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Hi,   I am trying to get the Permission of a Thing in JS Code, when you services like GetRunTimePermissionsAsJSON  or GetRunTimePermissions I get the InactivationCheck in the output of the Service. If I Run the Service from the Thing, by opening and executing it, I can see the data properly.    Thanks,

ThingWorx version: 9.3.9 Currently, we're trying to implement Building Blocks into our ThingWorx mashups to view SVGs. One of the requirements is the svgViewer extension.While we're able to successfully import the extension and view it in the list under Manage, we're unable to see it in the widget's list upon making a mashup. We've tried removing unused and potentially clashing widgets, but to no avail. Has anyone faced a similar problem and been able to resolve it? Thanks in advance!

Hi, we are migrating thingworx from on prem to azure, thing Worx installed with mssql server database. I am installing mssqlserver database in azure vm,now I have the doubt of while creating sql server instance and database name, do I need to give the same sqlserver instance and database name exactly like on-prem? If we give same names, then is there any impact? ThanksKSM

I created a restapi interface that outputs thingworx in json format, why is the response in HTML format?

I have Ignition connected to KepserverEX 6.13 as an OPC client. I'd like to build dashboards, reports and alarms in Ignition to monitor performance statistics as we scale out our system - adding more devices, channels and tags. I know most device drivers provide a count of active tags (e.g. <Channel Name>.<Device Name>._System._ActiveTagCount), but is there a way to access the total number of tags defined in the Kepserver Project, as displayed in the "Tags Defined" field Property Editor dialog for the Project? I'm looking at _System._ActiveTagCount at the root level, but this number is not matching what's displayed in the dialog box on Kepserver. For bonus points, is there a good post or white paper out there for best practices on dashboarding Kepware in general - what are the prudent metrics to be monitoring and thresholding for alarms, etc.?

I am aware of creating a thingtemplate from thing but not sure about thingshape.

I'm trying to read when a step is started in CWC, I'm reading when a tag of a smart tool is written and then sending trough MQTT to a subscriber client. The values that I'm writing in the smart tool are 1, 2, 3 sequentially on the same step.I've done a subscription datachange into the MQTT thing to the smart tool property and added the code:me.TesteProp = events["ST_StepCheckTool_DataChange_StepStart"].eventData.newValue.value;then publishing by the MQTT thing, I'm receiving (the increment can happen to the value 1 and 2 but not always): b'1.0'b'2.0'b'3.0'b'30.0'b'300.0'b'3000.0'b'30000.0' Then it's stops for a moment, prevents the sequence to go further and then continues the execution normally.The workaround was writing more information to the value, I did this:me.TesteProp = "" + events["ST_StepCheckTool_DataChange_StepStart"].eventData.newValue.value;then it works fine, I only  get 1, 2, 3 and there's no delay.The problem seems to be in the smart tool, because the "w

Hello I'm trying to disable the Automatically Enable Timer on Startup checkbox via a service I tried with the DisableTimer() function but it doesn't seem to be a function for SchedulerThing, any idea how I could do this?   

Hello,I want to validate a ThingName in thingworx. Like In Mashup, when I type a thing name in textbox field and enter on click button, the validator function should be check the thing which we have enter in textbox field is already available or not, if  yes the message should be Thing Created Successfully and if not then should be Thing Already Exist.So how can we do that?  Thanks.

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HI, I am starting with Thingworx. I have a query as I am getting service response as jsonarray and i want to validate one parameter of each object in Jsonarray. how to do that using validator. i tried to create one parameter in validator and using expression i am validating it but validator is called for first object of array and it validates the first object only but how to validate the remaining items in Array? Appriciate help in advance. Thanks.

Hi,I have contained mashup in which i have label widget binded to the mashup. During the initial load of the containing mashup the values from kepware tag are not displayed. but if the value from kepware is changed after load, the values are updated on the label widget.Is this a known issue or some bug that i need to fix?

