# Power Chart persistent pen configuration

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-chart-persistent-pen-configuration/75336>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [June 21, 2023, 1:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-chart-persistent-pen-configuration/75336 "2023-06-21T13:21:02Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 4:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-chart-persistent-pen-configuration/75336/4 "2023-06-21T16:04:37Z")

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The power chart doesn't keep the pens that were added during runtime once you close that view. There are ways to keep the pen configuration, but they are not built in. Check out this topic:

> [@Perspective PowerChart: how to set default aggregate mode & save user configuration](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-powerchart-how-to-set-default-aggregate-mode-save-user-configuration/72513/4):
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> For your second question, maybe you could do something with this resource: If you want your chart config to persist per user across sessions and logins, you'll have to save that config somehow. This resource lets you save trend configs to a database and load them up again. If you modify it a little, you might be able to automatically save the current config on a view's onShutdown and automatically load it on the chart's onStartup etc.

If you want a set of pens to always be there every time for all users, you could add the pens in the designer preview and save the view. Then, every time that view is open, the power chart will start off with those pens.

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