I am not trying to graph the count at all. The count tells me how many logs which is not what i need to know.
yes I understand, I'm just trying to figure out why standard deviation won't work, so want to make sure that at least count works. Then I can see if it's a problem with standard deviation on the Y axis, or something wrong with the Name.raw field on the x-axis, and ensure that Name.raw field contains values.
So is it possible to take count out of the chart?
Yes, you just have to select a different metric. For example:
Also if I try to add the filedate instead of timestamp to the X it will not allow me even though the filedate is showing up in the index mapping as a date.
filedate, or FileDate? I see you have both fields in your mapping, filedate is text, FileDate is Date.