# Table; Text in One Column, Tag in Another? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [April 20, 2018, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-text-in-one-column-tag-in-another/17792 "2018-04-20T18:26:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aarvidson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@aarvidson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/aarvidson)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-text-in-one-column-tag-in-another/17792/1 "2018-04-20T18:26:03Z")
Hi, just trying to make a simple table with the first column being text and the next column being a tag. This is just to display information in my SCADA, like this: ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/4/484e844a80aa2a99bbadb714d0c55af8d463ec0b.png) I can get the tags into the table but I can’t figure out how to just enter text in the other column for a label. ---
**Author:** ![MMaynard](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mmaynard/32/3366_2.png) [@MMaynard](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/MMaynard)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 6:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-text-in-one-column-tag-in-another/17792/2 "2018-04-20T18:33:26Z")
![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/1/1e493fb30217bbec46981e8e34316c0f7710fef4.PNG) Click the binding button on the data property of the table and then select Cell update. Then you can tie each cell of the table to any value. ---
**Author:** ![AlThePal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/althepal/32/3603_2.png) [@AlThePal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AlThePal)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 6:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-text-in-one-column-tag-in-another/17792/3 "2018-04-20T18:52:04Z")
Just as an alternative, if you’re comfortable using code you could also generate the dataset for the table using `system.dataset.toDataSet`. ```auto header = ['name', 'value'] values = [] windSpeed = system.tag.read('wind speed').value rainfall = system.tag.read('rainfall').value windDirection = system.tag.read('wind direction').value values.append(['wind speed', windSpeed]) values.append(['rainfall', rainfall]) values.append(['wind direction', windDirection]) table = event.source.parent.getComponent('Power Table') table.data = system.dataset.toDataSet(header, values) ``` If you need to make this refresh periodically you could use a timer. ---
**Author:** ![aarvidson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@aarvidson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/aarvidson)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 7:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-text-in-one-column-tag-in-another/17792/4 "2018-04-20T19:18:09Z")
Thanks, I got that figured out now. I just need to add text to the cells in column 1. Not sure how to do that? ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/6/6b53a4ff016bbf6410c9f646a17e323ae519bd63.png) ---
**Author:** ![Stuart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@Stuart](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Stuart)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-text-in-one-column-tag-in-another/17792/5 "2018-04-20T19:20:26Z")
Do the same thing. Set `Column` to `1` and then double click the `Value` and type in what you want. **Edit** : It looks like you did that already at the last row. You don’t need the `=` sign however. Is it not working? ---
**Author:** ![aarvidson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@aarvidson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/aarvidson)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-text-in-one-column-tag-in-another/17792/6 "2018-04-20T19:20:42Z")
Hi, this is code looks like it would also do what I need. Where would I write this code? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![aarvidson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@aarvidson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/aarvidson)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 7:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-text-in-one-column-tag-in-another/17792/7 "2018-04-20T19:34:49Z")
tried that too and it won’t show the text. ideas? ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/5/532bf907c51bbf9fea97c8fa17893f570d954170.png) ---
**Author:** ![AlThePal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/althepal/32/3603_2.png) [@AlThePal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AlThePal)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 7:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-text-in-one-column-tag-in-another/17792/8 "2018-04-20T19:36:40Z")
The first column has to have a type of ‘string’, not ‘integer’. ---
**Author:** ![AlThePal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/althepal/32/3603_2.png) [@AlThePal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AlThePal)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 7:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-text-in-one-column-tag-in-another/17792/9 "2018-04-20T19:38:57Z")
You could put this in the `actionPerformed` event handler of a timer object. Make sure to use the correct path for your table. ---
**Author:** ![MMaynard](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mmaynard/32/3366_2.png) [@MMaynard](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/MMaynard)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 8:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-text-in-one-column-tag-in-another/17792/10 "2018-04-20T20:41:04Z")
Or just click the table dataset button next to the binding button and add the text in there. ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/9/9ed8ddf35c6c9a1aa40edfbaa61864a5a01af5e2.PNG) ---
**Author:** ![aarvidson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@aarvidson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/aarvidson)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-text-in-one-column-tag-in-another/17792/11 "2018-04-20T22:12:07Z")
Thanks for the help, I got it figured out! ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/0/093bd5c4f3a2f90c5a535980c0eeb7fdcf00ab07.png)