# Perspective Chart Quetsion

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-chart-quetsion/72076>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective, ignition81\
**Created:** [April 5, 2023, 8:29am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-chart-quetsion/72076 "2023-04-05T08:29:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![jiyoung\_hwang1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc79bd/32.png) [@jiyoung\_hwang1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jiyoung_hwang1)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2023, 8:29am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-chart-quetsion/72076/1 "2023-04-05T08:29:44Z")

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![1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/f/3/f38439402ac6456e2abc73cf8c2bf99bb00e9566.gif)

I want to create a trend like picture “1”. What kind of chart should I configure?

And if you look at the top right of the picture "1", if you press the Year, Month, Week, Day, 6h, 1h buttons, you want to see the trend for that date. What should I do?

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**Author:** ![sjohnson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/71c47a/32.png) [@sjohnson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sjohnson)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 11:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-chart-quetsion/72076/2 "2023-04-13T23:04:53Z")

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Hi jiyoung\_hwang1,

The image you are sharing is a Power Chart component from Perspective. The buttons at the top most likely set the rangeStartDate and rangeEndDate of the Power Chart via scripting using Ignition's [system.date](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/system.date) functions. For more information on the Power Chart here is the [manual page](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Perspective+-+Power+Chart).

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**Author:** ![jiyoung\_hwang1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc79bd/32.png) [@jiyoung\_hwang1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jiyoung_hwang1)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 10:18am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-chart-quetsion/72076/4 "2023-04-19T10:18:54Z")

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Can you give me just one example?

I'm new to ignition, so I can't solve it well.

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**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 11:13am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-chart-quetsion/72076/5 "2023-04-19T11:13:32Z")

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What did you read? What did you not understand? Where are you stuck?

The main thing to realise is that you add the component in the designer, then start the designer preview and configure the chart "live" by adding tags and configuring the axes and pens (gear icon button). The settings are saved with the project.