# Apexchart from csv file **URL:** \ **Category:** Dashboard\ **Created:** [29 December 2023 10:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/apexchart-from-csv-file/84109 "2023-12-29T10:15:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1

**Author:** ![robertobuti](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/robertobuti/32/81936_2.png) [@robertobuti](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/robertobuti)\ **Post date:** [29 December 2023 10:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/apexchart-from-csv-file/84109/1 "2023-12-29T10:15:18Z")

Hello, i have used apexchart with builtin array data and it's very nice, but i need use CSV file for data (to start very simple with timestamp on X axis and temperature values on Y axis). But i'm unable to load data from script, code work if placed on web server, but not by itself or inside template node. How to solve ? i'm not expert sw engineer, looking around web no example to use apex with external data file / array, consider the file could be large.... ```auto [ { "id": "884a673ddd60e8ec", "type": "ui_template", "z": "fb440a5f200684bb", "group": "46cbac0e09c696e8", "name": "", "order": 0, "width": "24", "height": "10", "format": "\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n

\n\n\n \n\n\n", "storeOutMessages": false, "fwdInMessages": true, "resendOnRefresh": false, "templateScope": "local", "className": "", "x": 600, "y": 1520, "wires": [ [] ] }, { "id": "46cbac0e09c696e8", "type": "ui_group", "name": "Apexchart", "tab": "27c6cdce.0f2ff2", "order": 1, "disp": true, "width": "30", "collapse": false }, { "id": "27c6cdce.0f2ff2", "type": "ui_tab", "name": "DA", "icon": "dashboard", "order": 1, "disabled": false, "hidden": false } ] ``` Any suggestion will be welcome. thanks [temp\_1.csv.log](https://discourse.nodered.org/uploads/short-url/wlkYlHIRzIncnet0yygnywJYpSq.log) (648 Bytes) ---

**Author:** ![Steve-Mcl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/steve-mcl/32/4826_2.png) [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)\ **Post date:** [29 December 2023 10:26 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/apexchart-from-csv-file/84109/2 "2023-12-29T10:26:42Z")

In your script you are using `$.ajax` to `GET` `temp_1.csv\` but are you serving that file from Node-RED (i.e. do you have `http-in` -\> `file-read` -\> `http-response` flow? NOTE: You dont actually _need_ to serve the file or request it - you could simply pass the data to the frontend via a node `msg` input to the ui-template node. Read the built in help for the ui-template node. It tells you how to listen for messages using the `scope` object. then you can simply send the data in msg.payload directly to the template. ---

**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [12 January 2024 10:26 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/apexchart-from-csv-file/84109/3 "2024-01-12T10:26:53Z")

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