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0range
Communicator

How can I get more then 4 marks on x axis using timechart?
In a search like this:

earliest=-1d@d latest=-0d@d sourcetype=src1 | timechart span=5m count by operation

I get the default each 6hours or each 4hours marks on X axis, and don't know how to tune it. I need each hour, or 30m marks.

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jtworzydlo
Path Finder

Hi,
If your having it displayed on a dashboard you should use this:

 <option name="charting.scaleX">1</option>
 <option name="charting.axisLabelsX.majorUnit"> P0Y0M0DT0H30M0S</option>

Hope this helps 🙂

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hvaithia
Path Finder

This one doesn't work anymore for dashboards. (Using splunk 6.2)

jtworzydlo
Path Finder

Hi,
If your having it displayed on a dashboard you should use this:

 <option name="charting.scaleX">1</option>
 <option name="charting.axisLabelsX.majorUnit"> P0Y0M0DT0H30M0S</option>

Hope this helps 🙂

immortalraghava
Path Finder

Use this ? Come on .. I am new to splunk .. Where to use it ? How ?

chrisdopuch
Path Finder

Is this answer still accurate? I can't get this to work with my timechart and dashboard.

jtworzydlo
Path Finder
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0range
Communicator

That's it. Thanks.
But where did you get this information?

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