Build a dashboard using the Infinity data source

The instructions in this milestone are based on the publicly available Traffic density CSV file, which has the following structure.

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created_at,entry_id,field1,field2
2025-04-07 12:19:26 UTC,18706390,6.000000,20.000000
2025-04-07 12:19:41 UTC,18706391,4.000000,19.000000
2025-04-07 12:19:56 UTC,18706392,8.000000,25.000000
2025-04-07 12:20:11 UTC,18706393,7.000000,27.000000
2025-04-07 12:20:26 UTC,18706394,8.000000,25.000000
2025-04-07 12:20:42 UTC,18706395,11.000000,29.000000
2025-04-07 12:20:57 UTC,18706396,15.000000,28.000000
2025-04-07 12:21:13 UTC,18706397,11.000000,18.000000
2025-04-07 12:21:29 UTC,18706398,4.000000,18.000000
2025-04-07 12:21:44 UTC,18706399,12.000000,20.000000
2025-04-07 12:21:59 UTC,18706400,5.000000,21.000000

To build a dashboard with the Infinity data source, complete the following steps:

1. Search for the Infinity data source and select it.

2. In the Type dropdown field, select CSV.

3. In the URL field, enter the URL endpoint of the CSV data you want to visualize.

   For example: https://thingspeak.com/channels/38629/feed.csv

4. Expand Parsing options & Result fields.

5. In the Advanced Options section, type , on the Delimiter field.

6. Click Add Columns.

7. Complete the following fields:

   • Column Name, for example created_at
   • Title, for example Created at
   • format as, for example Time

8. Continue adding columns for the field1 and field2 column:

   • Column Name, for example field1

   • Title, for example Density of Westbound Cars

   • format as, for example Number

   • Column Name, for example field2

   • Title, for example Density of Eastbound Cars

   • format as, for example Number

9. Click Refresh.

   You should see a dashboard preview.

10. Click Save dashboard.

11. Enter a message and click Save.

The dashboard is now available for others to see.