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Selecting which spreadsheet columns to plot

Dear all,

I am a new user of LabVIEW, and at the moment I need to import some data from a CSV format spreadsheet and to plot some graphs-charts. The problem is that I have three columns of data. The time, the Voltage and the Current. I want two plots, one Voltage Vs Time, and one Current Vs Time. How can I select which columns each plot will use? So far, I use the Waveform Chart and the Waveform Graph tools, but despite my efforts, both of them are plotting both plots together. Any ideas?

Thank you all in advance!
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Under the array pallete you can select the index array function. This function will allow you to take a subset of the original array in this case a two dim array. So what you can see if you bring up the context help window and hover over the function is that you can input into a row and input into a column. If you want a specific point you specify the row and column kinda like in excel. If you want just a column only populate the column input. This will output the whole column. So you can do this and extract each of your columns. Then build a two d array with the build array function with the two column you want and wire it to a xy graph. This will plot the two arrays against eachother. Hope this helps.
BJD1613

Lead Test Tools Development Engineer

Philips Respironics

Certified LV Architect / Instructor
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