# Perspective Symbol States **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** perspective\ **Created:** [January 26, 2023, 9:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-symbol-states/69055 "2023-01-26T21:09:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 6
**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2023, 11:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-symbol-states/69055/6 "2023-01-26T23:03:13Z")
This is what I use for my style classes bindings. Device symbol binding on `style.classes`: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/9/3/9386e56da06fa850058393b3aa392e33474786c6.png) `view.custom.status` here is the Status Desc tag below (I never refer to the Status tag in graphics, so I drop the "Desc" in my references to it) Style Class Maps/Device Status dataset tag data: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/9/4/944fa0f7a7551cea1a53bdb4316281e2396a9aab.png) (someone should really re-order these...) The StyleClass column has the path to my Perpective Styles. Using a dataset essentially as a map transform allows the transform to be _centrally located providing a single source of truth_ and used for every single status display in the project, rather than having a plethora of independent map transforms throughout the project, all defined manually. Perspective Style example: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/b/9/b9008673a3c78cac1506f03a74a9bcceae901252.png) Tags: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/6/7/67d1591f92b092e2b4cb356cbfdac9ec40bf01fe.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/0/2/0217fbc6478093acff63919d841210c058c82740.png) --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-symbol-states/69055)._