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On a mixed signal graph I'd click and drag a signal out so it is no longer displayed?

On a mixed signal graph it is possible to move the signals from group to group (graph to graph) by clicking and dragging the channel name from the legend. 
I would like to be able to click  and drag one of those channels off of the graph so it it no longer diaplayed.
As well I would like to be able to display a channel that was not previously displayed. 
 
Signal express is a good example of what I'd like to be able to do on the fly. 
 
I understand that this graph does not offer this type of functionality so I'm looking for a good fast way of doing this.
 
My application has 70 channels and uses 2 PXI chassis.  I'm looking for a good way to allow the user to look at the signals being recorded.  I might not have the horse power to display all data and hide the channels I don't want to see.
 
Thanks for any help and examples
 
Dave
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Dave,

I hope you are doing well today! I was able to design a program which would remove the plot display from the graph using property nodes. Let me know if this example is helpful or if you wanted some more functionality.
Adnan Zafar
Certified LabVIEW Architect
Coleman Technologies
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That is a good way to do it, especially since it keep the colors of the channels consistent.

But because of my high channel count, I worry that writing 70 channels to the graph all the time will become prohibitive.  I believe all of the data is still written to the graph even though the color is transparent.

So I'm really looking for a way to eliminate the data from the graph when the channel is removed.  Attached you'll find what I've got so far.

The issues:  If the channels are spread across the three graphs, say the 1st 2 channels on the top graph then 3rd on the 2nd and 4th on the 3rd.  When one of the 1st 2 channels is turned off the other channels shift up from the graph they previously appeared on.  The colors also change to maintain some default order of colors.

Thanks,

Dave

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Dave,

I hope you are doing well today! You cannot remove any data from the graph once the data goes into it. You only get to decide what manipulation can be done to it. For example, if you want it to be visible or not. You should also be able to write 70 channels at a time depending on your memory resources.
Adnan Zafar
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Coleman Technologies
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