# Perspective Unable to Deserialize Resource Error HELP

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-unable-to-deserialize-resource-error-help/107998>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [July 1, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-unable-to-deserialize-resource-error-help/107998 "2025-07-01T15:59:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lucas\_Soares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/97f17d/32.png) [@Lucas\_Soares](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Lucas_Soares)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-unable-to-deserialize-resource-error-help/107998/1 "2025-07-01T15:59:01Z")

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Hey All!

Please see the attached error message from my intern's project. Any clues on how to resolve it?  
JsonSyntaxException: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Expected BEGIN\_OBJECT but was STRING at line 1 column 1 path $  
caused by IllegalStateException: Expected BEGIN\_OBJECT but was STRING at line 1 column 1 path $

Ignition v8.1.44 (b2024102210)  
Java: Azul Systems, Inc. 17.0.12

 ![Err](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/2/9/29f584d9faf95c0db64d61fb8f8af9b0336a44c5.png)

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**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:** [July 1, 2025, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-unable-to-deserialize-resource-error-help/107998/2 "2025-07-01T16:01:53Z")

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1. Go to the gateway's installation directory
2. Navigate to `/data/projects/$yourProjectName/com.inductiveautomation.perspective/views/AKF_Main/`
3. Open the `view.json` file in a text editor
4. Hope that it's still got useful content

Alternate step 1:  
Contact our support department officially.

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**Author:** ![Leor\_Fishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@Leor\_Fishman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Leor_Fishman)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2025, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-unable-to-deserialize-resource-error-help/107998/3 "2025-07-01T16:17:31Z")

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> [@paul-griffith](#):
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> Hope that it's still got useful content

the error being 'expected begin object but was string' suggests a missing open bracket in the view json

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**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:** [July 1, 2025, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-unable-to-deserialize-resource-error-help/107998/4 "2025-07-01T17:15:43Z")

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Hopefully. I'm worried the literal file content is going to be something like:

```python
object Object

```

or

```python
IllegalStateException: Something bad happened

```

Or equivalent. In which case I hope OP has set up scheduled backups.

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**Author:** ![Lucas\_Soares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/97f17d/32.png) [@Lucas\_Soares](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Lucas_Soares)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2025, 9:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-unable-to-deserialize-resource-error-help/107998/5 "2025-07-01T21:18:04Z")

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> [@paul-griffith](#):
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> /data/projects/$yourProjectName/com.inductiveautomation.perspective/views/AKF\_Main/

The Last back-up was a while ago unfortunately

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**Author:** ![Leor\_Fishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@Leor\_Fishman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Leor_Fishman)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2025, 10:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-unable-to-deserialize-resource-error-help/107998/6 "2025-07-01T22:23:24Z")

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you don't need a backup to access this, it should just be in program files/Inductive Automation