Excel Addon for TDMS Files

[longwalker]

Why is there a "NI_ChannelName" field (column H) when it is duplicate of the channel Label in column A?

[Bo_Xie]

Did you use NI-DAQ to create the .tdms file?

According to https://www.ni.com/docs/en-US/bundle/labview-api-ref/page/functions/set-waveform-attribute.html, the waveform attribute "NI_ChannelName" is set by NI-DAQ.

[longwalker]

that is great and thank you for your reply.

Why is it even there?  when would it ever be different than the channel name?

thank you in advance

[Bo_Xie · Accepted solution]

longwalker,

You could change "name" to whatever you want, but you should not change "NI_ChannelName" because it is only used by and for NI-DAQ to mark the name of the virtual channel producing the waveform.