# Line Charts only Allow Three Split Series? **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [May 23, 2019, 9:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/line-charts-only-allow-three-split-series/182520 "2019-05-23T21:29:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jakegwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed655f/32.png) [@jakegwood](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jakegwood)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2019, 9:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/line-charts-only-allow-three-split-series/182520/1 "2019-05-23T21:29:48Z")
I am creating a line chart in Kibana. My index pattern has a numeric value, @timestamp, and numerous keywords. I am trying to sort by time, put the sum of values on the Y axis, and split the time series into separate lines. Specifically, I'm trying to split by 4 of the keywords. I am able to create 3 "Term"-based series splits without issue, but when I click on "Add sub-buckets" again to create the 4th, it only lets me split the chart, not the series. I've tried all numerous orderings/combos of the 3 out of my 4 desired keyword splits that it will let me split by, but regardless of what I do, I can't create the 4th split. 3 seems like a pretty small and arbitrary number to limit users by for splits, and after a few hours of searching, I don't see that documented anywhere. Am I missing something here or is this just a known, but undocumented limit. Kibana & ES 7.0.1. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 9:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/line-charts-only-allow-three-split-series/182520/2 "2019-06-20T21:29:52Z")
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