# Easy Chart Runtime Customizer

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-chart-runtime-customizer/9164>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [October 10, 2014, 4:01am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-chart-runtime-customizer/9164 "2014-10-10T04:01:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![think3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@think3](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/think3)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 4:01am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-chart-runtime-customizer/9164/1 "2014-10-10T04:01:29Z")

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Hi

In Ignition 7.6 (or 7.7 if this feature has been added), is there a way to display the Easy Chart customizer window, exactly as it is in the designer, from the runtime?

My use-case is this:  
I want to have an “edit” button on a window containing an Easy Chart, which then allows users with the appropriate privileges to graphically alter all parameters of the chart (exactly the way the customizer does), and then a save button which stores the chart configuration datasets back into a SQL table for later recall as necessary. These users are familiar enough to use the customizer, but do not have access to the Ignition Designer.

I realize all the configuration data for the Easy Chart is stored in the configuration datasets, and I have these bound to SQL tables, but to edit the configuration in a user-friendly manner (i.e. with a GUI) means either 1) using the customizer as it is obviously already there, or 2) re-inventing the customizer for run-time use. Clearly, I would like to avoid having to re-invent the wheel!

I apologize if I am missing something glaringly obvious, but I can’t see a way of “calling” the customizer during runtime.

Regards

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**Author:** ![diat150](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a587f6/32.png) [@diat150](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/diat150)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 1:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-chart-runtime-customizer/9164/2 "2014-10-10T13:12:34Z")

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no, not that I know of. but if you look at the click to graph add on, most of the work is done for you. I reused alot of the screens to build my chart customization gui.

[inductiveautomation.com/downloads/extras](https://www.inductiveautomation.com/downloads/extras)

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**Author:** ![greg.simpson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/greg.simpson/32/3135_2.png) [@greg.simpson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/greg.simpson)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 11:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-chart-runtime-customizer/9164/3 "2014-10-24T23:25:10Z")

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I would suggest what diat150 suggested. Take a look at the click to graph. This does have all of the functionality you are looking for. There isn’t a way to directly access the easy chart customizer from the client, so , in a sense you would have to make your own. However, CTG does have that functionality.

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**Author:** ![think3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@think3](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/think3)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2014, 10:04am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-chart-runtime-customizer/9164/4 "2014-10-27T10:04:52Z")

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Thanks folks. I have implemented this using CTG as per your suggestions.

Regards