# Time series chart from a dataset tag

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**Created:** [March 31, 2024, 3:47am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/time-series-chart-from-a-dataset-tag/88117 "2024-03-31T03:47:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![chaoliang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ba8739/32.png) [@chaoliang](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/chaoliang)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2024, 4:58am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/time-series-chart-from-a-dataset-tag/88117/2 "2024-03-31T04:58:08Z")

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by referring to the following suggestions, I have swapped the column order, made the time column to be the first column, but still not working.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/3/8/38a7c3f5c895aaaa741143fd4aed550c4a3ac195.png)

> [@Unable to apply SQL query binding to Chart, Bar Chart and Easy Chart](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-apply-sql-query-binding-to-chart-bar-chart-and-easy-chart/15422/2):
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> You can’t put your own SQL into an EasyChart. The Classic Chart (for time series) needs each dataset to have either a datetime, timestamp, or long integer (milliseconds) column as the first column, with all other columns interpreted as pen data.

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