# Can I turn a thermometer into a bar?

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [August 27, 2026, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-i-turn-a-thermometer-into-a-bar/116924 "2026-08-27T16:16:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Felipe\_CRM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dfb087/32.png) [@Felipe\_CRM](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Felipe_CRM)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2026, 4:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-i-turn-a-thermometer-into-a-bar/116924/5 "2026-09-02T16:03:37Z")

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I guess I missed the part where you wanted to make an actual bar chart.

Yet another option to make a bar chart is to use the [XY Chart](https://www.docs.inductiveautomation.com/docs/8.1/appendix/components/perspective-components/perspective-chart-palette/perspective-xy-chart) with `render` set to `column`. It even has a config called `heatRules` that changes the color of the bar using a gradient. (If you want to stick to discrete intervals you'd have to hack it, probably involving a series per thermocouple and a binding on the `column.fill.color` property for each one.)

Also for any of the above you'd need to write logic to package your live thermocouple readings as a dataset. Phil's [Automation Professionals' Integration Toolkit Module](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/automation-professionals-integration-toolkit-module/74934) would probably come in handy, or you could script it.

If you want to stick to individual bars you also have some options:

- Flex container (if you have a fixed set of thermocouples that you don't plan to change much). You'd make a row of bars. If the bars need labels you'd either make the bar+label an embedded view (easier to keep consistent), or play with nested flex containers.
- [Flex repeater](https://www.docs.inductiveautomation.com/docs/8.1/appendix/components/perspective-components/perspective-embedding-palette/perspective-flex-repeater), similar to the flex container but 1. Requires embedded views and 2. allows you to set up instances dynamically, pulling your parameters from some other list as needed.

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