Change y axis values to text

[Plastipack]

Hi all,

I am trying to plot some weather data I have taken from a website. One detail I am extracting from the website is wind bearing. Extracting the value is fine, and I am left with a value between 0-360 which corresponds to a direction. I can plot this on a graph relative to the time when I acquired the data. One thing I'd like to do is create a second y scale and change the numeric values to text labels to describe the direction, so I have N, NNE, NE etc. as well as the value of the bearing in degrees. I can't find a way of adding text to the second y scale, am I missing something or is this a bit tricky to do? I have attached an image to show what I mean.

If I have missed a forum post relating to this issue, my apologies, please paste the link in a comment below.

Many thanks

Joe

[GerdW · Accepted solution]

Hi pack,

I can't find a way of adding text to the second y scale, am I missing something or is this a bit tricky to do?

No, you don't miss anything. You cannot display text in the y axis.

But you could hide the y axis values and place a string indicator instead!

[Plastipack]

Hi GerdW,

Ahh, I didn't consider that...I'll blame Monday morning. Thanks for your help, do you think adding text to a scale will be a future LabVIEW feature?

Joe

[GerdW]

Hi Joe,

when you have questions/request for future LabVIEW versions you should look into the LabVIEW Idea Exchange…