# Linechart labelling is not proper

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/linechart-labelling-is-not-proper/246725>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [August 28, 2020, 7:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/linechart-labelling-is-not-proper/246725 "2020-08-28T07:38:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Gauti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@Gauti](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Gauti)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 7:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/linechart-labelling-is-not-proper/246725/1 "2020-08-28T07:38:35Z")

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Hi All,

I am trying to build a monthly trend using line chart, data, line everything is proper, only problem is the labels for month, is showing multiple time.

FYI..

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/d/f/df6c40c76cfd6110e1d5f2790acee8c67ec9c63a.png)

Why am i getting the month as 4 times instead of one time.

Thanks  
Gautham

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**Author:** ![Nathan\_Reese](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nathan_reese/32/84829_2.png) [@Nathan\_Reese](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nathan_Reese)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 2:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/linechart-labelling-is-not-proper/246725/2 "2020-08-28T14:42:51Z")

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What version of kibana are you running? What is [advanced setting](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/advanced-options.html) `dateFormat` set as? `dateFormat` specifies how dates are formatted. I suspect your `dateFormat` is configured to only display the month. Since each tick only displays the month, they all look the same, when really each tick is showing a different month/week.

 ![Screen Shot 2020-08-28 at 8.42.08 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/b/a/ba4cc43124371eb08be5c291016f4c8e390de5ff.png)

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**Author:** ![Gauti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@Gauti](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Gauti)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 3:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/linechart-labelling-is-not-proper/246725/3 "2020-08-28T15:57:14Z")

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@Nathan_Reese I'm using version 7.6.3. I have made the changes to show only month in the advanced, when i choose the interval as monthly in date histogram it is showing like this.

In general if we choose monthly, only one entry per month only has to show rite.

Thanks  
Gautham

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**Author:** ![Nathan\_Reese](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nathan_reese/32/84829_2.png) [@Nathan\_Reese](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nathan_Reese)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 4:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/linechart-labelling-is-not-proper/246725/4 "2020-08-28T16:27:36Z")

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There is no way to currently control the number of axis ticks. You can open an issue at [https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/new?template=Feature\_request.md](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/new?template=Feature_request.md)

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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:** [September 25, 2020, 4:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/linechart-labelling-is-not-proper/246725/5 "2020-09-25T16:27:38Z")

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