# Powerchart xtrace text instead of numbers

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/powerchart-xtrace-text-instead-of-numbers/64852>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [October 5, 2022, 3:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/powerchart-xtrace-text-instead-of-numbers/64852 "2022-10-05T15:26:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![spm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ea924/32.png) [@spm](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/spm)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 3:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/powerchart-xtrace-text-instead-of-numbers/64852/1 "2022-10-05T15:26:55Z")

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Hello,  
I'm using a PowerChart for a batch application for a customer. The customer is keeping records of the charts for each batch. For each batch, there is a Run number, and they are using the xtrace to put the values on the chart and then print it to a file. In the case of this example, the run number is "4", but they want it to say "egg", or if 5, then "Starch", etc. And if they had that, they would be good.

Is there a way to give a number that is plotted at text value in the xtrace?

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/e/b/ebe0640d1bb1cc1609e6715c1f4577dbcd2d353e.png)

Thanks,  
Steve

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 3:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/powerchart-xtrace-text-instead-of-numbers/64852/2 "2022-10-05T15:40:50Z")

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It would be a piece of cake in Vision with my NoteChart Module. If you want to actually make reports with such, my NoteChart module has [new support for Reporting](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/notechart-module-v2-with-reporting/61404) that could also do this.

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**Author:** ![spm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ea924/32.png) [@spm](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/spm)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/powerchart-xtrace-text-instead-of-numbers/64852/3 "2022-10-05T16:23:47Z")

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Thank you for the reply. Currently, everything I'm doing is in Perspective and I need to keep it that way for the foreseeable future. Thanks again though.

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**Author:** ![jacob.leonard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/da6949/32.png) [@jacob.leonard](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jacob.leonard)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 6:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/powerchart-xtrace-text-instead-of-numbers/64852/4 "2025-05-08T18:31:50Z")

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Bit late to this post but was doing some looking around and found this.  
[Link](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-chart-showing-transformed-value-in-x-trace-instead-of-integer-value/68527/3)