# Perspective on tablet with WIFI connection **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** perspective\ **Created:** [May 8, 2024, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-on-tablet-with-wifi-connection/90113 "2024-05-08T16:38:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![matwon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@matwon](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/matwon)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-on-tablet-with-wifi-connection/90113/1 "2024-05-08T16:38:07Z")
Hello, we have a customer request to digitalize maintenance forms (currently on paper). The client already has a gateway with a few perspective sessions. the ideal solution would be to add those forms in ignition and store the forms in a DB. The maintenance crew will be provided with a tablet that would be connected on the gateway's network via WIFI. The tablet will be used in a outside setting and a Wi-Fi antenna is already installed. This is straightforward, but we are having doubts if the tablet loses connection with the gateway. Is there a way to locally store data on the tablet when the session losses connection to the gateway? EDGE seems to have a feature to "store and forward" historical data when connection is lost, is there a feature available that could help us? Thanks ---
**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:** [May 8, 2024, 4:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-on-tablet-with-wifi-connection/90113/2 "2024-05-08T16:51:28Z")
Perspective currently requires an active connection to the gateway at all times, but an "offline mode" that allows _limited_ form data collection and submission offline is planned for the next major release, 8.3, to be released no _earlier_ than the end of this year.