# Monitor Store and Forward Cache **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** ignition81\ **Created:** [April 2, 2023, 4:05am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/monitor-store-and-forward-cache/71942 "2023-04-02T04:05:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![allenr8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@allenr8](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/allenr8)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 4:05am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/monitor-store-and-forward-cache/71942/1 "2023-04-02T04:05:46Z")
Is there a good way to set up alerts or monitor the health and capacity of the store and forward cache? Glancing through the manual I don’t see anything and also didn’t see anything on previous forum posts. Thought I’d ask here. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Matrix\_Engineering](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/matrix_engineering/32/19781_2.png) [@Matrix\_Engineering](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matrix_Engineering)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 12:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/monitor-store-and-forward-cache/71942/2 "2023-04-02T12:24:41Z")
Looks like there used to be a way in 79: > [@Store and Forward Status](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/store-and-forward-status/20825): > > Is it possible to get the cached row count (and any other status metrics) for the Store and Forward system? I see there used to be a “getCachedRowCount()” expression function that no longer works. Wondering if there is another way to grab this data. Doesn't work in 8. Perhaps put in a feature request to bring this back. It's available in the gateway metrics, so perhaps possible to use a custom script to retrieve it from there, however I skimmed the forum search for it and didn't find any results. ---
**Author:** ![allenr8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@allenr8](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/allenr8)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2023, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/monitor-store-and-forward-cache/71942/3 "2023-04-10T16:34:20Z")
Found the same thing - only thing I've seen is someone using a custom module to get it. I'll add it as a feature. Some of these metrics would be nice to set alerts on for people overseeing the actual gateways. ---
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/monitor-store-and-forward-cache/71942/4 "2023-04-10T17:15:38Z")
There's a whole set of store and forward system tags as of 8.1.2: [https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/System+Tags#SystemTags-GatewaySystemTags](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/System+Tags#SystemTags-GatewaySystemTags) ---
**Author:** ![allenr8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@allenr8](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/allenr8)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 10:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/monitor-store-and-forward-cache/71942/5 "2023-04-11T22:57:08Z")
I know. Those tags are great! They are on 7.9 sadly. ---
**Author:** ![Matrix\_Engineering](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/matrix_engineering/32/19781_2.png) [@Matrix\_Engineering](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matrix_Engineering)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 11:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/monitor-store-and-forward-cache/71942/6 "2023-04-11T23:00:03Z")
> [@allenr8](#): > > I'll add it as a feature. That would be a no then, unfortunately. 79 is end of life June **2022**. There will be zero more development on it. Your only route is the custom module.