# How to Use terms in Y - axis

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-terms-in-y-axis/129354>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [April 24, 2018, 4:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-terms-in-y-axis/129354 "2018-04-24T16:30:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Humornoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7c8e57/32.png) [@Humornoy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Humornoy)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 4:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-terms-in-y-axis/129354/1 "2018-04-24T16:30:54Z")

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Hello and sorry for my bad english.  
I have this JSON  
[![](https://i.imgur.com/pX3YJMN.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/pX3YJMN.png)

and i need line visualize where x = matchMetric.sTime and y = matchMetric.NumTicks

[![](https://i.imgur.com/HQxHQVb.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/HQxHQVb.png)

How i can do it?

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**Author:** ![thomasneirynck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/thomasneirynck/32/23313_2.png) [@thomasneirynck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/thomasneirynck)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 7:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-terms-in-y-axis/129354/2 "2018-04-24T19:29:29Z")

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hi @Humornoy,

you can select the position of the X-axis using the `position` option in the `Metrics & Axes` section.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/4/0/401b8f4c08726c1569a3c9fb66ddfd36d69fa2fb.png)

This will put your terms on the left.

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**Author:** ![Humornoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7c8e57/32.png) [@Humornoy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Humornoy)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2018, 4:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-terms-in-y-axis/129354/3 "2018-04-26T16:11:51Z")

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I need something like this:  
[![](https://i.imgur.com/cypET6q.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/cypET6q.png)

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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:** [May 24, 2018, 4:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-terms-in-y-axis/129354/4 "2018-05-24T16:11:57Z")

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