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alias: user-guide-post-chart-data-point
description: "Post data points to charts, specifying values and associated context details"
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# Post Data Point to Chart

:lock: Chart.**PostDataPoint**

## Overview

This operation is used to post a new data point to a **Chart** by providing the individual reading values.

## Setup

No specific setup is required other than to meet the preconditions of the transaction.

## Preconditions

* The **Chart** is Active and it is enabled.

## Sequence of Steps

### Step 1: Context

1. Select Post Data Point on the top ribbon, followed by Post Chart Data Point.
2. Fill out the Context. It is possible to :core-static-add-sm: or :core-static-delete-sm: supplementary contexts.
3. Enter the Context Details - **Material** and **Product** in this example.
4. Optionally, enter a comment.
5. Select **Next**.

![Screenshot showing a UI with a filename hint "post chart" and a button labeled "Next".](images/post_chart.png)

### Step 2: Readings

1. Enter the value for the readings. The value must comply with the minimum and maximum sample size definition for the **Chart**.
2. It is possible to set individual names for the readings by selecting Edit next to each of the readings.
3. Optionally, enter a comment.
4. Select **Post** to complete the transaction.

![Screenshot showing a post chart with data, including "Post Chart Data" and "Paint", as part of completing a transaction.](images/post_chart2.png)

!!! info
	If a comment is entered when posting the data, the comment will be automatically associated with the data point.

	When posting data to the Logical Chart for the first time, it will be automatically created with the default settings from the Chart.

	Depending on the configured Statistical Point Chart (SPC) rules for the Chart, a Protocol may be opened or a DEE Action may be automatically executed when a violation occurs.

	When a data point is posted, key metrics are calculated and stored. These values are later used during the data loading and transformation stages of the data warehouse, as well as during cube processing in Analysis Services (AS).