# How to prevent binding to be evaluated for invisible comp

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-prevent-binding-to-be-evaluated-for-invisible-comp/10752>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [November 6, 2015, 8:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-prevent-binding-to-be-evaluated-for-invisible-comp/10752 "2015-11-06T20:10:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![mazeyrat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mazeyrat/32/10955_2.png) [@mazeyrat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mazeyrat)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 8:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-prevent-binding-to-be-evaluated-for-invisible-comp/10752/1 "2015-11-06T20:10:04Z")

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Is there a way to prevent binding to be evaluated when a component is not visible ?

I have an alarm journal component and it refresh its data even if it is not visible on the windows.

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**Author:** ![AlThePal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/althepal/32/3603_2.png) [@AlThePal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AlThePal)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-prevent-binding-to-be-evaluated-for-invisible-comp/10752/2 "2015-11-09T16:59:51Z")

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Why not just set its ‘Enabled’ binding to the same expression as its ‘Visible’ binding?