# Metric History Manager - Could not write metric value to database:\[SQLITE\_CANTOPEN\]

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/metric-history-manager-could-not-write-metric-value-to-database-sqlite-cantopen/69751>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81\
**Created:** [February 13, 2023, 2:44am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/metric-history-manager-could-not-write-metric-value-to-database-sqlite-cantopen/69751 "2023-02-13T02:44:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Frank\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/839c29/32.png) [@Frank\_L](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Frank_L)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 2:44am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/metric-history-manager-could-not-write-metric-value-to-database-sqlite-cantopen/69751/1 "2023-02-13T02:44:20Z")

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I am getting an error in my logs related to MetricHistoryManager. The error is "Could not write metric value to database:[SQLITE\_CANTOPEN] Unable to open the database file (unable to open database file)"

What might be causing this error? How do you solve it?

Thanks,  
Frank

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**Author:** ![jespinmartin1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jespinmartin1/32/57175_2.png) [@jespinmartin1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jespinmartin1)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 3:55am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/metric-history-manager-could-not-write-metric-value-to-database-sqlite-cantopen/69751/2 "2023-02-13T03:55:08Z")

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Delete the file metrics.idb in ~/data/metricsdb/ and restart the gateway.

Does something in permission/user security changed?