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**Author:** [@rgarcher](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rgarcher)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2018, 6:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/keychain-expression/17500 "2018-03-26T18:23:10Z")
I'm trying to use a simple keychain expression that checks the value of a boolean and returns yes or no to the report. When I run the report, the expression doesn't seem to evaluate. I've placed it below. @manual\_e… --- ## [VMWare Processor/Core Configuration](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vmware-processor-core-configuration/17499)
**Author:** [@jlteel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jlteel)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2018, 5:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vmware-processor-core-configuration/17499 "2018-03-26T17:10:21Z")
A lot of what I've read about configuring the "number of processors" and "number of cores per processor" in a VMWare guest indicates that the performance will be the same whether you choose: a) Four processors with two… --- ## [Undistributed Data](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/undistributed-data/17497)
**Author:** [@m.currier](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/m.currier)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2018, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/undistributed-data/17497 "2018-03-26T15:00:43Z")
I'm designing a system that has multiple remote gateways with identical tag structures. The data is is saved centrally using the Tag History module. Questions: Does the module provide a built-in mechanism to distingui… --- ## [Project script thinks it is shared](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/project-script-thinks-it-is-shared/17480)
**Author:** [@AndyP](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AndyP)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2018, 2:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/project-script-thinks-it-is-shared/17480 "2018-03-26T14:56:21Z")
Hi - has anyone had this problem: I have two projects on the same gateway which appear to think they are sharing the project scripts area. For example, I have bunch of project scripts in Project A, one being called P… --- ## [Transaction group format](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/transaction-group-format/17493)
**Author:** [@nicolas.bernatchez](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nicolas.bernatchez)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2018, 12:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/transaction-group-format/17493 "2018-03-26T12:50:16Z")
Hi! I have Tags that count physical objects and i need to log their informations with a certain format in my database. I tried using block groups as I want to read the data base line by line and I also want to delete the… --- ## [Gateway Tag change script - change trigger](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-tag-change-script-change-trigger/17494)
**Author:** [@Julio.Bautista](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Julio.Bautista)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2018, 2:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-tag-change-script-change-trigger/17494 "2018-03-26T14:18:27Z")
I have a gateway tag event that is looking at two opc tags and when they both go true I want my script to write to the database to run. Below are screenshot of both my tag event script and shared script I went to … --- ## [Alarm Audible Alert in Multiple Client Windows](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-audible-alert-in-multiple-client-windows/17495)
**Author:** [@kenny](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kenny)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2018, 1:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-audible-alert-in-multiple-client-windows/17495 "2018-03-26T13:27:15Z")
I am triggering an audible alarm when alarms become active at certain times of day. I've bound the trigger property of the alarmNotification tool to a boolean property called alarmActive. When alarmActive changes to "1",… --- ## [Graphs appearance group by date then shift](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/graphs-appearance-group-by-date-then-shift/17055)
**Author:** [@Julio.Bautista](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Julio.Bautista)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2018, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/graphs-appearance-group-by-date-then-shift/17055 "2018-03-26T13:26:49Z")
I have this excel file that people want to duplicate onto ingition and was wondering if its possible to split the x axis in two showing information based on shifts within a date. --- ## [Symbol Scanner Question](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/symbol-scanner-question/17419)
**Author:** [@keith.hyder](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/keith.hyder)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2018, 11:40am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/symbol-scanner-question/17419 "2018-03-26T11:40:00Z")
Hello, At the factory I work at we use Zebra Model MT2090 programmable bar-code scanners. Currently we use MCL Designer to program these scanners. They are used with EM to write scanned component values to our SQL dat… --- ## [Share project to internet](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/share-project-to-internet/17490)
**Author:** [@StepanenkoPaul](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/StepanenkoPaul)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2018, 8:05am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/share-project-to-internet/17490 "2018-03-26T08:05:16Z")
Hello. Tell me please where I need to start solving the next problem. I have a virtual machine in Azure with the project Ignition. I would like to access this project on another machine via Ignition client. However, I ca… --- ## [How to change the value of a component using script](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-change-the-value-of-a-component-using-script/17477)
