# Perspective Time Series Chart InfoBox Customization

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-time-series-chart-infobox-customization/108865>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective, ignition81\
**Created:** [July 24, 2025, 12:17am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-time-series-chart-infobox-customization/108865 "2025-07-24T00:17:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Vinh\_Le](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/57b2e6/32.png) [@Vinh\_Le](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Vinh_Le)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 12:17am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-time-series-chart-infobox-customization/108865/1 "2025-07-24T00:17:04Z")

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How can I add an extra field (like partID) to the info box in a time series chart without affecting the Y-axis?

 ![Screenshot 2025-07-23 165846](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/6/c/6c86b2e1412d5af34303240d4abdf208e14babb4.png)

So i’m working with a time series chart where all the fields shown in the info box are values queried from the database. I’d like to add an additional field—partID—to this info box. However, partID is a string (e.g, '35002410L15') that starts with numbers.

The problem is that when I include partID in the query, the chart incorrectly treats it as a numeric value, which causes the Y-axis to adjust inappropriately.

 ![Screenshot 2025-07-23 170802](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/1/d/1dba560c6b045c6dd59071a6914fb3f2517b6ddf.png)

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Ryan\_Deardorff](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/ryan_deardorff/32/63815_2.png) [@Ryan\_Deardorff](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ryan_Deardorff)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 1:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-time-series-chart-infobox-customization/108865/2 "2025-07-24T13:51:14Z")

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You can set explicit `min` and `max` values in the `axes` of the chart.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/d/9/d9b876236aeeeb9b44ae216d98010f303efc661b.png)

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**Author:** ![Vinh\_Le](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/57b2e6/32.png) [@Vinh\_Le](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Vinh_Le)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 6:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-time-series-chart-infobox-customization/108865/3 "2025-07-24T18:09:46Z")

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Thanks for your response.

I hope you can help me with the second part of the question — is there a way to set the PartID explicitly as a string? As I mentioned earlier, the PartID starts with a number, but the infobox seems to treat it as a number. Is there a way to fix this?

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**Author:** ![Ryan\_Deardorff](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/ryan_deardorff/32/63815_2.png) [@Ryan\_Deardorff](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ryan_Deardorff)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-time-series-chart-infobox-customization/108865/4 "2025-07-24T18:17:53Z")

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You could try using an XY Chart instead of a Time Series Chart, as it is apparently better at handling non-numeric values (don't ask me how, I simply Googled "ignition perspective time series chart non-numeric values").