# Store and Forward metrics

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/store-and-forward-metrics/35470>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [June 9, 2020, 8:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/store-and-forward-metrics/35470 "2020-06-09T20:04:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![malone46844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@malone46844](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/malone46844)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 8:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/store-and-forward-metrics/35470/1 "2020-06-09T20:04:49Z")

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Is there an alternative to the expression functions

```auto
getCachedRowCount
getQuarantinedRowCount

```

in Ignition 8?

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**Author:** ![BFischer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@BFischer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/BFischer)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/store-and-forward-metrics/35470/2 "2020-07-08T15:57:05Z")

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Good question; I had a customer’s cache fill and start dropping records. Now I’m trying to set up an alarm, but getCachedRowCount() won’t work in 8.x