**Author:** [@mic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mic)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2018, 2:54am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-change-the-value-of-a-component-using-script/17477 "2018-03-26T02:54:03Z")
Hi there Am new to Ignition Trying to write a script in a button on the main window. Whenever click on this button, it will check another component(Eg a Cylindrical Tank) in another window(tanks). If the tank is fill… --- ## [How to create an unique ID in ignition](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-create-an-unique-id-in-ignition/17489)
**Author:** [@jorisherry](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jorisherry)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2018, 2:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-create-an-unique-id-in-ignition/17489 "2018-03-25T14:23:13Z")
I need to generate a unique trackid in ignition. At the moment i store this in a memory tag and after each read, i increase the value by 1, using the system.tag.read and write functions. My question is: is it possible fo… --- ## [Transaction group migration from factorysql to ignition 7.8.4](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/transaction-group-migration-from-factorysql-to-ignition-7-8-4/17479)
**Author:** [@roshanbhosale](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/roshanbhosale)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2018, 8:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/transaction-group-migration-from-factorysql-to-ignition-7-8-4/17479 "2018-03-23T20:07:26Z")
Hi, Is there any easier way to migrate transaction groups from FactorySQL to ignition 7.8.4 Currently, I found out that, factorySQL only export transaction groups in.CSV format and ignition 7.8.4 imports transaction gro… --- ## [Troubleshooting Tag Provider Errors](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/troubleshooting-tag-provider-errors/17469)
**Author:** [@bfuson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bfuson)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2018, 5:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/troubleshooting-tag-provider-errors/17469 "2018-03-23T17:17:47Z")
I have a gateway tag provider that is consistently throwing write errors of the form: \[\[default\]Line Weld/SomeLine/\_PLC Tags/STATUS\] Error writing to OPC address \[\[kepware2\]ns=2;s=SomeLine.SomeLine.STATUS\]. Result … --- ## [Project Save takes too long, any way to improve?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/project-save-takes-too-long-any-way-to-improve/17465)
**Author:** [@mwaynesmith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mwaynesmith)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2018, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/project-save-takes-too-long-any-way-to-improve/17465 "2018-03-23T16:20:06Z")
Saving our project on a local workstation takes 15-30 seconds for each save. Any way to improve? Also, it seems very slow, 5-10 secs. sometimes to edit a tag --- ## [Power table configureEditor based on row](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-table-configureeditor-based-on-row/17468)
**Author:** [@mrogers](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mrogers)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2018, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-table-configureeditor-based-on-row/17468 "2018-03-23T16:18:02Z")
I'm trying to do a sort of transposed table to edit. So basically I have UDT instance names as columns and the rows are tags in that UDT. Some are integers/doubles, some are bools. For the booleans, I want to have dropdo… --- ## [Catching transaction timeouts](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/catching-transaction-timeouts/16025)
**Author:** [@Dan\_Bridgeman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Dan_Bridgeman)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2018, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/catching-transaction-timeouts/16025 "2018-03-23T16:13:53Z")
I'm working on a script which includes a database transaction and uses a try/except to make sure that the transactions gets rolled back and closed sanely when an exception is caught. import java.lang.Exception try: … --- ## [\[Error\] OPC Connection fault at first startup](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-opc-connection-fault-at-first-startup/17473)
**Author:** [@n.meluccio](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/n.meluccio)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2018, 3:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-opc-connection-fault-at-first-startup/17473 "2018-03-23T15:18:36Z")
Hello again, Sirs. I’m facing, again, with a problem: the OPC Connection. At the first start of the PC, sometimes, the OPC connections returns a fault. If we restart the PC, or if we restart the gateway from the utilit… --- ## [Gateway Event Script (Sending request through TCP)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-event-script-sending-request-through-tcp/17475)
**Author:** [@r\_sjm](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/r_sjm)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2018, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-event-script-sending-request-through-tcp/17475 "2018-03-23T13:58:07Z")
I'm having trouble trying to send some values over TCP using client event timing script. Here is my code, but nothing is sending. import socket s = socket.socket(socket.AF\_INET, socket.SOCK\_STREAM) HOST = 'insert IP h… --- ## [Refeshing User Management component](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/refeshing-user-management-component/17467)
**Author:** [@klehman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/klehman)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2018, 11:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/refeshing-user-management-component/17467 "2018-03-22T23:56:40Z")
I have a filterUser() script, set up, but it only works on the initial load of the component. Has anyone been able to refresh the component via scripting? I cant seem to make system.db.refresh work, likely because its… --- ## [Need for a certain format using transaction group](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/need-for-a-certain-format-using-transaction-group/17466)
