You can retrieve data logged from the front panel of a VI using File I/O functions.
Complete the following steps to retrieve logged front panel data using file I/O.
Select the Open File function on the Functions»File I/O»Advanced File I/O palette and place it on the block diagram.
Select the Read File function on the Functions»File I/O palette and place it on the block diagram.
Select the Close File function on the Functions»File I/O palette and place it on the block diagram.
Right-click the file path terminal of the Open File function and select Create»Control from the shortcut menu. A text box appears on the front panel.
Type the path to the datalog file in the text box. You also can drag the datalog file from your file system into the text box.
Wire the datalog type to the datalog type terminal of the Open File function.
Wire the Open File function refnum output to the Read File function refnum input.
Right-click the data output of the Read File function and select Create»Indicator from the shortcut menu. A cluster indicator that contains the datalog type information appears on the front panel.
Select the Unbundle function on the Functions»Cluster palette and place it on the block diagram.
Wire the cluster you created in step 8 to the Unbundle function.
Right-click the two output terminals of the Unbundle function and select Create»Indicator from the shortcut menu. Two cluster indicators, each containing data specified by the datalog type you wired in step 6, appear on the front panel.
Wire the Read File function refnum output to the Close File function refnum input.
Run the VI. The VI returns logged front panel data to the current VI front panel.