# How to label visualization axes? **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [May 20, 2015, 4:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-label-visualization-axes/980 "2015-05-20T16:36:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dave\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c68b51/32.png) [@Dave\_G](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dave_G)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 4:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-label-visualization-axes/980/1 "2015-05-20T16:36:53Z")
I'm experimenting with Kibana 4 for the first time and liking what I can do with it. However, I'm having trouble with a really simple thing: how can I label the axes of a graph? No matter what kind of visualization I choose, the axes look like this: ![](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/uploads/default/317/3fd875e33144d605.png) I want to give the Y axis a title (IOPS), and for the X axis I want to change the title to "Time", and have it show the actual time instead of leaving it blank. Come someone please point me in the right direction for where I can do this? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 11:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-label-visualization-axes/980/2 "2015-05-20T23:36:31Z")
Currently you cannot do this, keep an eye on [https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/2386](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/2386) though. ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c68b51/32.png) [@Dave\_G](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dave_G)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 1:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-label-visualization-axes/980/3 "2015-05-21T01:02:10Z")
OK, thanks, I can wait for customizable axis titles. But why am I not getting any title at all for the Y axis, and no tick marks or X values on the X axis? All of the examples of Kibana 4 that I've seen have both of those things. ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c68b51/32.png) [@Dave\_G](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dave_G)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 2:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-label-visualization-axes/980/4 "2015-05-21T02:48:28Z")
OK, so I've answered both of my own questions: 1. There's no label for the Y axis because I'm using multiple Y axis metrics, and Kibana can't handle more than a single label. When I create a visualization with a single Y axis metric, the title appears as expected. (It's a crummy title because I chose a crummy variable name, but I can wait for the ability to edit it.) 2. When I look at my visualizations on a different computer, I see values for the X axis, so that looks like a browser problem, not a problem with my visualizations. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 2:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-label-visualization-axes/980/5 "2017-07-06T14:19:10Z")