# Ignition File Upload Component

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [September 12, 2023, 10:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-file-upload-component/79044 "2023-09-12T22:02:06Z")\
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I've had a similar challenge before, where I had a user form for an event log entry with an optional report upload. I got around it by temporarily storing the file in a global variable dictionary in the onFileReceived event:

```auto
self.custom.fileName = event.file.name
system.util.getGlobals()[event.file.name] = event.file.getBytes()

```

That way I could do a single insert query into the database with the form data and file upon form completion. I also had an onShutdown event on the view to clear the global variable.

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