# URL Parameters Not Working

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/url-parameters-not-working/111606>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81, perspective\
**Created:** [October 20, 2025, 7:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/url-parameters-not-working/111606 "2025-10-20T19:19:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![amarks](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/amarks/32/45610_2.png) [@amarks](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/amarks)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 7:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/url-parameters-not-working/111606/1 "2025-10-20T19:19:12Z")

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I’m guessing that I’m missing something here, but I believe I have the page and parameters set up properly but it is still not working.

Page:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/7/3/739616ad1e28bd282badbfba8ec5b0680c196074.png)

View (`deviceNum` is bound to the label)

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/b/a/ba84c112ce87de3c6d2d24823cafdf6fa231396f.png)

Menu and target

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/1/3/13f12c8851b3216ce13a13ce08dc27400a80a772.png)

result (url is localhost:8088/data/perspective/client/project/View?deviceNum=5 ) :

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/e/f/ef7845de29a754bf7f40ff87777092b5fb1cfef3.png)

What am I missing? I tried to follow the doc

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**Author:** ![kvane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kvane/32/22228_2.png) [@kvane](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kvane)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 7:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/url-parameters-not-working/111606/2 "2025-10-20T19:25:59Z")

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The ? is not needed in a standard Page URL

Instead of "?deviceNum=5" , replace it with "/5"

> **[Pages in Perspective | Ignition User Manual](https://www.docs.inductiveautomation.com/docs/8.1/ignition-modules/perspective/pages-in-perspective)**
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> Pages are the main method of navigation in Perspective. When talking about pages, there are two distinct objects to be aware of.

The ? only comes up if you are treating it as query params (link from the UM):

> **[When Should You Use Path Variable and Query Parameter?](https://medium.com/@fullsour/when-should-you-use-path-variable-and-query-parameter-a346790e8a6d)**
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> In this article, I’d like to show you what is a Path Variable and Query Parameter. And how you think and use those as best practice.

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**Author:** ![amarks](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/amarks/32/45610_2.png) [@amarks](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/amarks)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 7:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/url-parameters-not-working/111606/3 "2025-10-20T19:49:42Z")

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Thanks!

Perhaps there could be a better example in the doc.

> **[Pages in Perspective | Ignition User Manual](https://www.docs.inductiveautomation.com/docs/8.1/ignition-modules/perspective/pages-in-perspective)**
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> Pages are the main method of navigation in Perspective. When talking about pages, there are two distinct objects to be aware of.