# Historian not using the column names I provide

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/historian-not-using-the-column-names-i-provide/112105>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition83, scripting\
**Created:** [November 11, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/historian-not-using-the-column-names-i-provide/112105 "2025-11-11T18:20:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![brayden.uber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@brayden.uber](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/brayden.uber)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/historian-not-using-the-column-names-i-provide/112105/1 "2025-11-11T18:20:02Z")

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I can’t get the historian to use my column names.

`startTime,endTime = getTimes()`  
`dataset = system.historian.queryRawPoints(["validTagPath"], startTime, endTime,`  
`columnNames = ["units"])`

Headers recieved from the dataset → [u't\_stamp', u'prov:validTagPath'].

The amount of paths and the amount of alias column names are the same. I am using questDB from Ignition 8.3.

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**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2025, 8:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/historian-not-using-the-column-names-i-provide/112105/2 "2025-11-11T20:21:18Z")

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**Author:** ![thimo\_van\_den\_broek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7ba0ec/32.png) [@thimo\_van\_den\_broek](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/thimo_van_den_broek)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2026, 7:53am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/historian-not-using-the-column-names-i-provide/112105/3 "2026-01-26T07:53:43Z")

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did you manage to find a solution for this?

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**Author:** ![brayden.uber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@brayden.uber](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/brayden.uber)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2026, 6:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/historian-not-using-the-column-names-i-provide/112105/4 "2026-01-26T18:35:34Z")

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No, it appears the newest version of Ignition does not support reassigning column names like the depreciated functions.

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**Author:** ![michael.flagler](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/michael.flagler/32/26272_2.png) [@michael.flagler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michael.flagler)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2026, 1:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/historian-not-using-the-column-names-i-provide/112105/5 "2026-01-27T13:11:58Z")

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Fixed in nightly and upcoming 8.3.4:

> [@Nightly 8.3 Changelogs - 2026 and beyond](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/nightly-8-3-changelogs-2026-and-beyond/113010/16):
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> Nightly Changelog: 8.3.4\*-b20260123 Historian Historian IGN-15111: system.historian.queryRawPoints columnName parameter does not apply alias Fixed an issue where system.historian.queryRawPoints did not apply the provided "columnNames" aliases. IGN-15212: System.historian.storeDataPoints not normalizing historical paths with 'drv' specified Fixed path parsing to account for older historical path syntax Tags Tags & UDTs IGN-15109: Some tag related scripts fail due to insufficient qualificatio…