We have several projects where the ignition app has been at some level very cookie-cutter and standardized. There are lots of differences from site to site. They're all unique, but they all use the same elementary "building blocks". In fact, our gateways are set up with a "master" project that holds…

Why generate the files at all when you could just use the api and make a wizard to set up everything via API?

[image] David_Stone: make a wizard Cough... Like a spreadsheet import tool..... Do keep in mind that, except for Views, the items you list are gateway-wide resources, not project resources.

Appreciate the context of your comment, but I’m trying to erase spreadsheets from all of my workflows given how easy it is to make a purpose built tool these days. Say goodbye to spreadsheet errors and appalling microslop software.

[image] David_Stone: Say goodbye Meh. Lots of engineers get training in finance, if not an actual MBA, and you can't pry spreadsheets out of their fingers. That's why I made my import tool tolerate so many different structures of source spreadsheets. A well-organized spreadsheet is a reall…

I've never done anything close to anything like that before. Where do you recommend I start learning?

I do not have experience with this specific problem, so take this with a grain of salt. I have spent time via scripting manipulating the files. Typically, resource.json contains a reference to the page(s) with relevant information, so it would not need to be generated assuming it already exists. Yo…

I came here to say the same thing - use the Spreadsheet Import Tool . Use LibreOffice if you don't want the Microslop. The best part is nearly all people, including junior engineers and non-engineers, use spreadsheets. But yes I've run into resistance with software engineers loathing the idea of a …

Another benefit of the spreadsheet is that you can usually adapt a tab of your deployment spreadsheet for a given system directly based on source data from somewhere else in your system or from tables in engineering drawings. I've done it with tracker systems on large-scale solar plants where tens o…

I don't know if this is at all relevant, but I read "views" and "automation" so... I'm looking at a large project at the moment with a tonne of pages in the existing scada which we're planning to move over to Ignition. Almost 1100 pages of varying complexity, mostly p&ids. Some are very complex. S…

Project creation automation strategies

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bmusson April 27, 2026, 11:33pm 12

For faster iteration, you could look at my JsonView component. It allows you to render a view from its JSON schema directly in the client/designer.

Examples here: