# Perspective Dashboard Setting Parameters

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-dashboard-setting-parameters/51891>\
**Category:** Ignition Early Access\
**Created:** [October 13, 2021, 11:14am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-dashboard-setting-parameters/51891 "2021-10-13T11:14:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![WildeKurt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@WildeKurt](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/WildeKurt)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 11:14am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-dashboard-setting-parameters/51891/1 "2021-10-13T11:14:46Z")

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I have a dashboard that displays a number of very simple objects. One parameters (InOut) called selected (a boolean) can be set by clicking the view or externally by setting `widget[x].viewParams.selected`. When setting this param externally (via a script) it appears to be getting overwritten. I can see the object’s style change briefly to the ‘selected’ state and back to ‘unselected’. Any ideas of how to solve this would be appreciated.

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**Author:** ![Gaurav.Shitole](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/gaurav.shitole/32/72050_2.png) [@Gaurav.Shitole](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Gaurav.Shitole)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2021, 9:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-dashboard-setting-parameters/51891/2 "2021-10-14T21:26:22Z")

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Are you sure the parameter is inOut? Is the arrow located at the right side of Parameter shows bidirectional?

Try connecting `widget[x].viewParams.selected` to a memory Boolean having Bidirectional set and check if it still gets overwritten. If not then seems an issue with the script.

Also if you’re only using the **Selected** parameter to change the style based on its state, why do you need the parameter inOut? Why not using IN only?