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Project properties span several functional areas each containing settings applicable to that area. Scroll down to the Perspective section.

When properties in a section have been updated but not saved yet, the section heading will change to italicized text. In the following example, changes have been made in the the Perspective General and Permissions properties but they have not been saved or applied yet.

Perspective General Properties
These general properties apply to the Perspective Sessions.
General |
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Property | Description |
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Enable Update Notification | Enables notifications for sessions when the project is changed. When notification is enabled, this is the message that will be displayed. The token {timeLeft} will be replaced with the seconds remaining until update. If false, update will be immediate. |
Project Locale | Select a project locale. |
Include regional variations | Enables regional variations for the locale. |
Hide from Launch Page and Native Apps |
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When selected, the project to be hidden from the Session Launcher and mobile app project listing. |
Launch Icon | The image specified here is used to represent the project on the launch page and desktop shortcut. This needs to be a path to an image that has been uploaded to the Gateway. Use the browse button to choose or upload a new image. |
Project Timezone | Timezone for this project. Dropdown list includes the Gateway timezone, Session timezone, or specific timezones around the globe. |
Identity Provider | Identity Provider (IdP) for this project. Dropdown list of available IdPs.
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Session Timeout Desktop | The time, in seconds, for that the Gateway will wait for desktop devices to respond. |
Session Timeout Mobile | The time, in seconds, for that the Gateway will wait for mobile devices to respond. |
Session Closed Message |
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Message to be displayed if system.perspective.closeSession is invoked. |
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Message to be displayed if system.perspective.closePage is invoked. |
Perspective Permissions Properties
The Perspective Permissions properties restrict project access to specific security levels and security zones.
Permissions |
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Property | Description |
(Security Levels Tree) | Interactive tree that shows the current authenticated roles and security zones. |
(First radio button) | If selected, then the security levels of the user must match all of the required security levels |
(Second radio button) | If selected, then at least one of the security levels of the user must match any of the required security levels. |
In the following example, a user must have the Administrator security level and Ridgefield East security zone to be able to access this project.

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Dropping tags onto existing components can now create bindings on those components if the data type of the tag matches a Tag Drop configuration in the project. Tag Drop configuration is what determines if a binding is configured or not.
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The Tag Drop interface enables the Bidirectional setting by default when adding Input Components.

Tag Drop |
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Property | Description |
DataType Configuration | This section is to set up a list of components to show for each data type that can be dragged onto the view. |
Data Types | Dropdown list of the available datatypes in Ignition. Choose a datatype to see a list of components associated with it. |
Components | List of components associated with selected data type. |
Component Bindings Configuration | This section is to set up bindings when a Tag is dropped. |
Component Type | Dropdown list of the available components in Perspective. |
Tag Property | The name of a Tag's property to be used in a binding. "value " is most commonly used. |
Prop Path | The property path on the component where the binding will be created. props.value or props.text are most commonly used. |
Bidirectional | Check box to indicate if the binding should be bidirectional.
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The Bidirectional property is set by default when adding Input Components. |