# \[Resolved\]Having trouble getting Historic trends to work **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition Early Access\ **Created:** [February 27, 2019, 5:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/resolved-having-trouble-getting-historic-trends-to-work/22940 "2019-02-27T17:35:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![Steve\_Laubach](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/steve_laubach/32/60900_2.png) [@Steve\_Laubach](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Steve_Laubach)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2019, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/resolved-having-trouble-getting-historic-trends-to-work/22940/2 "2019-02-27T18:00:44Z")
I forgot I had gotten a good answer on this question before and got called away on a few other things and forgot. If anyone is having trouble getting this to work; you want this thread. > [@\[Bug-12673\] Perspective XY Chart Datasource Update Question](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-12673-perspective-xy-chart-datasource-update-question/22396/6): > > The documentation for this area is not completed. Even the UI for tag history was just implemented a few days ago. Here’s a simple rundown to at least get something on screen. It’s pretty much what Phil said, but with some pictures to help. Bind to the “example” data source. It should look something like this if binding to only one tag’s history. After you do this, your XY chart should look mostly blank because it is not configured to handle the data coming in. Change the… The thing I was doing wrong is I was binding my data source to the datasource property on the control and you actually want to bind it to the "example" sub-property on the datasource property. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/resolved-having-trouble-getting-historic-trends-to-work/22940)._