I have been getting to grips with Ignition for a while now and have developed some User Interfaces for Data Collection and Analysis. I am leaning heavily towards Perspective but Vision has been in use at my company for a couple of years in a different department, where they work with machine data la…

@Transistor I hadn't considered that, that's a good one. Thank you

Everyone hates change, we recently had a new starter at work who was learning Perspective and was complaining it took ages to get anything done that in FactoryTalk she could get it done fast. Fast forward a month, she was working on a FT HMI swearing about how slow, inefficient and backwards it was …

@David_Stone That's it exactly. I'm starting new projects and haven't fully realised their scope yet, there's a lot more customization available in Perspective than in Vision. Using Python with Perspective has been a big plus for me. Thank you so much for your reply

I recommend that you create a Perspective app to display some of your already existing data. Make sure you do a good flex layout, theme it properly (use the built-in themes ) and get some user feedback from someone you trust. When ready, slip the URL into some emails when referencing the data, etc. T…

[image] David_Stone: limited mostly by the bounds of the Web technologies underlying. This is the problem with Perspective. If you need production machine control, or direct interactions with the client OS, Vision is the better choice. [image] David_Stone: how easy it is to do advanced f…

Also, consider reading through this topic [image] Perspective vs Vision Ignition I'm sure this is an age-old debate on here, but I'm seeking advice for a new project. Before the debate begins: Yes: I am aware that Perspective is newer, responsive, and more portable. No:…

[image] Roisin_McGuire: I collect data for work completed and logged by human operators Perspective is an excellent choice for this. Vision is arguably overkill for simple data entry needs.

I prefer Vision for purely on-machine user interfaces, for a number of reasons, all well-described in the linked post. I prefer Vision when I need a quick testing UI, as the designer is much more stable and responsive for Vision than for Perspective. I only use Vision when I have a need to chart h…

[image] David_Stone: Vision is very much limited in the "If we didn't expressly design that feature in, its not going to work that way" much like the HMI/Scada of the last 10/20 years. It's actually really not, as pretty much anything you can think of can be done through code, whereas perspec…

One of the big things is the overall talent pool available to you to maintain your platform, you aren't limited to the traditional 'automation engineer'. Because of how perspective works you can go and grab people with a CS background and point them at it and it just clicks for them. At the company …

Vision Vs Perspective Debate

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andrew.budaiev November 14, 2023, 11:02am 8

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