Cant Get Syntax on report viewer How to trigger script from a plc tag going high? (trigger)

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I have googled this to death but the responses are not enough to google the answer.

I have a report made up, and a script that runs it on a push button to email out the report as a PDF. Google says that Tag events run globally, and that some how I am supposed to use A client tag to trigger the report(I also need a client open and running and can not trigger reports off of a plc tag in the current version of ignition). I have the same problem with a client tag that I do with the push button. How do I make the client tag trigger based off of a PLC bit/tag?

Every google answer says “use” “X or Y” but i google X or Y and can not figure out how to configure it.

After Reading and watching video 5
https://inductiveuniversity.com/video/tag-scripts?r=/course/scripting

I am trying to use a Client Tag Event Script to trigger my script but I have an error with syntax.

#Get Report Data
fileName = "AVC_OEE_Report.pdf"
fileData = event.source.parent.getComponent('Report Viewer').getBytesPDF()


# Send Email Details
smtp = "SMTP.johndoe.com"
sender = "SPD.AVCLine@johndoe.com"
subject = "AVC OEE REPORT"
body = "Attached is the PDF Report"

#edited email since it is a public forumn
recipients = ["JohnDoe@test.com"]



system.net.sendEmail(smtp, sender, subject, body, 0, recipients, [fileName], [fileData])

I get a Sytax error on line 3 for
event.source.parent.getComponent(‘Report Viewer’).getBytesPDF()

error says
File “TagChangeScript:AVC/TestEmailScriptOnTagHigh”, line 3, in
AttributeError: ‘com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.sqltags.im’ object has no attribute ‘parent’

Is there not a syntax to pull the pdf straight from the report? I have a report called AVC_OEE in the Reports section of my project browser.

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What version of Ignition?

Also, please edit your post to include formatting controls for your code: Three back-quotes above the code, and again below the code. These: ```

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You probably also want to obscure the email addresses… this is a public forum.

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So, google is wrong for your version of Ignition. You do not need a client open. You should not be using either client tags or client event scripts. You should be using a gateway tag change script, monitoring the PLC tag you are interested in, and that script should use the system.report.executeAndDistribute() function.

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# Executes and distributes the report to an email address.

system.report.executeAndDistribute(path = "My Report Path" , project = "My Project" , action = "email" ,

actionSettings = { "to" :[ "plantmanager@myplant.com" ], "smtpServerName" : "myplantMailServer" , "from" : "reporting@myplant.com" , "subject" : "Production Report" })

I will still have an issue with the “My Report Path” syntax

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What do you mean? This is just the name of your report as shown in the designer tree (with folder names if any).

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Thank you so much for your quick replies. I will begin testing.

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Note that the actionSettings parameter changed in v7.9.8. If it doesn’t work the way you want, you’ll need to use system.report.executeReport() instead, construct the email+attachment manually, using system.net.sendEmail().

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