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## [OPC-UA Driver Development Pointers](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-ua-driver-development-pointers/10184)

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**Author:** [@BillS](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/BillS)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [July 2, 2015, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-ua-driver-development-pointers/10184 "2015-07-02T22:20:27Z")

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Hello, I guess I'm being a bit slow... I'm attempting to do an OPC driver, Chapter 6 in the SDK manual could use some work I believe. Maybe some simpler example sources than the Modbus project as well, possibly some…

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## [Tag Browse Tree](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-browse-tree/10192)

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**Author:** [@jshui](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jshui)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 2, 2015, 5:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-browse-tree/10192 "2015-07-02T17:55:32Z")

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Ignition 7.7.4 (64 bit) Trial Version I created a “Tag Browse Tree” on one of my window. The option for “Show Historical Tags” and “Show Realtime Tags” are missing. I have my Filter selected as “All” under Property E…

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## [Alarm/alert reactivation](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-alert-reactivation/10164)

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**Author:** [@Viggi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Viggi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 2, 2015, 8:12am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-alert-reactivation/10164 "2015-07-02T08:12:22Z")

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I am using Ignition version 7.7. Is it possible to reactivate an acknowledged alarm that has not been cleared ? The requirement is that if the alert is acknowledged but not cleared for a duration of 15 mins or so the al…

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## [Addressing other tag providers](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/addressing-other-tag-providers/10186)

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**Author:** [@dtriplett](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dtriplett)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 1, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/addressing-other-tag-providers/10186 "2015-07-01T18:44:33Z")

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Using Ignition 7.7.4 I am in the process of trying to use the system.tag.addTag to create an UDT instance. I have created a different tag provider the the usual default. When I run the script I get an error on the fo…

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## [Bar chart data can't display](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bar-chart-data-cant-display/9861)

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**Author:** [@Don\_t\_shoot](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Don_t_shoot)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [July 1, 2015, 5:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bar-chart-data-cant-display/9861 "2015-07-01T17:59:33Z")

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I create two tags in tag browser and get the tag data from a Siemens S7-300 PLC ,and one tag is production count ,another is waste count. In production module ,I make the production count tag as the“outfeed count” and m…

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## [Glitchy/Jittery snap to grid](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/glitchy-jittery-snap-to-grid/10188)

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**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 1, 2015, 3:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/glitchy-jittery-snap-to-grid/10188 "2015-07-01T15:33:25Z")

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Ignition Vision 7.7.4 Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit I've noticed that when I turn on Snap to Grid and move an object with the mouse, the object jitters around about each snap position. For example, I move an object and…

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## [Designer: Zooming is glitchy](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-zooming-is-glitchy/10189)

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**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 1, 2015, 2:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-zooming-is-glitchy/10189 "2015-07-01T14:10:05Z")

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Ignition 7.7.4 Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit When I use CTRL+Mouse Scroll to zoom in and out within a window design in designer, it is really glitchy, especially if I scroll quickly. I see flashes of different parts of…

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## [Tree View Folder Appearance controls?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tree-view-folder-appearance-controls/10185)

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**Author:** [@cezipper](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cezipper)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 30, 2015, 7:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tree-view-folder-appearance-controls/10185 "2015-06-30T19:29:23Z")

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Can I control the background and foreground colors of the tree view folders individually? I am using the Multi-tier Nav West Project template. I want to color code the tree background color to indicate if an alarm is p…

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## [Experimental Maven based SDK usage](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/experimental-maven-based-sdk-usage/10123)

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**Author:** [@BillS](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/BillS)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [June 29, 2015, 8:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/experimental-maven-based-sdk-usage/10123 "2015-06-29T20:31:18Z")

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Hello, In topic https://inductiveautomation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=89&t=13430&p=50631&hilit=+maven#p50631, Kevin Herron mentioned the following: When I first saw that, I forked the repo, and started playing. …

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## [Inter module communication](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/inter-module-communication/10177)

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**Author:** [@nifemi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nifemi)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [June 29, 2015, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/inter-module-communication/10177 "2015-06-29T14:48:05Z")

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Hello all, I'm working on several modules at the moment that depend on each other, and I would like to setup continuous communication between them while they're running (My first thought is something like a publish/sub…

