# Alphanumeric values on x axis in xy report chart

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [May 22, 2023, 7:10am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alphanumeric-values-on-x-axis-in-xy-report-chart/74007 "2023-05-22T07:10:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![aman\_sharma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@aman\_sharma](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/aman_sharma)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 7:10am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alphanumeric-values-on-x-axis-in-xy-report-chart/74007/1 "2023-05-22T07:10:27Z")

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Hi,  
basically i am getting the data from database and created named named query.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/1/d/1d9ed4779bf6f38929b46ad14f98b0eb2bd8286f.png)

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/3/0/30c6dd0a932f070747de75f4b19bb4c5986cc7c0.png)

and created the datasource in report and connect with named query.

i want to plot the sample name on x axis and values on y axis.  
i tried :  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/a/d/ad8c9e26356ce06badbb08c8fe78ef4a4faa111e.png)  
and in axes configuration i changed type with symbol.but its not working.

please guide me

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**Author:** ![aman\_sharma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@aman\_sharma](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/aman_sharma)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 7:13am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alphanumeric-values-on-x-axis-in-xy-report-chart/74007/3 "2023-05-23T07:13:18Z")

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![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/6/6/663d8c78bf704906b06153c8f32ec2bd348a3bee.png)

i am getting data like this but its not shows properly, i want 3 samples name as above mentioned in x axis and values in y axis.