topic Re: Controlling chart (y axis) range in Splunk Search

Controlling chart (y axis) range

natrixia — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 20:33:15 GMT

I am charting a range of 30 values (let's call them R) staring around 689511876 ending 690635036. The timechart report gives me a y-axis-min=0 y-axis-max=700,000,000. I want the y-axis min and max to be data dependent, i.e. y-axis-min=min(R) and the y-axis-max=max(R) is there a way to easily do this? If not, how do I get more a more reasonable y-axis range?

Re: Controlling chart (y axis) range

sideview — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:31:07 GMT

1) When you use Splunk's report builder, in the 'format report' view, there are a bunch of options that are often missed. Click 'y-axis' and you'll see textfields where you can set the minimum and maximum range of the report. When you save the report from that interface, these values will get preserved in a 'viewstate' object that's linked to the report.

2) If you dont want the extra baggage of using report builder and viewstates, and you're already comfortable editing your own views, it's quite easy to set this range directly in the view XML:

<param name="charting.secondaryAxis.minimumNumber">650000000</param>
<param name="charting.secondaryAxis.maximumNumber">700000000</param>

3) there is a charting key called "charting.chart.axisY.includeZero", and I used it on a weird prototype once to do exactly this, ie snap in snugly around the data automatically. Of course this was a long time ago, and the charting reference also says that the default is 'false' (which doesnt really match observed behavior), so I could be misremembering.

http://www.splunk.com/base/Documentation/latest/Developer/CustomChartingConfig-AxisGrid

but give it a shot cause it might do what you want:

<param name="charting.chart.axisY.includeZero">False</param>

NOTE: these <param> tags are in the advanced XML syntax, intended to be put inside HiddenChartFormatter module. If you're using the simplified XML, you use slightly different syntax but you can probably figure that out.

Re: Controlling chart (y axis) range

natrixia — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 07:41:32 GMT

The minimumNumber/maximumNumber work but includeZero=false is broken (at least using 'option' via the SimpleXML). This seems to be a bug, where should I file the report?

Re: Controlling chart (y axis) range

sideview — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 18:03:51 GMT

You can email support@splunk.com with any bug. Cause this is kind of an obscure key, include all the details you can to help them reproduce and investigate.

NOTE: by the way comments like this should always be actual comments on answers or on questions, rather than being entered in the form of an alternate answer. The 'add new comment' link is a little hard to see in the new design, but things work better that way. Feel free to add yr 'answer' as a comment and I'll move my comment over likewise.

Re: Controlling chart (y axis) range

mic — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 07:09:23 GMT

This feature "includeZero=false" was indeed broken, and now it seems to be fixed. However, there is a twist to this. Setting charting.chart.axisY.includeZero will have no effect, and the correct property is now charting.axisY.includeZero

In other words, instead of using <param name="charting.chart.axisY.includeZero">False</param>

Now, you need to use <param name="charting.axisY.includeZero">False</param>

With this fix, our charts can look prettier than ever before.

Re: Controlling chart (y axis) range

travis_bear — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 23:53:47 GMT

I would be happy to see an example of doing this in the simplified XML syntax.

Re: Controlling chart (y axis) range

sideview — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 23:58:29 GMT

It's the same except simple xml uses <option> for these keys instead of <param>.

So:

<option name="charting.secondaryAxis.minimumNumber">650000000</option>
<option name="charting.secondaryAxis.maximumNumber">700000000</option>

and

<option name="charting.chart.axisY.includeZero">False</option>

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.0/Viz/PanelreferenceforSimplifiedXML#Panel_visualization_elements

Re: Controlling chart (y axis) range

stanwin — Thu, 25 Dec 2014 22:11:21 GMT

for simple XML it should be

< option name="charting.axisY.minimumNumber">0

< option name="charting.axisY.maximumNumber">15

NOT secondaryAxis but axisY

Re: Controlling chart (y axis) range

sk314 — Mon, 21 Mar 2016 23:38:51 GMT

this is a really cool tip.