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## [EasyChart : write SQL Query myself](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easychart-write-sql-query-myself/10181)

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**Author:** [@LisaCourant](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/LisaCourant)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 29, 2015, 12:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easychart-write-sql-query-myself/10181 "2015-06-29T12:04:16Z")

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Hello, I have an easy chart and I want it to display only a few points from my table. I don't want it to display every grid line, but only every second or third.. grid line of the table. Here is the SQL query of what I…

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## [Infinite loop inside the client timer script](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/infinite-loop-inside-the-client-timer-script/10180)

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**Author:** [@ella\_ramos](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ella_ramos)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 29, 2015, 9:41am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/infinite-loop-inside-the-client-timer-script/10180 "2015-06-29T09:41:30Z")

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Is it possible to have infinite loop inside a client timer script? this will be the sample code under the client timer script. while 1: check status of tool and insert to database and i will have a client …

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## [Find/Replace not working - Ignition v7.7.4](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/find-replace-not-working-ignition-v7-7-4/10165)

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**Author:** [@Bob](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Bob)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2015, 2:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/find-replace-not-working-ignition-v7-7-4/10165 "2015-06-26T14:04:53Z")

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Find/Replace is not working for me with Ignition v7.7.4. It had been working fine on this machine with 7.7.1. It seemed with 7.7.4 at first some simple searches were occasionally working, but now no searches are workin…

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## [Reset problems](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reset-problems/10176)

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**Author:** [@bobcar1995](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bobcar1995)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2015, 8:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reset-problems/10176 "2015-06-25T20:30:14Z")

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We have been having problems with our hourly and shift counts not resetting. The rest of both is very erratic…sometimes they reset, sometimes they do not. It appears that the “Last Exec. Time” is taking too long. I ha…

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## [Added meaning to history states](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/added-meaning-to-history-states/10174)

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**Author:** [@Robert](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Robert)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2015, 7:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/added-meaning-to-history-states/10174 "2015-06-25T19:32:41Z")

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We have a lot of binary information coming in. ie: 1 or 0. Our screens translate this into pretty pictures that show the operators what's happening. The operators also like checking out the history to do fault analysis. …

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## [Calendar Modification](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/calendar-modification/10171)

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**Author:** [@Mr.K001](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Mr.K001)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2015, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/calendar-modification/10171 "2015-06-25T14:11:25Z")

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Anyone knows if it is possible to modify the time style in pop-up calendar properties? you have 3 options of user selectable, start of the day and end of the day, it would have been great you could change the start of th…

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## [Get the tags tree](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/get-the-tags-tree/10152)

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**Author:** [@shv](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/shv)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2015, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/get-the-tags-tree/10152 "2015-06-25T13:45:28Z")

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Hi, I'm developing a module in Java and I have a question. Is it possible to know which tags exist in the default provider whithout having to specify the path for each of them? I have defined a new data type tag in "Data…

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## [Error launching application:HttpResponseException: 500](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-launching-application-httpresponseexception-500/10158)

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**Author:** [@joshi.pradnya06](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/joshi.pradnya06)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2015, 11:50am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-launching-application-httpresponseexception-500/10158 "2015-06-25T11:50:01Z")

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Hello, I am using Ignition 7.3.7 version Recently, I am not able to start ignition application and getting the above internal server error. The error screenshot is attached. Also the logs folder is checke…

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## [Private Tag in the project](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/private-tag-in-the-project/10168)

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**Author:** [@andrea.montresor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andrea.montresor)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2015, 7:16am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/private-tag-in-the-project/10168 "2015-06-25T07:16:15Z")

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Hi, is it possible to set in one Ignition Gateway, which has more projects, a private Tag for only one project in the Gateway? Example: in the same Gateway: Project 1 -\> Tag1,Tag2,Tag3, Project 2 -\> Tag4,Tag5 (in the P…

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## [Username in Transactin Group](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/username-in-transactin-group/10082)

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**Author:** [@McAlisterD](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/McAlisterD)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2015, 1:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/username-in-transactin-group/10082 "2015-06-24T13:11:24Z")

