5.2. Importing Data to Chart

In this section we will go over how to import data into the Charting Toolkit.

Import Data From A Pipeline

The first way to import data into the Charting toolkit is by running a pipeline. The following steps will detail how to import your data from a pipeline.

  1. Load or create your pipeline. See the Creating a Pipeline section in User Interface Overview for more detailed instructions.

  2. Click on the Visualization Preferences eyeball icon at the bottom of the Pipeline View and make sure Chart Pipeline Results is checked.

    Pressing “Visualization Preferences” Eyeball

    Viewing “Visualization Preferences” Settings

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  3. While the preferences dialog is still open, go to the General tab and find the Temp DREAM3D-NX Files Directory option. This option will inform the Charting Toolkit how to import the data structure. If this option is enabled, the Charting Toolkit will import the data by reading it in from the data structure saved to this temp file. If this option is disabled, DREAM3D-NX will try to keep the pipeline’s data structure in memory for accessing the data arrays. Keep in mind that if you have out-of-core data, you must use the temp DREAM3D-NX file option in order to use the Charting Toolkit

  4. Click the Run button at the bottom of the Pipeline view to run the pipeline.

  5. Select the Charting tab if it is not already active. In the DREAM3D-NX window containing the pipeline you just ran, make sure the Charting tab is active.

  6. Once your pipeline has completed, you will find the final data structure of the executed pipeline loaded into the Data Structure tree view along the right hand side of the Charting tab. If the Charting toolkit already had a data structure imported, it will reset the data structure view and attempt to reload the chart data.

Import Data From A File

The second way to import data into the Charting toolkit is by dragging and dropping a .dream3d file into the charting view. To do this simply make sure the charting tab is active and the drag and drop the file from your system into the chart area. The data structure from your file will now be available on the right hand side for selecting data to chart.