Help with data logging using arduino & labview 2014 .

[kreiss12]

I'm working on a project using arduino to monitor and control a generator. I decided on using labview to build its GUI. I was wondering if I'm reading data from the arduino ( via "LINX" toolkit) directly into labview, can i store the data that is being read, directly to excel files ?  Does logging front panel data allow me to do this? and do i have to install some kind of hardware  in order to achieve this?

[natasftw]

Why would you have to install hardware to transfer data from the LabVIEW software to a software file on the same system?  That would be crazy.

You would need to look at either using CSV files or using something like the Report Generation Toolkit.  Depending on your specific version of LabVIEW, this toolkit either comes with LabVIEW or can be an addon.  The CSV functionality is included with all versions of LabVIEW.