# Logarithmic scale for Kibana Timeli Y axis

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logarithmic-scale-for-kibana-timeli-y-axis/81942>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [April 11, 2017, 8:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logarithmic-scale-for-kibana-timeli-y-axis/81942 "2017-04-11T08:53:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![warunac](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warunac/32/73645_2.png) [@warunac](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warunac)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 8:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logarithmic-scale-for-kibana-timeli-y-axis/81942/1 "2017-04-11T08:53:03Z")

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Hi,

Would be to able to have logarithmic scale for the Kibana Timelion Y axis.  
Is that possible?

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**Author:** ![weltenwort](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/weltenwort/32/53885_2.png) [@weltenwort](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/weltenwort)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 10:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logarithmic-scale-for-kibana-timeli-y-axis/81942/2 "2017-04-11T10:16:43Z")

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Hi @warunac,

unfortunately it is not possible to display a logarithmic scale in timelion right now. It is possible to calculate the logarithm of the data points via the `.log()` function, but that is probably not what you are looking for.

As an outlook, I can point to the upcoming Kibana 5.4 release with lots of enhancements to the normal point series visualization, which already supports log scales. Maybe that can be an option for you in the future.

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**Author:** ![warunac](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warunac/32/73645_2.png) [@warunac](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warunac)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 2:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logarithmic-scale-for-kibana-timeli-y-axis/81942/3 "2017-04-12T02:47:51Z")

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Hi @weltenwort,

Thank you very much for the reply.

I will wait for 5.4 release

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I can see a logarithmic scale is only an option in line charts at the moment in 5.4 release

I'm very happy with Time Series Visual Builder and it has very nice features.

Could you please introduce logarithmic scale for Time Series Charts also.

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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, 2017, 2:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logarithmic-scale-for-kibana-timeli-y-axis/81942/4 "2017-05-10T02:49:55Z")

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