> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.ladybug.tools/hb-energy-primer/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.ladybug.tools/hb-energy-primer/components/6_result/read_custom_result.md).

# Read Custom Result

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Parse any time series data from an energy simulation SQL result file.

## Inputs

* **sql \[Required]**

  The file path of the SQL result file that has been generated from an energy simulation. 
* **output\_names \[Required]**

  A list of EnergyPlus output names as strings (eg. 'Surface Window System Solar Transmittance'. These data corresponding to these outputs will be returned from this component. 

## Outputs

* **results**

  DataCollections for the output\_names.