tag/23005 "2019-04-22T18:28:33Z")

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Trying to pull value from dataset. Dataset has data, but keep getting error saying “found QuailfiedValue” try({this.custom.sessionDataset}\[0,'stepNum'\],-1)

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## [What does "\[~\]" in tag path represent?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-does-in-tag-path-represent/24267)

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**Author:** [@dleroy](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dleroy)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2019, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-does-in-tag-path-represent/24267 "2019-04-22T17:58:20Z")

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## [\[bug-13518\]Resource Upgrade Problem on Windows](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-13518-resource-upgrade-problem-on-windows/23971)

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**Author:** [@connor.elison](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/connor.elison)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2019, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-13518-resource-upgrade-problem-on-windows/23971 "2019-04-22T16:34:12Z")

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Hey, While I was upgrading from Ignition 7.9 to 8.0 I ran into a problem with the project resources not being migrated from the internal database to the file system. The stack trace that comes with the error is INFO …

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## [\[BUG-13522\] system.util.getSessionInfo possible bug](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-13522-system-util-getsessioninfo-possible-bug/23571)

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**Author:** [@cwaddoups](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cwaddoups)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2019, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-13522-system-util-getsessioninfo-possible-bug/23571 "2019-04-22T16:33:17Z")

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The project column in the dataset that is returned by system.util.getSessionInfo() in 8.0 does not act in the same way that it did in 7.9. In 7.9 the project column returned whatever project the designer or client in vi…

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