# Reading from an Array into a chart

**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/reading-from-an-array-into-a-chart/36874
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**Created:** [2 December 2020 13:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/reading-from-an-array-into-a-chart/36874 "2020-12-02T13:36:21Z")
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### 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: [2 December 2020 14:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/reading-from-an-array-into-a-chart/36874/5 "2020-12-02T14:21:26Z")

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You could use [this solution](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dynamic-series-identification-from-message-send-data-to-chart/36682/5) as a starting point.

PS, use TOP or LIMIT clause in your query (rather than bringing 50000+ records to node-red, just limit the data coming from the database)

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