# Report Image Shape Key for an image in the Image Manager **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** ignition80\ **Created:** [December 23, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-image-shape-key-for-an-image-in-the-image-manager/41757 "2020-12-23T14:47:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ShaneH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3e96dc/32.png) [@ShaneH](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ShaneH)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-image-shape-key-for-an-image-in-the-image-manager/41757/1 "2020-12-23T14:47:31Z")
Using Perspective 8.1 I have a customer logo in the Image Manager that I use in several views, etc. When creating a report, I can drag the image from the Image Manager to the report which creates an ‘Image Shape’. However, the image data appears to be ‘static’. If I update the customer logo in the image manager, the change is reflected everywhere (views, etc.) _except_ in the image shape in the report. I tried dropping an image shape and setting the key to the ‘path’ of the logo in the image designer, but the key seemed to be ignored. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. -Shane ---
**Author:** ![ShaneH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3e96dc/32.png) [@ShaneH](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ShaneH)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 6:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-image-shape-key-for-an-image-in-the-image-manager/41757/2 "2021-01-07T18:30:31Z")
Any thoughts on this? Is there any way to set the key of an ‘Image Shape’ in a report to the path of an image in the Image Manager? ---
**Author:** ![Nathanael\_Pillay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f17d59/32.png) [@Nathanael\_Pillay](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Nathanael_Pillay)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 12:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-image-shape-key-for-an-image-in-the-image-manager/41757/3 "2023-02-21T12:13:31Z")
Any feedback on this? Did you come right? ---
**Author:** ![ShaneH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3e96dc/32.png) [@ShaneH](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ShaneH)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 1:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-image-shape-key-for-an-image-in-the-image-manager/41757/4 "2023-02-21T13:39:25Z")
No, I didn't figure this out. ---
**Author:** ![louagejasper](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/louagejasper/32/86311_2.png) [@louagejasper](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/louagejasper)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 12:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-image-shape-key-for-an-image-in-the-image-manager/41757/5 "2023-05-10T12:54:34Z")
Updates on this? ---
**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:** [May 10, 2023, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-image-shape-key-for-an-image-in-the-image-manager/41757/6 "2023-05-10T16:17:20Z")
Images in image management are actually automatically hosted by the platform's webserver, so one option would be to set a data key to a fully qualified HTTP path to the image: `data['url']='http://localhost:8088/system/images/bt.jpeg'` In the below image, the top image was created by dragging and dropping from image management, and is totally static. The bottom image is using the `url` key populated by the script above. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/a/c/acd0af3c9ba2a02ab85593ca8bfa9e6a0cda74ef.jpeg) NB: I already updated the image at this path since dragging and dropping the top image in. Now the _preview_ in the designer is wrong, because it's using a cached version of the image: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/6/9/693e00d3969ee7078f5df033dbecae45609b8dbb.jpeg) But the actual exported report is correctly updated: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/e/d/edfebaf7672789d473ae23ebd46d77006afe407e.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![ShaneH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3e96dc/32.png) [@ShaneH](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ShaneH)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 7:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-image-shape-key-for-an-image-in-the-image-manager/41757/7 "2023-05-23T19:18:10Z")
I added the datasource: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/7/e/7e5f766762a43ad3025877300f7306f7bbe635cd.png) I added and 'Image' component to my report and set a 'dynamic data key' on the URL property: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/0/e/0e17ae1dacccdaf28d06b3fa052277762e10f80d.png) However, the image still does not display. Can you spot any problems? Thanks. -Shane ---
**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:** [May 23, 2023, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-image-shape-key-for-an-image-in-the-image-manager/41757/8 "2023-05-23T19:27:23Z")
Not the URL property. Set your image URL in the key property. The URL property is to add a hyperlink to your image when it's output in a generated PDF. ---
**Author:** ![ShaneH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3e96dc/32.png) [@ShaneH](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ShaneH)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 7:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-image-shape-key-for-an-image-in-the-image-manager/41757/9 "2023-05-23T19:29:07Z")
Yep, just figured that out: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/0/6/0616dec933a3ed3607506a247b4645678cff2278.png) Thanks for all your help. -Shane ---
**Author:** ![Alejandro\_Alaco](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/alejandro_alaco/32/59849_2.png) [@Alejandro\_Alaco](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Alejandro_Alaco)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 1:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-image-shape-key-for-an-image-in-the-image-manager/41757/10 "2026-10-30T13:51:35Z")
Oh thanks!, finally I found the solution