# Xy chart - How to read label on click event

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/xy-chart-how-to-read-label-on-click-event/91995>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [June 18, 2024, 6:26am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/xy-chart-how-to-read-label-on-click-event/91995 "2024-06-18T06:26:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Aiasa21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aeb1de/32.png) [@Aiasa21](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Aiasa21)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 6:26am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/xy-chart-how-to-read-label-on-click-event/91995/1 "2024-06-18T06:26:50Z")

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Good morning,  
I would like to read the text of the category label in a xy chart on the mouse click event, if I F12 on that I see this:

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/7/2/72e23871bf89fa59686a50582b6564a0a0ef39ab.png)

I need to read for example `E32 - T219`

Is there any way to do this?