# Line chart with a filter per y-axis metric?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/line-chart-with-a-filter-per-y-axis-metric/123169>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [March 9, 2018, 12:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/line-chart-with-a-filter-per-y-axis-metric/123169 "2018-03-09T00:32:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![daviderickson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f0a364/32.png) [@daviderickson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/daviderickson)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 12:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/line-chart-with-a-filter-per-y-axis-metric/123169/1 "2018-03-09T00:32:14Z")

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Hi I want to have multiple y-axis lines on a line chart, and am using the unique count aggregation for the same field on each line, but want to differentiate them by a filter on a different field. Is this possible? The UI seems to only allow you to add a filter that applies to the entire chart.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![cjcenizal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/cjcenizal/32/11216_2.png) [@cjcenizal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cjcenizal)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 9:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/line-chart-with-a-filter-per-y-axis-metric/123169/2 "2018-03-09T21:15:40Z")

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Hi David, unfortunately you're correct. Filters are currently applied to the visualization as a whole, and can't be applied to individual buckets. If you like, you can file a feature request at [github.com/elastic/kibana/issues](http://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues) and I'll make sure the visualization engineers see it.

Thanks,  
CJ

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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:** [April 6, 2018, 9:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/line-chart-with-a-filter-per-y-axis-metric/123169/3 "2018-04-06T21:22:10Z")

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