# Examples

Example sequences for the [test steps](https://dev.nominal.io/ni-teststand/steps.md) and the [report plugin](https://dev.nominal.io/ni-teststand/result-plugin.md), saved with TestStand® 2026. Both call `example sequence single sample gen.vi` to generate data, so download it with either sequence and save them in the same folder.

## Test steps

[`example nominal core sequence.seq`](https://dev.nominal.io/ni-teststand/_downloads/8b3d7755fe56c78061bb17b9e290543a/example%20nominal%20core%20sequence.seq) · [`example sequence single sample gen.vi`](https://dev.nominal.io/ni-teststand/_downloads/80a52efb6e7b2877f5a9e358bb0658cc/example%20sequence%20single%20sample%20gen.vi)

The sequence logs a simulated sine wave on several channels. **Setup** connects to Nominal and opens a stream, **Cleanup** closes them again, and **Main** uses the other steps: a `For Each` loop generates points for each channel one at a time, adds every point to both a point buffer and a batch buffer, and flushes the buffers to Nominal. It also starts and stops a run, and creates an event on the third channel.

Before you run it, set your API key in `StationGlobals.nominal_api_key`, and set the sequence file’s globals to a dataset or asset of yours:

- `dataset_rid`: the dataset to log to, while `useDatasetRid` is True;
- `asset_rid` and `dataset_name`: an asset, and the name of its dataset to find or create, while `useDatasetRid` is False.

## Report plugin

[`example nominal reporting sequence.seq`](https://dev.nominal.io/ni-teststand/_downloads/1dc18b406c7f1d956f01e825223fe32b/example%20nominal%20reporting%20sequence.seq) · [`example sequence single sample gen.vi`](https://dev.nominal.io/ni-teststand/_downloads/80a52efb6e7b2877f5a9e358bb0658cc/example%20sequence%20single%20sample%20gen.vi)

The sequence records generated points as `Additional Results`, which the [report plugin](https://dev.nominal.io/ni-teststand/result-plugin.md) streams to a channel per result name. Alongside them it records a `_timestamp` result in each of the time formats the plugin accepts. Add and configure the plugin before you run it.