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## [Data for boxplot](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/data-for-boxplot/12365)

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**Author:** [@the\_msp](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/the_msp)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2016, 8:36am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/data-for-boxplot/12365 "2016-11-25T08:36:15Z")

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I want to get data into a box plot and have tried a few methods with limited success. There are 4 stations (split into two stations with two substations) and each logs into a DB (Sql server) 8 parameters. I want a box …

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## [OPC import from script](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-import-from-script/12397)

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**Author:** [@marioquark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/marioquark)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2016, 8:32am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-import-from-script/12397 "2016-11-25T08:32:11Z")

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I'm trying to import tags from Kepware at runtime, using a script. I configured a OPC-UA server, it is connected and works perfectly. Anyway this code taken from manual doesn't work. #Browse Ignition's OPC-UA Server.…

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## [Creating a report on an event](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/creating-a-report-on-an-event/12402)

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**Author:** [@Csantaw](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Csantaw)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2016, 7:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/creating-a-report-on-an-event/12402 "2016-11-24T19:16:48Z")

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I'm trying to create a report based on an event. basically when the system is washing something I am logging the data through a transaction manager to a DB. once completed I want to display a trend graph of the data for …

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## [Mobile Problems: Slow Navigation And Frequent Reconnection](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mobile-problems-slow-navigation-and-frequent-reconnection/12401)

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**Author:** [@FraMotty](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/FraMotty)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2016, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mobile-problems-slow-navigation-and-frequent-reconnection/12401 "2016-11-24T14:59:38Z")

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Hi to everyone, I'm trying to make my application running in mobile version and I encounter some navigation problems. Especially the navigation is slow very often, like I have to wait for 5 seconds to get pages swap. …

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## [How to turn off the Java splash screen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-turn-off-the-java-splash-screen/12400)

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**Author:** [@ase\_aust](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ase_aust)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2016, 11:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-turn-off-the-java-splash-screen/12400 "2016-11-23T23:11:26Z")

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We have single projects and projects lauched through retargetting etc. Is there a way to turn off the Java splash screen ? Is there a command line parameter or a setting in Ignition to do this ?

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## [View PLC Data Type](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/view-plc-data-type/12399)

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**Author:** [@bzink](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bzink)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2016, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/view-plc-data-type/12399 "2016-11-23T22:12:32Z")

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Is there a way to view the PLC data type? If there is a custom data type in the plc it shows up as a folder with the contents of the custom data type inside of it. Is there a way to find out the name of the data type? I…

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## [Radio button size](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/radio-button-size/12396)

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**Author:** [@DWeber](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/DWeber)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2016, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/radio-button-size/12396 "2016-11-23T20:00:27Z")

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How do I change the size of a radio button? You can change the font but radio button is not affected.

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## [Popup Menu size and font change](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/popup-menu-size-and-font-change/12395)

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**Author:** [@DWeber](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/DWeber)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2016, 5:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/popup-menu-size-and-font-change/12395 "2016-11-23T17:50:55Z")

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How can I change the size and font of a popup menu. I do not want to change it for everything in the project just the specific popup script. names = \[\] funcs = \[\] Val = event.source.selectedRow if Val != -1 : names.…

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## [Integer to text table](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/integer-to-text-table/12392)

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**Author:** [@Special\_tec](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Special_tec)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2016, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/integer-to-text-table/12392 "2016-11-23T15:07:50Z")

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Im looking to do a simple integer to text conversion, I currently have a number from the plc 0-10 and wish to convert to 11 messages to display a particular event. Do I need to be as complex as having a database query?

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## [User Management component, password too short](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/user-management-component-password-too-short/12386)

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**Author:** [@Philcr](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Philcr)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2016, 12:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/user-management-component-password-too-short/12386 "2016-11-23T12:44:30Z")

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Hi, I have this issue when I try to edit a user (in "Edit Current" and "Edit Single" mode) I can't save the modifications unless I change the password. When I try editing without changing the password, I get this mes…

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## [Desginer Wont Launch After Designer Memory Upgrade](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/desginer-wont-launch-after-designer-memory-upgrade/12381)

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**Author:** [@Csantaw](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Csantaw)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2016, 12:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/desginer-wont-launch-after-designer-memory-upgrade/12381 "2016-11-23T12:04:03Z")

