# Trying to set a timestamp for every 15 minutes with tag historian

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/trying-to-set-a-timestamp-for-every-15-minutes-with-tag-historian/60497>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [June 8, 2022, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/trying-to-set-a-timestamp-for-every-15-minutes-with-tag-historian/60497 "2022-06-08T15:32:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jeremy\_Schlicke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ab097/32.png) [@Jeremy\_Schlicke](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jeremy_Schlicke)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/trying-to-set-a-timestamp-for-every-15-minutes-with-tag-historian/60497/1 "2022-06-08T15:32:11Z")

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Im completely new to ignition and my boss wanted me to setup a tag historian with 15 minute timestamp. I took pics of what i have. Just not sure how to make the time it take data every 15 minutes only.

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 3:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/trying-to-set-a-timestamp-for-every-15-minutes-with-tag-historian/60497/2 "2022-06-08T15:48:54Z")

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Your screenshots show the reporting module’s designer. That is used to display data that you’ve collected. It isn’t the historian. To record values on a strict schedule, I recommend using the SQL Bridge module’s transaction group, which can be scheduled to run every 15 minutes. That will put your selected tags’ data into a conventional database table with timestamp column. The report would then query that table for the desired time range.

Have you gone through the free [Inductive University](https://inductiveuniversity.com/courses/ignition-overview/8.1) lessons yet? Highly recommended to get a feel for what parts of Ignition do what.

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**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 4:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/trying-to-set-a-timestamp-for-every-15-minutes-with-tag-historian/60497/3 "2022-06-08T16:35:09Z")

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Tips: post screen grabs rather than photos and crop them well so that we only get relevant information. Post code rather than pictures of code and use the `</>` code formatting button to preserve indents and apply syntax highlighting. That way we can copy and edit it. Welcome aboard.