# Unable to apply SQL query binding to Chart, Bar Chart and Easy Chart

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**Created:** [September 21, 2017, 5:18am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-apply-sql-query-binding-to-chart-bar-chart-and-easy-chart/15422 "2017-09-21T05:18:08Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 21, 2017, 12:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-apply-sql-query-binding-to-chart-bar-chart-and-easy-chart/15422/2 "2017-09-21T12:44:06Z")

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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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