# Power Table save custom user tables

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-table-save-custom-user-tables/78068>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** vision\
**Created:** [August 18, 2023, 9:45am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-table-save-custom-user-tables/78068 "2023-08-18T09:45:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 11:20am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-table-save-custom-user-tables/78068/2 "2023-08-18T11:20:02Z")

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I have an example of a way to do this here:

> [@\[8.0 Vision Client\] Power Table - saving column order/sizing](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/8-0-vision-client-power-table-saving-column-order-sizing/31793/5):
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> I suppose the easiest route to achieve this would be to use something like the parent window's internalFrameClosed event handler. Then, just simply throw all of the column information into a dictionary that you save to the database. Example: userName = system.security.getUsername() powerTable = system.gui.getParentWindow(event).getComponentForPath('Root Container.Power Table') table = powerTable.table columnModel = table.columnModel columnProperties = {str(column.identifier): {'location': col…

This example uses a tag because that's what the OP wanted, but in my practice, I would use a database for this sort of thing.

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