# \[IGN-13926\] Tag binding active but no component displays the tag value **URL:** \ **Category:** Maker\ **Tags:** perspective\ **Created:** [August 5, 2025, 4:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-13926-tag-binding-active-but-no-component-displays-the-tag-value/109395 "2025-08-05T16:55:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![blocus2014](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3e96dc/32.png) [@blocus2014](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/blocus2014)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 4:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-13926-tag-binding-active-but-no-component-displays-the-tag-value/109395/1 "2025-08-05T16:55:28Z")
Hi everyone, I’m new to Ignition and encountering a frustrating issue for 2 days: whenever I drag and drop a tag onto a viewer and choose any component (like LED Display, Tank, vessel, Gauge…), it does not show the tag value, nothing happens. What I’ve checked so far: • The Tag Browser shows the tag value and quality “Good”, coming from my OPC device. • The binding is created correctly: I see the binding icon is active (blue) and the tag path is correct. • The problem occurs with all type of component, so it’s not just the LED Display. • No error overlay or red indicator on the component, even though the binding is active. I’m attaching three screenshots: 1. Tag Browser showing a working tags. 2. The LED Display and its binding properties in the designer. 3. Full screenshot. Has anyone experienced this before or can suggest what might be misconfigured? Appreciate any help. ![All interface capture](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/7/5/75026d338defc419a0a201a3f90fa5e15340f6ca.jpeg) ![Binding configuration capture](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/7/a/7a42a89b411282654248f9eb0d9a2a499c1a52e3.jpeg) ![Tag browser capture](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/6/a/6abbb3a6258f49411b38a0c7a12bf75f8138d6ca.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![ryan.white](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/ryan.white/32/73193_2.png) [@ryan.white](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ryan.white)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 5:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-13926-tag-binding-active-but-no-component-displays-the-tag-value/109395/2 "2025-08-05T17:23:17Z")
Are there any errors in the designer console? Also, your main view appears to be in preview mode, what happens if you exit and re-enter preview mode? ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/6/2/62fdea1de4c10d96e4f7cf6f81a9e6f8ba0ea22c.png) ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Deardorff](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/ryan_deardorff/32/63815_2.png) [@Ryan\_Deardorff](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ryan_Deardorff)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-13926-tag-binding-active-but-no-component-displays-the-tag-value/109395/3 "2025-08-05T17:36:42Z")
The Binding Preview isn't showing a value. What happens if you put your cursor over the "...": ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/4/8/48a9073cbf8ffbd99c1d255e11532004ea457b1d.png) ---
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 6:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-13926-tag-binding-active-but-no-component-displays-the-tag-value/109395/4 "2025-08-05T18:04:02Z")
Can you get a thread dump from the gateway, also? ---
**Author:** ![robertm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea5d25/32.png) [@robertm](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/robertm)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 10:06am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-13926-tag-binding-active-but-no-component-displays-the-tag-value/109395/5 "2025-08-06T10:06:40Z")
Could it be an issue resolving the "-" in the tag path? Try a simpler folder name with no special chracters. ---
**Author:** ![blocus2014](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3e96dc/32.png) [@blocus2014](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/blocus2014)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-13926-tag-binding-active-but-no-component-displays-the-tag-value/109395/6 "2025-08-06T15:08:31Z")
Hi, Dear PGriffith. Thank you for your assistance. I downloaded the thread dump file from my Ignition gateway. I think this file contains all the real-time reports of the processes running in the background of my Ignition, right? But I don't understand anything in it. Please receive the file attached. I hope we can resolve the issue after analyzing the file. Kind regards. [Ignition-Blocus87\_thread\_dump20250806-155103.json](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/uploads/short-url/ojzhZkxb1omeTw835s2zctjEW9I.json) (149.5 KB) ---
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-13926-tag-binding-active-but-no-component-displays-the-tag-value/109395/8 "2025-08-06T15:15:29Z")
That thread dump doesn't show anything unusual. Based on your symptoms, I was worried there might be a 'queue' of Perspective worker threads trying to do whatever they're trying to do, and because of that backlog, the binding preview wasn't working. But at least in that thread dump, there's no meaningful Perspective work happening. ---
**Author:** ![blocus2014](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3e96dc/32.png) [@blocus2014](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/blocus2014)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 3:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-13926-tag-binding-active-but-no-component-displays-the-tag-value/109395/9 "2025-08-06T15:26:13Z")
Hello, Dear Robert, As you can see from the attached screenshots, I'm doing what you suggested, unfortunately the problem still persists. Kind regards. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/3/9/395c82b1303e2bf75b7d635437d208a29330114d.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/d/5/d5008846dc5833a99368388404ac7b0f7ed5336a.png) ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Deardorff](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/ryan_deardorff/32/63815_2.png) [@Ryan\_Deardorff](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ryan_Deardorff)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-13926-tag-binding-active-but-no-component-displays-the-tag-value/109395/10 "2025-08-06T15:51:49Z")
