# Designer Project Properties

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-project-properties/4175>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [March 20, 2012, 3:35am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-project-properties/4175 "2012-03-20T03:35:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![weertske](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/weertske/32/3353_2.png) [@weertske](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/weertske)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 3:35am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-project-properties/4175/1 "2012-03-20T03:35:52Z")

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In the designer project properties window under the Project/General heading is a setting ‘Client Poll Rate’ and under the Client/Timing heading is a setting ‘Polling Base Rate’. What is the difference between the two?

The manual is very unclear on this.

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**Author:** ![Travis.Cox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Travis.Cox](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Travis.Cox)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-project-properties/4175/2 "2012-03-20T15:35:42Z")

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The Polling Base Rate is for any polling SQL query that is set to Relative rate. It is a single setting that can be changed in one location. The Client Poll Rate is other information from the gateway.

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**Author:** ![Carl.Gould](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/carl.gould/32/7262_2.png) [@Carl.Gould](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Carl.Gould)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 8:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-project-properties/4175/3 "2012-05-09T20:27:41Z")

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More specifically, the client poll rate is the rate at which the client will poll for tag changes.