# Artek Calendar data not binding properly

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/artek-calendar-data-not-binding-properly/117139>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [September 19, 2026, 2:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/artek-calendar-data-not-binding-properly/117139 "2026-09-19T14:58:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![matt6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/87869e/32.png) [@matt6](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/matt6)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2026, 2:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/artek-calendar-data-not-binding-properly/117139/1 "2026-09-19T14:58:11Z")

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In 8.3.4, I'm trying to get an instance of Artek calendar to work by binding data from a .ics source (transforming it to JSON). I created a string tag and then in my script, I parse the .ics data and create an array from the .ics data. The format matches what Artek has in the user\_guide, but as soon as I bind the params.data object, the whole calendar goes white and the grids disappear. I've tried the native time format as well as unix time and both have the same result. Here's one of my sample JSON arrays I was trying to bind to the params.data:

[{"color": "#D3F3EE", "start": "2026-09-19T18:30:00Z", "title": "Child Game", "allDay": false, "end": "2026-09-19T23:00:00Z", "id": 2}]

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**Author:** ![matt6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/87869e/32.png) [@matt6](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/matt6)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 11:53am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/artek-calendar-data-not-binding-properly/117139/3 "2026-09-20T11:53:12Z")

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It turns out you can't actually use a string tag. I changed the tag type to Document and voila.

I have some other issues with things too, but finding workarounds as I go.