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when I upgrade the Available designer memory in gateway settings to anything other than 1 GB, once I launch the client I get the java screen popup and then after a few seconds closes and the designer doesn't launch. I am…

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## [MQTT and OPC-UA Bridging](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mqtt-and-opc-ua-bridging/9904)

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**Author:** [@cmisztur2](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cmisztur2)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2016, 9:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mqtt-and-opc-ua-bridging/9904 "2016-11-22T21:23:48Z")

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Hi. I began playing around with bridging various protocols. You can get the source code here: https://bitbucket.org/fixitchris/fournine-iot-platform/wiki/Home A demo video explaining the situation has been posted he…

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## [Putting SEL sequential event recorder data into a historian](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/putting-sel-sequential-event-recorder-data-into-a-historian/12393)

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**Author:** [@malone46844](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/malone46844)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2016, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/putting-sel-sequential-event-recorder-data-into-a-historian/12393 "2016-11-22T18:06:38Z")

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I've written a python script to pull SER records from an SEL relay via telnetlib. I end up with a list of lists that looks like: \>\>\> \['10', '11/11/16', '12:23:48.771', 'IN104', 'Asserted'\] \['9', '11/11/16', '12:23:…

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## [Product code entry error](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/product-code-entry-error/12378)

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**Author:** [@tedbarton](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tedbarton)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2016, 4:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/product-code-entry-error/12378 "2016-11-22T16:36:09Z")

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Hiya, I work at a Premier Foods site in Ashford Kent, we are currently running a trial of Ignition 7.8 to prove the benefits it will deliver to push for investment in the system. I am trying to schedule our next week'…

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## [Error executing script for event:internalFrameOpened](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-executing-script-for-event-internalframeopened/12389)

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**Author:** [@sonalikhairnar25](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sonalikhairnar25)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2016, 1:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-executing-script-for-event-internalframeopened/12389 "2016-11-22T13:11:31Z")

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when the ignition is opened the error pop up appears as shown in photo"Error executing script for event:internalFrameOpened on component:main window". :confused: what may be the problem? how can it be resolved??Also the…

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## [toString not working in 7.8.4](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tostring-not-working-in-7-8-4/12372)

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**Author:** [@roshanbhosale](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/roshanbhosale)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2016, 9:17am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tostring-not-working-in-7-8-4/12372 "2016-11-22T09:17:06Z")

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hi, to use toString() or toStr() in ignition 7.8.4 do we have to import anything?? i tried using it directly but it is throwing an error as "toString is not defined"...

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## [Time fuction](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/time-fuction/12373)

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**Author:** [@roshanbhosale](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/roshanbhosale)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2016, 9:14am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/time-fuction/12373 "2016-11-22T09:14:12Z")

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how to extract current time of the system and write it to the tag which is defined as date?? i am able to extract time in string format but i want it in date format.because i want it to update it in mySQL table datetim…

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## [I've broken my Easy Chart](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ive-broken-my-easy-chart/12388)

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**Author:** [@Chris\_Taylor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Chris_Taylor)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2016, 9:00am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ive-broken-my-easy-chart/12388 "2016-11-22T09:00:52Z")

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OK, so how did I do that, the text has gone, and more importantly how do I put it back? V7.6.7

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## [How to add tags to link Siemens(s71500) DB tags manually](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-add-tags-to-link-siemens-s71500-db-tags-manually/12364)

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**Author:** [@win](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/win)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2016, 2:09am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-add-tags-to-link-siemens-s71500-db-tags-manually/12364 "2016-11-21T02:09:30Z")

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Hi, i added s71500 device to ignition,and showed me status is connected. then opened ignition designer to add tags. i am confused about OPC ITEM PATH, what exactly does it mean? could you show me an example on adding …

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## [Numeric text field commit on focus loss not working](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/numeric-text-field-commit-on-focus-loss-not-working/12175)

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**Author:** [@dhoefener](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dhoefener)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2016, 11:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/numeric-text-field-commit-on-focus-loss-not-working/12175 "2016-11-20T23:23:05Z")

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'Commit on Focus Loss' functionality doesn't seem to work when 'Defer Updates' is enabled. When I have defer updates enabled on the component I have to the hit enter or tab key or select another component to commit the c…

