# Update chart with new data doesn't work

**URL:** <https://community.plotly.com/t/update-chart-with-new-data-doesnt-work/147>\
**Category:** Plotly Fundamentals\
**Created:** [November 20, 2015, 4:36am UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/update-chart-with-new-data-doesnt-work/147 "2015-11-20T04:36:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![javier\_navarro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71e660/32.png) [@javier\_navarro](https://community.plotly.com/u/javier_navarro)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 4:36am UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/update-chart-with-new-data-doesnt-work/147/1 "2015-11-20T04:36:58Z")

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Hi guys,

I’ve been trying to follow the example in [http://help.plot.ly/add-data-to-the-plotly-grid/](http://help.plot.ly/add-data-to-the-plotly-grid/) to modify the data in a chart and not have to recreate it from scratch. Two things seem not to be working. First one is, when I save a plot, it doesn’t create a sister grid with same name and “grid” appended at the end of its name. Second, when in the plot I click on view data, this simply opens an unnamed grid which is not linked to that chart (therefore making any changes doesn’t affect the chart).

Maybe others have had a similar issue or know what I’m doing wrong.

Great tool by the way.

Javi

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**Author:** ![threadbase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/258eb7/32.png) [@threadbase](https://community.plotly.com/u/threadbase)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2015, 2:39pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/update-chart-with-new-data-doesnt-work/147/2 "2015-11-22T14:39:19Z")

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After reading the help files, I have also not been able to figure out how to update a chart with new data without creating another chart from scratch.

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**Author:** ![xpt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/e95f7d/32.png) [@xpt](https://community.plotly.com/u/xpt)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 1:50pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/update-chart-with-new-data-doesnt-work/147/3 "2015-12-10T13:50:58Z")

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+1

Wanting to know that as well.

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**Author:** ![jack](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/community.plotly.com/jack/32/11_2.png) [@jack](https://community.plotly.com/u/jack)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 10:35pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/update-chart-with-new-data-doesnt-work/147/4 "2015-12-10T22:35:30Z")

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Here is a tutorial for updating a chart with new data:

> **[Chart Studio Tutorials](https://plotly.com/chart-studio-help/update-a-graphs-data/)**
>
> Online chart and graph maker for Excel and CSV data. APIs for R and Python.

  
Does this help?

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**Author:** ![javier\_navarro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71e660/32.png) [@javier\_navarro](https://community.plotly.com/u/javier_navarro)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 11:26pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/update-chart-with-new-data-doesnt-work/147/5 "2015-12-10T23:26:01Z")

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Hi Jack,

Thanks for the link. I had seen it and tried it out but it hadn’t worked, but it gives us more concrete info to discuss.

The exact problem where the tutorial and “reality” differ is in that I haven’t found that saving a plot automatically produces a grid named “Name\_of\_plot Grid”. From memory I think I tried renaming a grid to match a plot and it didn’t work, but perhaps I did something wrong there.

I’ll try renaming a grid and following the steps from there as soon as I get a chance, which shouldn’t be long.

Cheers

Javi