Fallback Delay should say "2.5" not "2,5" EDIT: That's probably just a glitch in the resolution of the screenshot. I can't get it to say that, it changes to "25" But I'm still wondering why your Binding Preview just says "..." and you haven't said what its tooltip says. ---
**Author:** ![blocus2014](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3e96dc/32.png) [@blocus2014](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/blocus2014)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-13926-tag-binding-active-but-no-component-displays-the-tag-value/109395/11 "2025-08-06T15:53:07Z")
Ok, first of all I want to thank you for all your effort. I am completely new to Ignition, what would you recommend now? ---
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-13926-tag-binding-active-but-no-component-displays-the-tag-value/109395/12 "2025-08-06T15:59:25Z")
Going for the obvious... Have you restarted Ignition/the computer the gateway is hosted on since this started occurring? ---
**Author:** ![blocus2014](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3e96dc/32.png) [@blocus2014](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/blocus2014)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-13926-tag-binding-active-but-no-component-displays-the-tag-value/109395/13 "2025-08-06T16:06:17Z")
Hi. I'm trying to click on the dots, but nothing happens; it doesn't react. I think, since the component doesn't load the tag's value, the binding preview can't show any value. Thanks for the effort, dear Ryan. Kind regards. ---
**Author:** ![blocus2014](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3e96dc/32.png) [@blocus2014](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/blocus2014)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-13926-tag-binding-active-but-no-component-displays-the-tag-value/109395/14 "2025-08-06T16:09:09Z")
Yes, several times. I turn off my computer every day before going to sleep at night. ---
**Author:** ![robertm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea5d25/32.png) [@robertm](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/robertm)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-13926-tag-binding-active-but-no-component-displays-the-tag-value/109395/15 "2025-08-06T16:11:25Z")
Create a custom property on your view, and bind the tag value to the property. See what the value in that property appears as. ---
**Author:** ![blocus2014](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3e96dc/32.png) [@blocus2014](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/blocus2014)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-13926-tag-binding-active-but-no-component-displays-the-tag-value/109395/16 "2025-08-06T16:30:38Z")
Hi, Nothing happens even when I press this button. Since I'm new to Ignition, when I first encountered this problem, I thought it was because I hadn't activated the Preview/Design mode button. But then I realized it had nothing to do with it. ---
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 4:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-13926-tag-binding-active-but-no-component-displays-the-tag-value/109395/17 "2025-08-06T16:32:23Z")
If you ignore the tags for now, and just try to set up a property/expression binding from, say, a numeric text field to an LED display, does _that_ work? That is, is the problem "all bindings in Perspective aren't working" or "tag bindings aren't working"? ---
**Author:** ![blocus2014](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3e96dc/32.png) [@blocus2014](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/blocus2014)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 7:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-13926-tag-binding-active-but-no-component-displays-the-tag-value/109395/18 "2025-08-11T19:33:51Z")
Hi dear Paul, Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. Please find attached a screenshot of the test you suggested: I created a Numeric Entry Field linked to an LED Display using a property binding, and it works fine. So internal bindings in Perspective are working, and the issue seems to be only with the tag bindings. Tag bindings are actually what matters most to me, and I absolutely need to solve this issue in order to continue my SCADA project. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/8/2/82504d974c491fbed4162372abaf2d35154928dc.png) ---
**Author:** ![blocus2014](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3e96dc/32.png) [@blocus2014](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/blocus2014)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-13926-tag-binding-active-but-no-component-displays-the-tag-value/109395/19 "2025-08-11T19:35:02Z")
Hi Mr Robet, Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. Please find attached a screenshot of the test you suggested: I created a Numeric Entry Field linked to an LED Display using a property binding, and it works fine. So internal bindings in Perspective are working, and the issue seems to be only with the tag bindings. Tag bindings are actually what matters most to me, and I absolutely need to solve this issue in order to continue my SCADA project. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/8/2/82504d974c491fbed4162372abaf2d35154928dc.png) ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 7:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-13926-tag-binding-active-but-no-component-displays-the-tag-value/109395/20 "2025-08-11T19:52:03Z")
> [@blocus2014](#): > > I'm trying to click on the dots, but nothing happens; it doesn't react. Wait! The binding preview dots are not made to be **clicked** , but just _ **hovered** _ over with the mouse (to see a popup tool tip). Please try again. ---
**Author:** ![blocus2014](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3e96dc/32.png) [@blocus2014](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/blocus2014)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2025, 11:31am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-13926-tag-binding-active-but-no-component-displays-the-tag-value/109395/21 "2025-08-13T11:31:59Z")
Hello everyone, The binding issue I mentioned earlier is still persisting. I followed the previous suggestions, and internal property bindings work fine, but tag bindings still do not function. At this point, I am considering reinstalling Ignition to see if this resolves the problem. Before I proceed, do you have any recommendations or precautions I should take before uninstalling and reinstalling the software? Thank you for your help. [Next page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-13926-tag-binding-active-but-no-component-displays-the-tag-value/109395.md?page=2)