**Author:** [@nicolas.bernatchez](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nicolas.bernatchez)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2018, 7:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/need-for-a-certain-format-using-transaction-group/17466 "2018-03-22T19:39:24Z")
Hi! I have Tags that count physical objects and i need to log their informations with a certain format in my database. I tried using block groups as I want to read the data base line by line and I also want to delete the… --- ## [Navigation Slow](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/navigation-slow/5673)
**Author:** [@craigb](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/craigb)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2018, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/navigation-slow/5673 "2018-03-22T18:44:21Z")
Hi Folks, This is my first use of igntion and Im using this panel pc advantech.com/products/TPC-1 ... A06E4.aspx My program is only small, maybe 20 screens. They all have a png as a background but that is resized be… --- ## [Information about data browsing](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/information-about-data-browsing/17364)
**Author:** [@antoine.soumillion](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/antoine.soumillion)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2018, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/information-about-data-browsing/17364 "2018-03-22T15:46:09Z")
Good morning, As part of an end-of-study assignment, I would like to have some information. I saw that it was possible to browse tags in ignition if the PLC was compatible. What is the criterion that tells me if my PLC… --- ## [How to change info of default ignition](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-change-info-of-default-ignition/17443)
**Author:** [@pinkiecao](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pinkiecao)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2018, 3:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-change-info-of-default-ignition/17443 "2018-03-22T15:44:02Z")
Hi all, Has someone tried to hide the ignition logo or text on window title and windows? I want to use my own logo and other infomation. Please hint me if you know. Thanks a lot. --- ## [Memory Tag Last Changed Value](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/memory-tag-last-changed-value/17460)
**Author:** [@compuzak](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/compuzak)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2018, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/memory-tag-last-changed-value/17460 "2018-03-22T15:14:04Z")
How do I get the LastChange attribute of a memory tag in scripting? I can read the tag and get its value, but can't get the LastChange property. I tried ".LastChange", ".lastChanged", and ".lastchange" but all these gi… --- ## [List of libraries used in import in scripts](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/list-of-libraries-used-in-import-in-scripts/11608)
**Author:** [@compuzak](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/compuzak)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2018, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/list-of-libraries-used-in-import-in-scripts/11608 "2018-03-22T14:31:07Z")
How can I find out what library/namespace I need to import in order for a function to work in a script? For example, I am trying to use 'trim' on a variable in a project script and it gives me an error 'trim' is not … --- ## [propertyChange scripting issues](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/propertychange-scripting-issues/17456)
**Author:** [@jasonhurd](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jasonhurd)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2018, 12:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/propertychange-scripting-issues/17456 "2018-03-22T12:18:58Z")
I'm seeing an unusual issue with scripting. I have the following script on property change that runs as expected under the designers preview mode but when I launch the project the repeater shrinks into nothingness. The T… --- ## [Is Ignition licensing associated to PC name at all?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-ignition-licensing-associated-to-pc-name-at-all/17454)
**Author:** [@cnewlin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cnewlin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2018, 10:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-ignition-licensing-associated-to-pc-name-at-all/17454 "2018-03-21T22:17:07Z")
Trying to determine if the license is locked to the hardware such as mac id / hdd serial or if it is associated by computer name as well. If we license a computer and it is later renamed, will that break the licensing as… --- ## [How to get a reference to an FPMIWindow given a window path?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-get-a-reference-to-an-fpmiwindow-given-a-window-path/17453)
**Author:** [@brian.mcenulty](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/brian.mcenulty)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2018, 10:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-get-a-reference-to-an-fpmiwindow-given-a-window-path/17453 "2018-03-21T22:04:14Z")
I'm new to module development and I'm trying to do a couple of things that I've done comfortably within the Python scripting environment, however in the new-to-me java environment I'm not sure how to do. What I'd like to… --- ## [Connecting to kepware acknowledge timeout](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connecting-to-kepware-acknowledge-timeout/17445)
**Author:** [@Rhys\_m](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Rhys_m)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connecting-to-kepware-acknowledge-timeout/17445 "2018-03-21T17:36:58Z")
Hi Just wondering If anyone could potentially shed some light on what may be happening. we are trying to connect to a kepwareEX 5 server, and orginially we were getting connection refused. Thats fine it was that the po… [Previous page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md?page=1646) [Next page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md?page=1648)