Hello all,I have some confusion could you please suggest which approach is best. 1. In migration project, first create the empty Database and proceed with Thing Worx Installation and then Importing the Custom apps.  2. In migration project, first create Database and restore the DB files into Database which have taken from Production and then proceed with Thing Worx Installation and then Importing the Custom apps like into Thing Worx.

Hi Developers, In my use case I have t1 and t2 thing.  I want to pass all t1 Thing  properties, services and subscriptions to the t2 Thing. Is it possible? If yes then how can we do this? Thanks.

Hi,I have logged property into a value stream and using QueryPropertyHistory service I am able to have a view at the recorded data of the logged properties. What next I wan to achieve is how can we calculate the number of times a value of a property repeats in the data recorded, upto a particular date. eg, I have property called stepValueStatus which has a string value pass/fail. So I want to calculate how many times pass occurs and how many times fail occurs for this stepValueStatus property. Thanks in Advance. Regards,Aditya Gupta

Hi,The TwxRuntimeKey is not deleting and its still there for older days. someone help me to resolve this issue.  Thanks,Bharathan

Hey, I'm new to Thingworx and I was studding on how to use the CWC extension and got a problem and few questions about it.Firstly the problem,1. I'm trying to execute a work instruction created on CWC, I’ve done all steps and when I’m trying to start the work instruction from the execution tab, I’m getting the error "Serial number already started on another station of the same work cell". I'm the only one using the system and never started any work order. 2. Also when selecting the work station on the plant I’ve created based on the explanation on how to fill the spreadsheet, it show an error that "equipment 'bottling machine 1' is currently in use by .". Any ideas on where's the problem? Then to the questions,1. I've seen on another post here that I need to configure ProductionEventQuantity and WasteEventQuantity values to a work station, there is any way to see that on the UI? All I see on the equipment tree (Configuration: Equipment page) is name, Equipment

Hi, Am trying to load a pdf file directly from the local directory using hyperlink, when the hyperlink clicked I wanted that file to be displayed on a new tab. url : file://abc.powerdrills.com/Works/1243/pdf/1243.pdf when I embed this url in link widget and try to hit, nothing happens.then I used button to trigger link but the new tab comes blank.Above mentioned url is accessible thru browser if I copy to browser directly. How can I load this file from local server to thingworx application? I even tried to read as binary but no luck, am getting error in the url.  please help here   thanks,John  

I need to install Thingworx Foundation using an already existing persistent DB (both Foundation and DB are at release 9.5.0).   Ideally, I would be able to run the Foundation installer and point it to the already existing DB.  It would see that the DB is already set up and bypass the initialization steps.

is it possible to install ThingWorx 9.4 on Windows Server 2012???? -------------------------------------------------------- Translated the text from Portuguese to English using google translate. By Community Moderation Team. Old Subject: ThingWorx Instalação Requisitos de sistemasOld Subject: é possível instalar o ThingWorx 9.4 no Windows Server 2012????--------------------------------------------------------        

Hi,  I need to move a json file from thingworx repository to another server(non thingworx), is there an option to do by thingworx services?  thnaks,John

Hi Community team, I have two widgets one date picker and another one button to come up in modal popup but the css i have applied is not visible there which is showing up when I'm normally opening the popup mashup as in not from navigation. version is 8.5.7  Thanks,Shraddha

Hi,    I was working on the Line Chart. I don't see many options to remove the extra padding and space in the LineChart and the Reset Area in the Line Chart. ChartType: Area ChartThingworx version: 9.3.6   Thanks,

I've been utilizing a "Mail Server Thing" to send emails on a 24-hour schedule. Lately, I've encountered issues with some emails failing to send. It appears that the code lines are executing properly, but certain schedules aren't triggering, resulting in missed emails. I'd appreciate assistance in tracking the behavior of the SMTP for each schedule. This way, I can log the activity in the ThingWorx log file for auditing purposes. Thank you in advance for your help.