.. _how-to-view-live-data-label:

How to view live data
=====================

Introduction
^^^^^^^^^^^^
This tutorial will teach you how to use the `rqt_multiplot <https://wiki.ros.org/rqt_multiplot>`_ tool to visualize ros data during run-time

Multiplot
^^^^^^^^^
`rqt_multiplot <https://wiki.ros.org/rqt_multiplot>`_ is an advanced version of `rqt_plot <https://wiki.ros.org/rqt_plot>`_
which allows the user to easily create many plots with different topics.

Please see the documentation linked above as it covers everything you need to know to use it.

.. figure:: images/rqt_multiplot.png
   :align: center

   Example rqt_multiplot configuration

Launch
^^^^^^

Launch with

.. code::

  multiplot