# Ignition Perspective App: defining start view

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-perspective-app-defining-start-view/79446>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [September 21, 2023, 12:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-perspective-app-defining-start-view/79446 "2023-09-21T12:20:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Felipe\_CRM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dfb087/32.png) [@Felipe\_CRM](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Felipe_CRM)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 2:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-perspective-app-defining-start-view/79446/5 "2023-09-21T14:13:34Z")

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Ignition 8.1.10 + has an option that allows hostname resolution for Perspective (of course it depends on how your networking is set up) if you prefer to tie it to the device instead.

> [@How to get the device/host Name on client server](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-get-the-device-host-name-on-client-server/59046/5):
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> See ‘Resolve Client Hostnames’, introduced in 8.1.10: [https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Web+Server+Settings](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Web+Server+Settings)

It works great on our enterprise network even with DHCP enabled.

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