Axis options

This documentation topic is designed for Grafana workspaces that support Grafana version 10.x.

For Grafana workspaces that support Grafana version 9.x, see Working in Grafana version 9.

For Grafana workspaces that support Grafana version 8.x, see Working in Grafana version 8.

Options under the axis category change how the x- and y-axes are rendered. Some options do not take effect until you click outside of the field option box you are editing. You can also press Enter.

Time zone

Set the desired time zones to display along the x-axis.

Placement

Select the placement of the Y-axis. The options are:

• Auto – Automatically assigns the y-axis to the series. When there are two or more series with different units, Grafana assigns the left axis to the first unit, and the right axis to the units that follow.

• Left – Display all y-axes on the left side.

• Right – Display all y-axes on the right side.

• Hidden – Hide all axes.

To selectively hide axes, add a field override that targets specific fields.

Label

Set a y-axis text label. If you have more than one y-axis, then you can assign different labels using an override.

Width

Set a fixed width of the axis. By default, Grafana dynamically calculates the width of an axis.

By setting the width of the axis, data with different axes types can share the same display proportions. This setting makes it easier for you to compare more than one graph’s worth of data because the axes are not shifted or stretched within visual proximity to each other.

Show grid lines

Set the axis grid line visibility.

• Auto – Automatically show grid lines based on the density of the data.

• On – Always show grid lines.

• Off – Never show grid lines.

Color

Set the color of the axis.

• Text – Set the color based on theme text color.

• Series – Set the color based on the series color.

Show border

Set the axis border visibility.

Scale

Set how the y-axis values scale.

• Linear – Divides the scale into equal parts.

• Logarithmic – Use a logarithmic scale. When you select this option, a list appears for you to choose a binary (base 2) or common (base 10) logarithmic scale.

• Symlog – Use a symmetrical logarithmic scale. When you select this option, a list appears for you to choose a binary (base 2) or common (base 10) logarithmic scale. The linear threshold option allows you to set the threshold at which the scale changes from linear to logarithmic.

Centered zero

Sets the y-axis to be centered on zero.

Soft min and soft max

Set a Soft min or soft max option for better control of y-axis limits. By default, Grafana sets the range for the y-axis automatically based on the dataset.

Soft min and soft max settings can prevent small variations in the data from being magnified when it's mostly flat. In contrast, hard min and max values help prevent obscuring useful detail in the data by clipping intermittent spikes past a specific point.

To define hard limits of the y-axis, set standard min/max options. For more information, refer to Configure standard options.

Transform

Use this option to transform the series values without affecting the values shown in the tooltip, context menus, or legend. You have two transform options:

• Negative Y transform – Flip the results to negative values on the Y axis.

• Constant – Show the first value as a constant line.

Note

The transform option is only available as an override.

Display multiple y-axes

There are some cases where you want to display multiple y-axes. For example, if you have a dataset showing both temperature and humidity over time, you could show two y-axes with different units for these two series.

To display multiple y-axes, add a field override. Follow the steps as many times as required to add as many y-axes as you need.