# How to plot months on the x axis, count on the y axis and have terms displayed

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-plot-months-on-the-x-axis-count-on-the-y-axis-and-have-terms-displayed/198951>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [September 10, 2019, 5:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-plot-months-on-the-x-axis-count-on-the-y-axis-and-have-terms-displayed/198951 "2019-09-10T17:56:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![nizztizz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@nizztizz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nizztizz)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 5:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-plot-months-on-the-x-axis-count-on-the-y-axis-and-have-terms-displayed/198951/1 "2019-09-10T17:56:14Z")

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I want to plot a vertical bar graph where months would be at the bottom (x axis) and count would be on the y axis and I am graphing a term for each month. So i get total hits for each month for that term.

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**Author:** ![lukas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lukas/32/6812_2.png) [@lukas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lukas)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2019, 4:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-plot-months-on-the-x-axis-count-on-the-y-axis-and-have-terms-displayed/198951/2 "2019-09-12T16:57:23Z")

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Do you mind giving us an idea of what a document of yours looks like, as well as maybe a sketch of what you're trying to accomplish?

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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:** [October 10, 2019, 4:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-plot-months-on-the-x-axis-count-on-the-y-axis-and-have-terms-displayed/198951/3 "2019-10-10T16:57:23Z")

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