# Unhelpful error message

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unhelpful-error-message/7326>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [September 26, 2013, 9:19am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unhelpful-error-message/7326 "2013-09-26T09:19:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![fledder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e19b73/32.png) [@fledder](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/fledder)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 9:19am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unhelpful-error-message/7326/1 "2013-09-26T09:19:02Z")

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When binding to an indirect tag, I neglected to link one of the references. When I press OK, I get an error message that just says “0”. See attached screenshot. Apologies if this has already been reported, but I couldn’t find it anywhere.

Ignition 7.6.3, Java 1.7.0\_25  
Editing machine: Windows 7 Pro SP1 64-bit physical machine  
Gateway machine: Windows Server 2008 R2, Java 1.6.0\_45

“Linux is very user-friendly. It’s just very choosy on whom it calls friends.”

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**Author:** ![Robert.McKenzie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/robert.mckenzie/32/4134_2.png) [@Robert.McKenzie](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Robert.McKenzie)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 11:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unhelpful-error-message/7326/2 "2013-09-26T23:24:29Z")

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Thanks, I’ve posted this for the developers as a bug.