# Is it possible to disable Date Histogram auto scale in Kibana visualization?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-disable-date-histogram-auto-scale-in-kibana-visualization/127615>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [April 11, 2018, 11:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-disable-date-histogram-auto-scale-in-kibana-visualization/127615 "2018-04-11T11:21:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![elasticheart](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/elasticheart/32/65189_2.png) [@elasticheart](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elasticheart)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 11:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-disable-date-histogram-auto-scale-in-kibana-visualization/127615/1 "2018-04-11T11:21:26Z")

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Hi,

I am using Kibana 5.0.0. I am trying to create a line chart, and I would like to have Date Histogram in X- Axis. I use `@timestamp` field for that and I have selected interval `Auto` and it works fine. When I try to make it in `Seconds`, the graph's interval changes to `minute` sice it creates too many spikes. I have a date field `logtime` which I am targetting to `@timestamp` in Logstash, so that both of them have same data in it. If I select `logtime` instead of `@timestamp` for date histogram, then it creates a graph with spikes (without auto scaling to minute). Why is this happening? Is it possible to disable this autoscaling feature for Kibana visualization?

Below are the screenshots.

**with auto interval**  
 ![auto](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/b/b/bba4f5479a664db9d80dcd5a26fd105aedb37231.PNG)

**with seconds interval**  
 ![second](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/5/158d7856387c4cd25d96da8c6dd22ce532bb8446.png)

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Brandon\_Kobel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/brandon_kobel/32/14829_2.png) [@Brandon\_Kobel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Brandon_Kobel)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 5:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-disable-date-histogram-auto-scale-in-kibana-visualization/127615/2 "2018-04-11T17:37:19Z")

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@elasticheart it's not possible to disable this functionality currently, as when too many buckets are created it can crash your browser. You can alter how this functionality works by going to Management -\> Advanced Settings and adjusting `histogram:maxBars` to be a higher integer.

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**Author:** ![elasticheart](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/elasticheart/32/65189_2.png) [@elasticheart](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elasticheart)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 4:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-disable-date-histogram-auto-scale-in-kibana-visualization/127615/3 "2018-04-12T04:53:17Z")

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Thanks 🙂👍

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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 10, 2018, 4:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-disable-date-histogram-auto-scale-in-kibana-visualization/127615/4 "2018-05-10T04:53:18Z")

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