# Perspective PowerChart props.tagBrowserStartPath binding not take effect at startup? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** perspective\ **Created:** [July 3, 2024, 9:05am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-powerchart-props-tagbrowserstartpath-binding-not-take-effect-at-startup/92734 "2024-07-03T09:05:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![taohongyu88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@taohongyu88](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/taohongyu88)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2024, 9:05am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-powerchart-props-tagbrowserstartpath-binding-not-take-effect-at-startup/92734/1 "2024-07-03T09:05:32Z")
PowerChart props.tagBrowserStartPath If I direct set it ,it can take effect. ![df1e16d31567fe0801bed81b94d5778](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/6/d/6de78bf6b99b4450db63e380beab8b3fd9af5548.png) If I bind it ,it can't take effect? ![b1919d202cc358c38efe676ff7d88b7](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/f/0/f05e255f57f9e72d424f0e982d8bc2d6b4212639.png) How to resolve ? ---
**Author:** ![mcarritt1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mcarritt1/32/4262_2.png) [@mcarritt1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mcarritt1)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2024, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-powerchart-props-tagbrowserstartpath-binding-not-take-effect-at-startup/92734/2 "2024-11-28T14:21:24Z")
still happening in 8.1.44, no matter how i bind to it or write to it, half the time it shows the root when the view first loads ---
**Author:** ![mazeyrat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mazeyrat/32/10955_2.png) [@mazeyrat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mazeyrat)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-powerchart-props-tagbrowserstartpath-binding-not-take-effect-at-startup/92734/3 "2024-11-28T15:39:17Z")
Yes still an issue > [@Power chart startpath not working the first time](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-chart-startpath-not-working-the-first-time/44521/5): > > I still have the issue after the fix. If the tagBrowserStartPath binding is to a hardcoded string then it works. But my tagBrowserStartPath is dynamically created as a script in config binding of tagBrowserStartPath and also in the start up event (getting databasename, tagProvider and tagPath then setting the tagBrowserStartPath). In this dynamic creation mode soemtimes it shows fine but sometimes (sporadically) it shows database names on the power chart tagbrowser and then I have to navigate in… ---
**Author:** ![taohongyu88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@taohongyu88](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/taohongyu88)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 8:27am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-powerchart-props-tagbrowserstartpath-binding-not-take-effect-at-startup/92734/4 "2024-12-02T08:27:34Z")
Add sleep in Script. [The props.tagBrowserStartPath binding on Power Chart doesn't accept filter at startup - Ignition Early Access - Inductive Automation Forum](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/the-props-tagbrowserstartpath-binding-on-power-chart-doesnt-accept-filter-at-startup/70814) ---
**Author:** ![nader.chinichian](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nader.chinichian/32/9261_2.png) [@nader.chinichian](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nader.chinichian)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 11:24am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-powerchart-props-tagbrowserstartpath-binding-not-take-effect-at-startup/92734/5 "2024-12-02T11:24:38Z")
Or try make your binding Persistent. It works for me. ---
**Author:** ![mcarritt1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mcarritt1/32/4262_2.png) [@mcarritt1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mcarritt1)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 12:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-powerchart-props-tagbrowserstartpath-binding-not-take-effect-at-startup/92734/6 "2024-12-02T12:01:22Z")
I tried, but still about 1 out of 5 times it doesnt load the correct path, which I'm sure is correct because I print it to console, and then when i click the refresh button then it loads the correct path. ---
**Author:** ![mcarritt1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mcarritt1/32/4262_2.png) [@mcarritt1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mcarritt1)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 12:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-powerchart-props-tagbrowserstartpath-binding-not-take-effect-at-startup/92734/7 "2024-12-02T12:19:49Z")
Ok I think I have a work-around working reliably now. Configure the binding on the chart to point to something that doesn't exist like this : ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/9/3/930b4482d0820df7be186fd7dfdae557a78fd713.png) set that chart prop binding to be persistent. then somewhere else like view.custom.tagBrowserStartPath, set up your binding to calculate the path that you actually want to use. And then either as a change script or transform in that other binding, have it write to the prop on the chart. When the view first loads you should first see "no results found" for a brief moment before it quickly loads what you actually want the user to see. ---
**Author:** ![nader.chinichian](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nader.chinichian/32/9261_2.png) [@nader.chinichian](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nader.chinichian)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-powerchart-props-tagbrowserstartpath-binding-not-take-effect-at-startup/92734/8 "2024-12-02T15:00:03Z")
Ok I forget to mention I also add script transform for the binding. This way it always works.