# Min Time Between Samples on Tag History Not Working

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/min-time-between-samples-on-tag-history-not-working/97456>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81\
**Created:** [October 18, 2024, 12:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/min-time-between-samples-on-tag-history-not-working/97456 "2024-10-18T12:57:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Joe\_Alcide](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@Joe\_Alcide](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Joe_Alcide)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 12:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/min-time-between-samples-on-tag-history-not-working/97456/1 "2024-10-18T12:57:27Z")

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Hi!

Trying to use the Min Time Between Samples Tag Property in Ignition. Have it set to a minimum of 5 minutes to avoid a data changing twice to the same number quickly which has been happening. Is there anything I need to do besides change this parameter? Do I need to have another setting on/off such as deadband mode? Really not sure why this isnt working. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

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**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:** [October 18, 2024, 1:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/min-time-between-samples-on-tag-history-not-working/97456/2 "2024-10-18T13:05:06Z")

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Give us some nicely cropped screengrabs of the configuration so we can have a look.

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**Author:** ![Joe\_Alcide](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@Joe\_Alcide](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Joe_Alcide)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 1:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/min-time-between-samples-on-tag-history-not-working/97456/3 "2024-10-18T13:28:39Z")

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Sorry about that. I have attached three images. The first is what my current tag history looks like in a dataset tag. The second is my current tag properties for tag history (tried deadband mode off/on with 0 as bandwidth). The third is my script that is sending the mass balance to the dataset tag. Please let me know what you think, thank you so much!