# Issue while displaying value in gauge **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** ignition81, perspective\ **Created:** [March 1, 2024, 9:23am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/issue-while-displaying-value-in-gauge/86665 "2024-03-01T09:23:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**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:** [March 1, 2024, 9:58am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/issue-while-displaying-value-in-gauge/86665/2 "2024-03-01T09:58:58Z")
I don't understand what you are trying to do but I think that all your `parent.parent.parent.getChild().getChild().getChild()` code makes your application very brittle. If you move anything into another container it will break. I recommend that you set up some custom properties on the view and write the values to those. Then bind your gauge properties to those. I would also try to do all this with expression functions rather than a script. You could have custom props for calculated daily, weekly and monthly and switch the gauge bindings based on `duration_type`. You have one occurrence of `"{:.2f}kwh"`. It should be `"{:.2f}kWh"` (capital W for watt). --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/issue-while-displaying-value-in-gauge/86665)._