# Will rebooting ignition force a historical write of all data when it comes back?

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition80\
**Created:** [March 6, 2021, 2:30am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/will-rebooting-ignition-force-a-historical-write-of-all-data-when-it-comes-back/44173 "2021-03-06T02:30:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 6, 2021, 2:30am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/will-rebooting-ignition-force-a-historical-write-of-all-data-when-it-comes-back/44173/1 "2021-03-06T02:30:55Z")

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My reporting scripts seem to be catching cases of no data changes which means I don’t know the start for chunks of time. If I cron a reboot of ignition when it comes back will it write out all the data when it comes back so I have a snapshot of current values?Thx, jake