# Node Red charts on DashBoard

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-charts-on-dashboard/14577>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [21 August 2019 02:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-charts-on-dashboard/14577 "2019-08-21T02:40:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![wassa350](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/51bf81/32.png) [@wassa350](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/wassa350)\
**Post date:** [21 August 2019 02:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-charts-on-dashboard/14577/1 "2019-08-21T02:40:56Z")

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Hi All, I am running a chart on my dashboard which is representing the output of sensor via MQTT.

It is all working well. My question to the forum is :-

Is the data which is being plotted in the chart accessible on the raspberry pi and if so, is it usable and can it be read as text??

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**Author:** ![TotallyInformation](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/totallyinformation/32/31_2.png) [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\
**Post date:** [21 August 2019 06:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-charts-on-dashboard/14577/2 "2019-08-21T06:04:42Z")

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If you are sending it to Dashboard then, by definition, it must be available in Node-RED on the Pi since that's where you sent it from.

If you want to access it outside of Node-RED, simply write it to a file or a db like SQLite.

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [21 August 2019 06:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-charts-on-dashboard/14577/3 "2019-08-21T06:05:59Z")

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Or pick it up from mqtt direct into whatever other app you want it.