Scripting Functions

The Ignition scripting API, which is available under the module name "system", is full of functions that are useful when designing projects in Ignition. From running database queries, manipulating components, to exporting data, scripting functions can help. Some of these functions only work in the Gateway scope, and other only work in the Client scope, while the rest will work in any scope.

Additional information on scripting Ignition can be found in the Scripting section.

In this section, we cover all of the built in scripting functions available inside of Ignition. Each page will have a banner at the top that looks like this:

System Library

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This function is used in Python Scripting.

This lets you know that you are looking at a function for the Python scripting language.

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A complete list of these functions (with their definitions) is available wherever you can add a script. Just type system. and then press Ctrl+Space to get a list of all the functions available. If you keep typing, the list will even be automatically narrowed down for you!

FactoryPMI

"I'm upgrading from FactoryPMI - will my calls to fpmi.* still work?"

Yes. Ignition's scripting API is backwards compatible. You'll probably want to gradually move your "fpmi" references to "system" but you don't need to.

System Functions

You can see below there are many different categories of system functions available for your use. For an overview and syntax scripting, refer to the Python Scripting section.

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System Functions

system.alarm

system.dataset

system.date

system.db

system.device

system.dnp3

system.eam

system.file

system.groups

system.gui

system.math

system.nav

system.net

system.opc

system.opchda

system.print

system.report

system.security

system.serial

system.sfc

system.tag

system.twilio

system.user

system.util