what is difference in between 2 variable

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1

Hello,

Can you tell what is difference between on 2 variable: $data and $res.
I have script what is reading csv file and generate graph from them.
$data is not working when I try to genarate graps but $res is working.

$DataFileName = "c:\temp\sample.file"

$data = Import-CSV $DataFileName -Delimiter "`t"  

$data = $data | 	
    Select-Object @{Name="DateTime"; Expression={[datetime]::parseexact($_."DateTime","dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm:ss",$null)}} ,
                  @{Name="Delay"; Expression={[int]$_."RoundtripTime"}} 
			  
$res = foreach ( $i in $Data ) {
        [PSCustomObject]@{
            DateTime = ([datetime]$i."DateTime")
            Delay = ([int]$i."Delay")	
        }
    }		
...
...
...
# Graph Creation
# Not Working
$chart.Series["Delay"].Points.DataBindXY($data.DateTime, $data.Delay)

# Working
$chart.Series["Delay"].Points.DataBindXY($res.DateTime, $res.Delay)
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Error Message what I get when I use $data variable is

Exception calling "DataBindXY" with "2" argument(s): "Series data points do not support values of type System.Managemen
t.Automation.PSObject only values of these types can be used: Double, Decimal, Single, int, long, uint, ulong, String,
DateTime, short, ushort."
At C:\UserData\Work\Powershell Scripts\Ping\Graph_Maker_Agrecate.ps1:225 char:2
+ $chart.Series["Delay"].Points.DataBindXY($Data.datetime, $Data. ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ArgumentException

when I use $data or $res I get same kind variable info

$data[0].datetime.gettype()
$data[0].Delay.gettype()

IsPublic IsSerial Name                                     BaseType
-------- -------- ----                                     --------
True     True     DateTime                                 System.ValueType
True     True     Int32                                    System.ValueType
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Lake,

Without having access to some sample data it’s going to be hard to tell you the cause. I would also note that $Data is considered for one-liners and $res is proper coding practice when building a script. I don’t know if I would waste to much time trying to figure out why the non-best practice method doesn’t work.

I suspect the overall object type may be causing an issue, example below of just importing a basic csv file in test1.

PS C:\> $Test.gettype()

IsPublic IsSerial Name BaseType
-------- -------- ---- --------
True True Object[] System.Array


PS C:\> $Test2.gettype()

IsPublic IsSerial Name BaseType
-------- -------- ---- --------
True False PSCustomObject System.Object