# Elastic Maps: How to set the fill color of the point feature according to defined thresholds?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-maps-how-to-set-the-fill-color-of-the-point-feature-according-to-defined-thresholds/208898>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [November 21, 2019, 2:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-maps-how-to-set-the-fill-color-of-the-point-feature-according-to-defined-thresholds/208898 "2019-11-21T14:06:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Volkan\_E](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/volkan_e/32/47979_2.png) [@Volkan\_E](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Volkan_E)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 2:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-maps-how-to-set-the-fill-color-of-the-point-feature-according-to-defined-thresholds/208898/1 "2019-11-21T14:06:11Z")

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Hi,

I've built a map showing the network statistics of some clients. I want to define my own critical threshold level, or a configurable static scale so that Kibana will color it red only if it is above the given threshold or in the critical range.

Currently, Kibana (v7.2.0) does the color scaling dynamically according to the result set.  
In the attached maps, you can see that the avg network time is around 400 ms at max , and the clients around 400 ms are red, but this is not a case where we have to take action, it is tolerable. If it goes above 1s, for example, it's getting critical. That's why we need a threshold, or a static range, not dynamic.

Is there a way for this? Or we have to look at other tools for this?  
What are your recommendations?

 ![elastic_maps_vbs](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/e/7/e7601b96b3e79a28473d63a1fbee81fce013f3b9.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Gregory](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/larry_gregory/32/34969_2.png) [@Larry\_Gregory](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Larry_Gregory)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 2:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-maps-how-to-set-the-fill-color-of-the-point-feature-according-to-defined-thresholds/208898/2 "2019-11-21T14:12:25Z")

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Hey @Volkan_E,

I have good news and bad news for you:

You can't do this with `7.2.0`, but you **can** if you upgrade to the latest version of `7.4`! The latest version allows you to define custom color ramps, which I think is exactly what you're looking for:

> **[Elastic Maps 7.4.0 released](https://www.elastic.co/blog/elastic-maps-7-4-0-released)**
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> New in Elastic Maps 7.4.0: custom color ramps, actionable vector shapes with filters, point to point data paths, Elastic SIEM integration for network events, vector tiles for basemaps, data-driven icon orientation, and a circle ingest processor for...

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**Author:** ![Volkan\_E](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/volkan_e/32/47979_2.png) [@Volkan\_E](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Volkan_E)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 9:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-maps-how-to-set-the-fill-color-of-the-point-feature-according-to-defined-thresholds/208898/3 "2019-11-25T09:27:53Z")

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Hi @Larry_Gregory

Thank you very much for your quick response. I've just been registered for product updates.  
We'll do it, no problem, because we're waiting for the nested object type feature in Kibana.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 9:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-maps-how-to-set-the-fill-color-of-the-point-feature-according-to-defined-thresholds/208898/4 "2019-12-23T09:28:05Z")

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