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## [Block ID](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/block-id/12385)

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**Author:** [@n099y](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/n099y)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2016, 9:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/block-id/12385 "2016-11-20T21:35:56Z")

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Is there some way to capture the block ID that is generated for block group inserts so I can display that somewhere on the page. (Without a query to the database to get the last entry)

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## [How to write a variable string value into a table](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-write-a-variable-string-value-into-a-table/12382)

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**Author:** [@ijustdunnoaname](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ijustdunnoaname)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2016, 9:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-write-a-variable-string-value-into-a-table/12382 "2016-11-18T21:44:10Z")

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I'm trying to configure a table to indicate the status of a motor's interlock logic. It's a simple, two column table showing all of the interlocks for that motor. Column A would be the name of the interlock, and column…

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## [Easy Chart Database Pen problem](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-chart-database-pen-problem/12376)

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**Author:** [@MoisesZV](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/MoisesZV)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2016, 12:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-chart-database-pen-problem/12376 "2016-11-18T12:16:04Z")

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Hi, I have an Easy Chart with some database pens, my question is how can I specify a start date and end date? when I select the pens, don't give that option, I'm using Manual mode. \[attachment=0\]problema dbpens.png\[/at…

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## [Scrool bar size](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/scrool-bar-size/12358)

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**Author:** [@bwagner](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bwagner)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2016, 3:56am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/scrool-bar-size/12358 "2016-11-18T03:56:15Z")

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Is there a way to change the size of the scroll bar to make it more touch friendly?

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## [Transaction Group Table Action Custom Update](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/transaction-group-table-action-custom-update/9642)

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**Author:** [@MCC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/MCC)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2016, 1:45am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/transaction-group-table-action-custom-update/9642 "2016-11-18T01:45:45Z")

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What is the syntax for the custom update/select section of a standard transaction group? Do you enter a WHERE clause? Can it be complicated? One example is I would like to update the most recent row in a table that match…

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## [\[URGENT\] Tooltips removed from table components!](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/urgent-tooltips-removed-from-table-components/11836)

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**Author:** [@systemparadox](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/systemparadox)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2016, 1:09am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/urgent-tooltips-removed-from-table-components/11836 "2016-11-18T01:09:06Z")

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We recently upgraded to Ignition 7.8.2 and I have just discovered that tooltips seem be missing from table components. Every time I open and save a window, any existing table tooltips are removed and it appears to be i…

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## [Block transaction group update (not insert)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/block-transaction-group-update-not-insert/12377)

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**Author:** [@richardNZ15](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/richardNZ15)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 17, 2016, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/block-transaction-group-update-not-insert/12377 "2016-11-17T21:47:41Z")

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Hi guys, I have a table in SQL that i would like to update in Ignition. I would like to update a block of data (10 rows, multiple columns) every time. I set up a block group how i thought i would need to. With a block…

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## [Issues with PopUp on Multi-monitor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/issues-with-popup-on-multi-monitor/12370)

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**Author:** [@HooK\_a](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/HooK_a)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 17, 2016, 6:12am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/issues-with-popup-on-multi-monitor/12370 "2016-11-17T06:12:28Z")

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Hi We tested new feature: Creating several desktops and disabling "Infinite Desktop" It's very nice innovation but we found two issues: 1. "Infinite Desktop" work with main desktop but don't work with new desktop, P…

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## [Interface with Outlook Server in an Gateway Script](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/interface-with-outlook-server-in-an-gateway-script/12269)

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**Author:** [@d3h637](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/d3h637)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 16, 2016, 6:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/interface-with-outlook-server-in-an-gateway-script/12269 "2016-11-16T18:01:03Z")

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We currently use a Visual Studio application to query our Outlook Server to check scheduling of our conference rooms. This was set up several years ago, and I want to re-investigate whether we can do this within a Gatew…

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## [SQL Express poor performance with Tags Historian](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sql-express-poor-performance-with-tags-historian/11622)

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**Author:** [@d3h637](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/d3h637)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 16, 2016, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sql-express-poor-performance-with-tags-historian/11622 "2016-11-16T17:44:19Z")

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We have a system that we've installed at 4 locations using Ignition, and all those systems are running fine. We put together a demo system, and the demo system has very poor performance related to the Tags historian. T…

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