# Numbers on yaxis in Timelion chart is not getting formatted as configured in kibana settings

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/numbers-on-yaxis-in-timelion-chart-is-not-getting-formatted-as-configured-in-kibana-settings/215571>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** timelion\
**Created:** [January 18, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/numbers-on-yaxis-in-timelion-chart-is-not-getting-formatted-as-configured-in-kibana-settings/215571 "2020-01-18T17:50:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![ajith198](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f4b2a3/32.png) [@ajith198](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ajith198)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/numbers-on-yaxis-in-timelion-chart-is-not-getting-formatted-as-configured-in-kibana-settings/215571/1 "2020-01-18T17:50:45Z")

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I am new to Kibana and using Kibana v 7.5.0.  
In index pattern, I have configured impressions field as number (0,0) but in timelion chart I created, its not showing the commas in the values whereas in other bar charts, numbers are shown with commas. Below is the script I used.  
.es(index=impressions-\*,q='device.keyword:firetv', metric=sum:impressions,timefield='date').lines(width=2).color(color=#e6fff5).label(label='Fire TV').yaxis()

Please find below the screenshot of the timelion chart.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/c/6/c6d3d9c3055c2a3186243d793edf06ce4cff8cfe.png)

Any help to resolve the issue is much appreciated.

Let me know if any additional information required.

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**Author:** ![ajith198](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f4b2a3/32.png) [@ajith198](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ajith198)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2020, 12:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/numbers-on-yaxis-in-timelion-chart-is-not-getting-formatted-as-configured-in-kibana-settings/215571/2 "2020-01-21T00:33:01Z")

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Someone please provide your inputs

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**Author:** ![tiagocosta](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tiagocosta/32/40045_2.png) [@tiagocosta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tiagocosta)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2020, 2:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/numbers-on-yaxis-in-timelion-chart-is-not-getting-formatted-as-configured-in-kibana-settings/215571/3 "2020-01-21T02:45:04Z")

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@ajith198 could you try to use `.yaxis(precision=2)`please?

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**Author:** ![ajith198](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f4b2a3/32.png) [@ajith198](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ajith198)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2020, 11:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/numbers-on-yaxis-in-timelion-chart-is-not-getting-formatted-as-configured-in-kibana-settings/215571/4 "2020-01-21T23:56:26Z")

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Thanks @tiagocosta for sharing your inputs ! Unfortunately precision is an unknown argument for yaxis. My requirement is to display a number (for eg: 10 thousand as 10,000 instead of 10000).

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**Author:** ![ajith198](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f4b2a3/32.png) [@ajith198](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ajith198)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 2:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/numbers-on-yaxis-in-timelion-chart-is-not-getting-formatted-as-configured-in-kibana-settings/215571/5 "2020-01-27T02:48:51Z")

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Hi All, can someone please look into this issue?

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**Author:** ![Marius\_Dragomir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marius_dragomir/32/42087_2.png) [@Marius\_Dragomir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marius_Dragomir)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 3:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/numbers-on-yaxis-in-timelion-chart-is-not-getting-formatted-as-configured-in-kibana-settings/215571/6 "2020-01-28T15:43:50Z")

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Can you use the 'units' param for yaxis as shown here? [https://github.com/elastic/kibana/pull/9065](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/pull/9065) I think 'currency' would show the values as you want them.

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**Author:** ![ajith198](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f4b2a3/32.png) [@ajith198](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ajith198)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 2:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/numbers-on-yaxis-in-timelion-chart-is-not-getting-formatted-as-configured-in-kibana-settings/215571/7 "2020-01-30T02:42:36Z")

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Thanks @Marius_Dragomir for your response. Yes, currency would show the numbers with commas but i dont need the currency symbol.. can you please suggest way to remove the currency symbol?

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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:** [February 27, 2020, 2:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/numbers-on-yaxis-in-timelion-chart-is-not-getting-formatted-as-configured-in-kibana-settings/215571/8 "2020-02-27T02:42:38Z")

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