# Support for COMTRADE files

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/support-for-comtrade-files/113421>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [January 20, 2026, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/support-for-comtrade-files/113421 "2026-01-20T18:55:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![PRAMANJ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pramanj/32/66935_2.png) [@PRAMANJ](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/PRAMANJ)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/support-for-comtrade-files/113421/1 "2026-01-20T18:55:55Z")

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Does Ignition support display of CONTRADE files from disturbance recorders in electrical relays?

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 6:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/support-for-comtrade-files/113421/2 "2026-01-20T18:57:46Z")

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Ignition has the graphing components you would need, from what I can tell, but it doesn't have any support for COMTRADE built in.

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**Author:** ![PRAMANJ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pramanj/32/66935_2.png) [@PRAMANJ](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/PRAMANJ)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 7:11am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/support-for-comtrade-files/113421/3 "2026-01-21T07:11:33Z")

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Ok fine. We can convert the COMTRADE files into SQL format required by ignition for the trends display. Of course there are off line tools available for display of these graphs, but having them built in ignition will be an advantage especially for substation automation.

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**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 1:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/support-for-comtrade-files/113421/4 "2026-01-21T13:48:08Z")

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You might be able to do something with this:

> **[GitHub - dparrini/python-comtrade: A module designed to read Common Format for...](https://github.com/dparrini/python-comtrade)**
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> A module designed to read Common Format for Transient Data Exchange (COMTRADE) file format.

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**Author:** ![PRAMANJ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pramanj/32/66935_2.png) [@PRAMANJ](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/PRAMANJ)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/support-for-comtrade-files/113421/5 "2026-01-21T16:31:23Z")

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That’s a great information. We can use scripts in ignition to import these in sql and use the trend feature of ignition. Its MIT licensed as well so quite flexible to use.

Thanks for sharing.

Best Regards