# system.util.getSystemFlags()

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-util-getsystemflags/48903>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [July 15, 2021, 11:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-util-getsystemflags/48903 "2021-07-15T23:26:29Z")\
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Well, you _can_, but it's technically unsupported because it relies on an import from our core Java code.

> [@Can I tell what scope a script is running from?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-i-tell-what-scope-a-script-is-running-from/70880/9):
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> This post came up in a lot in my searches and had to make adjustments to it to differentiate between whether a script was being run on the Gateway vs a Perspective Session Scope, IE whether Perspective session properties exist. Here is a quick change to the above method that solved it for me. from com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.model import ApplicationScope class Scope(object): @staticmethod def get(): scope = ApplicationScope.getGlobalScope() if ApplicationScope.isClient(scope…

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