Plot digital wave Vs text wave

 

 

           I have a file containing date&time (yy-mm-dd_hh-mm-ss) and a digital data (float). I could not plot it simply from menu Windows--New Graph. How do I plot it then? Thank you very much!

 

 

You have two options:

1) Convert your date & time text into regular date/time data. See here:

DisplayHelpTopic "Date/Time Waves"

For this you would need to convert your text wave with a small script, which is however not difficult. If your date/time information is equidistant, you could even use wave scaling and omit the x-wave altogether.

2) Use your date/time text data as tick labels. For this, create a plot just from the digital data, then open the Modify Axis dialog. Go to the Auto/Man Ticks tab and select User Ticks from Wave. There you can load your date/time data in. Note that this will create a tick for every point in your data, which might get too crowded in the graph. Read more here:

DisplayHelpTopic "User Ticks from Waves"

 

Go to the Ticks and Grids tab inside the Modify Axis dialog and set Suppress Date for Date/Time Tick Labels.