# Database not showing

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/database-not-showing/113807>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** database\
**Created:** [February 6, 2026, 11:45am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/database-not-showing/113807 "2026-02-06T11:45:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![dchaurasia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@dchaurasia](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dchaurasia)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 11:45am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/database-not-showing/113807/1 "2026-02-06T11:45:14Z")

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Hi, I have made the database connection, and it is Valid, but when i am trying to select tp lag a tag it is not visible?

The connected database name is historian

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/4/d/4d17406e0ed80d61a46181ba91399d646a15003e.png)

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**Author:** ![bschroeder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bschroeder/32/13260_2.png) [@bschroeder](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bschroeder)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 12:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/database-not-showing/113807/2 "2026-02-06T12:27:38Z")

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Can you show how you have the connection setup in the Gateway webpage?

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**Author:** ![dchaurasia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@dchaurasia](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dchaurasia)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/database-not-showing/113807/3 "2026-02-06T12:47:06Z")

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Hi

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/7/a/7a89c69b40f5ec707bad4939add6d87f76eff9de.png)

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/0/4/044905f8b640c4faee26c26bd609953af8ca2596.png)

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**Author:** ![bschroeder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bschroeder/32/13260_2.png) [@bschroeder](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bschroeder)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 1:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/database-not-showing/113807/4 "2026-02-06T13:10:33Z")

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So you named the database connection in the gateway "Sample\_SQLLite\_Database" and that is what is showing in the tag choose.

Browse under the Sample\_SQLLite\_Database in the tag chooser and you should then see the different databases/tags.

BTW... SQL Lite is no recommended to be a serious Database for a historiann.

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**Author:** ![dchaurasia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@dchaurasia](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dchaurasia)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 4:22am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/database-not-showing/113807/5 "2026-02-09T04:22:33Z")

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Database is Ignition, SQLite is for other purpose.

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**Author:** ![Matrix\_Engineering](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/matrix_engineering/32/19781_2.png) [@Matrix\_Engineering](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matrix_Engineering)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 9:24am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/database-not-showing/113807/6 "2026-02-09T09:24:20Z")

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> [@dchaurasia](#):
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> but when i am trying to select tp lag a tag it is not visible?

In your screenshot of MySQL workbench, there are no Tables (there is no option to expand them).

You first need to log data for tags, under the tag history settings within a tag, which will auto-create tables, before you can see the source available within an easyChart and other sources.

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**Author:** ![Matrix\_Engineering](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/matrix_engineering/32/19781_2.png) [@Matrix\_Engineering](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matrix_Engineering)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 9:29am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/database-not-showing/113807/7 "2026-02-09T09:29:43Z")

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> **[Configuring Tag History Video at Inductive University](https://inductiveuniversity.com/videos/configuring-tag-history/8.3)**
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> Tag History is a built-in way of saving historical data on a Tag to a database. Learn how to configure Tag history on a Tag from the Tag Editor.

Watch the first 90 seconds of that, that’s 8.3 but pretty much the same for 8.1 and earlier.