# PanelView Plus integer input/display with decimal equivalent

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [July 18, 2014, 10:42am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/panelview-plus-integer-input-display-with-decimal-equivalent/8752 "2014-07-18T10:42:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Curlyandshemp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@Curlyandshemp](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Curlyandshemp)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 10:42am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/panelview-plus-integer-input-display-with-decimal-equivalent/8752/1 "2014-07-18T10:42:02Z")

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have an app where I am converting PV+ screens to ignition. Stumped on finding an equivalent for the following Integer numeric input field.  
-Processor SLC 5/05  
-Input is setpoint for temperature with 1 assumed decimal place  
-setpoint is integer N7:40 where value of 362 = 36.2  
-PV+ have input field where number is displayed as 36.2 and any changes mantain decimal place  
-input of 36.5 would then write value of 365 to N7:40  
-if PLC code changes N7:40 to 368, input field would update on PV+ screen as 36.8

I cannot find an equivalent way in Ignition to do this without losing the decimal place.

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**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 12:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/panelview-plus-integer-input-display-with-decimal-equivalent/8752/2 "2014-07-18T12:20:20Z")

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Good morning!

Just set up a test bed. Seems to work ok.

Set up a tag as a float ant point it to Nx:y(in my case I used N37:29)

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/6/6198287c3022dffa8c006fb649de44690f23949a.png)  

Set up linear scaling. The default is already 10:1, so that’s a bonus.

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/0/0abac96acc4a5fde7abf322131ee83e3d32d0ae2.png)  

Set up metadata so that it always shows a decimal point. Technically, you don’t need to do this, but it makes it look consistent in the tag browser.

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/3/322e0228c30b38c02d9f1185ed17a240dcd68fc6.png)  

Set up Numeric input as Double. Bind Double Value to the Tag. Also, making it Bidirectional will push PLC changes to the display. What I did not show, was to set the Decimal format to always show the decimal ("###0.0") within the field.

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/d/d9b0ece52c47cd6b93a3da91faa6ea51a2c429c7.png)  

Hope this helps!

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**Author:** ![Curlyandshemp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@Curlyandshemp](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Curlyandshemp)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 1:13am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/panelview-plus-integer-input-display-with-decimal-equivalent/8752/3 "2014-07-19T01:13:00Z")

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Jordan,

thanks for this, really appreciate you going to these lengths.

Will try it out in the AM.

I owe you one

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**Author:** ![Curlyandshemp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@Curlyandshemp](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Curlyandshemp)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 11:10am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/panelview-plus-integer-input-display-with-decimal-equivalent/8752/4 "2014-07-19T11:10:19Z")

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Tried it this AM and worked like a charm.

thanks for your help.

You should post this solution in the Knowledge Base section, as it is a common seen thing with PanelViews used to input setpoints for older SLCs.