# Demo expired error for tag historian

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/demo-expired-error-for-tag-historian/61466>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [July 3, 2022, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/demo-expired-error-for-tag-historian/61466 "2022-07-03T18:27:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![PRAMANJ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pramanj/32/66935_2.png) [@PRAMANJ](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/PRAMANJ)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/demo-expired-error-for-tag-historian/61466/1 "2022-07-03T18:27:14Z")

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I am getting demo expired error in my history tag provider

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/7/c/7cc96e032452af41f90889162b54a074db2826b1.png)

I am running a 2 hour trial version of Ignition. How to get rid of this error?

Even if I create a new provider, it gives the same error for it as well.

As a result of this I am unable to see historical trends of tags

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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:** [July 3, 2022, 6:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/demo-expired-error-for-tag-historian/61466/2 "2022-07-03T18:35:51Z")

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Has your demo ran out?

I just launched into an unlicensed gateway, it was timed out (of demo), my screen looked exactly like yours and as soon as I clicked reset trial it went to:

```auto
Provider Name	Enabled	Type	Description	Status	
MDB	true	Datasource History Provider Running

```

That was an 8.1.15 Gateway

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**Author:** ![PRAMANJ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pramanj/32/66935_2.png) [@PRAMANJ](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/PRAMANJ)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 2:25am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/demo-expired-error-for-tag-historian/61466/3 "2022-07-04T02:25:51Z")

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Oh Ok! Simple as that!

I was not getting the historical trends in display, so I thought something went wrong with the tag history database.

Its working fine now.! Thanks a lot.

regards

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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:** [July 4, 2022, 7:37am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/demo-expired-error-for-tag-historian/61466/4 "2022-07-04T07:37:16Z")

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Yeah, the 2-hour demo is fully functional, but most aspects stop when the 2 hour runs out. If you need longer to proof of concept something for a customer that you think will lead to a license sale, reach out to your IA exec and they should be able to provide you with a one-off 30-day testing license.

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**Author:** ![PRAMANJ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pramanj/32/66935_2.png) [@PRAMANJ](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/PRAMANJ)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 11:55am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/demo-expired-error-for-tag-historian/61466/5 "2022-07-04T11:55:59Z")

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I am aware of the trial mode, I didn't realize trial has expired while I was testing trends in reports, so thought something went wrong with the history DB!

The error description was misleading as it didn't say trial expired, it said demo expired so I thought its some different error!