Add label on y-axis and x-axis in excel using Report Generation toolkit

Hello,
I want to add label in x-axis(Date/Time) and y-axis(Temperature O=oC)
There are only header and data array connection, how can i add label to the chart?
Thank you.

Hello,
The way I've done this is by specifying the string inputs named "Column Header" and "Row Header" on the Excel Insert Graph.vi. This should provide the axis labels that you specify on your graph.
Cheers,
Emilie

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1.)Short of closing and reopening the file, there is no way to recover from the error. After the error, there is an invalid reference in Excel._Worksheet. There is no vi available to regenerate references in NI_report.ctl. I could easily write a vi to start from Excel._Application and re-read them, but because NI_report.ctl is in a Class library (controlled and passworded by NI), I can't add the vi to the library.
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Add label on y-axis and x-axis in excel using Report Generation toolkit

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