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I am trying to log cycle data using a transaction group. I would like to have the current logged in operator as a part of that record. I created a standard transaction group and added the data to store. It all works fine…

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## [AD / Database Hybrid](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ad-database-hybrid/10167)

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**Author:** [@angelo.bersani](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/angelo.bersani)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2015, 11:43am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ad-database-hybrid/10167 "2015-06-24T11:43:18Z")

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Hi, I created a user type source AD / Database Hybrid in Ignition. I created a new project and I set as the type of authentication that I created earlier. I created a database in SQL Server and I have created three ta…

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## [How to see if dataset is undefined](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-see-if-dataset-is-undefined/10163)

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**Author:** [@ovendenk](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ovendenk)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2015, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-see-if-dataset-is-undefined/10163 "2015-06-23T17:25:15Z")

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I'm working with the alarm status table and created a button that looks at the selected alarm and displays the OPC item path for that alarm. I have IF statements using selectedAlarms.rowcount to make sure only 1 row is s…

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## [File Explorer setting and removing rootDir](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/file-explorer-setting-and-removing-rootdir/10139)

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**Author:** [@drewdin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/drewdin)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2015, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/file-explorer-setting-and-removing-rootdir/10139 "2015-06-23T16:48:27Z")

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I have an application that is allowed to run on any machine with a specific folder structure, if the required folders are missing I want the file explorer to be blank. I used scripting and os.path.exists(filePath) on …

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## [Username string into PLC tag](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/username-string-into-plc-tag/10157)

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**Author:** [@ESE-CE](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ESE-CE)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2015, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/username-string-into-plc-tag/10157 "2015-06-23T15:55:25Z")

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How do I get the current username written into a PLC tag? I'm using ControlLogix and Studio 5000 21.03

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## [Java 8 Security Warnings Launching Clients/Designer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/java-8-security-warnings-launching-clients-designer/10161)

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**Author:** [@jkiffer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jkiffer)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2015, 3:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/java-8-security-warnings-launching-clients-designer/10161 "2015-06-23T15:48:55Z")

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Each iteration of updates to Java JRE consistently adds at least one new security tweak. The latest Java 8 causes a prompt when launching Ignition clients and Designer. (via JNLP files) The latest prompt: “The applic…

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## [Possible to switch back to Master from a Client?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/possible-to-switch-back-to-master-from-a-client/10126)

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**Author:** [@Amarth](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Amarth)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2015, 2:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/possible-to-switch-back-to-master-from-a-client/10126 "2015-06-23T14:23:00Z")

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Hello all, Is there a way to switch back a redundancy to the Master from a client (Vision) (instead of from the gateway page) ? I could not figure how to make the switchover by script. Regards.

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## [Enable/disable a mysql event](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/enable-disable-a-mysql-event/10159)

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**Author:** [@flavien](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/flavien)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2015, 1:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/enable-disable-a-mysql-event/10159 "2015-06-23T13:25:20Z")

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Hello everybody, Is it possible de enable or disable a mysql event using a python script ? When I press a button I want to execute the following request : "ALTER EVENT myevent DISABLE" Thanks,

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## [Error email notification](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-email-notification/10141)

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**Author:** [@Giuseppe.mollica](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Giuseppe.mollica)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2015, 1:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-email-notification/10141 "2015-06-23T13:10:50Z")

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Hello, I am trying to set up alarm email notification but I have this error and I can not fix it. I enclose picture of the error that I get logs.bin.gz (498 KB)

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## [Error logging historical tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-logging-historical-tags/10155)

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**Author:** [@njsd](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/njsd)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 22, 2015, 7:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-logging-historical-tags/10155 "2015-06-22T19:11:08Z")

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Hello, I have a MySQL database (5.6.24) that I recently installed to develop with. I created some historical tags and was surprised that they didn't begin logging. There is a sqlth\_te table in the schema, but it's not …

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## [View AutoCad Drawings](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/view-autocad-drawings/10154)

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**Author:** [@rayjones9210](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rayjones9210)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 22, 2015, 12:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/view-autocad-drawings/10154 "2015-06-22T12:33:28Z")

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Is there a way that I can generate a view of a .dwg file to my Ignition project?

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