# Name change tracker over time

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**Created:** [September 24, 2025, 6:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/name-change-tracker-over-time/110936 "2025-09-24T18:39:53Z")\
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You might be able to get something to work with the XY chart following a gnatt style. You might need to do a little scripting to get the data in the correct format, and then run that at a set rate (once every 5s?) I don't think you'll be able to get a smooth scroll effect with built in components.

> **[XY Chart Example - Gantt Chart | Ignition User Manual](https://www.docs.inductiveautomation.com/docs/8.1/appendix/components/perspective-components/perspective-chart-palette/perspective-xy-chart/xy-chart-example-gantt-chart)**
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> In addition to basic data plotting, an XY Chart can be used to plot horizontal bar across different lanes, in this fashion:

If you are allowed to add modules, consider adding pturmel's [Integration Toolkit.](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/automation-professionals-integration-toolkit-module/74934)(Free) It adds functions to allow iteration in an expression. This would allow you to build the data for this xy chart entirely in an expression.

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