# Possible to graph the actual value? **URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/possible-to-graph-the-actual-value/52683 **Category:** Kibana **Created:** [June 14, 2016, 3:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/possible-to-graph-the-actual-value/52683 "2016-06-14T03:19:35Z") **Posts on this page:** 3 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![tomv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@tomv](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tomv) #### Post date: [June 14, 2016, 3:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/possible-to-graph-the-actual-value/52683/1 "2016-06-14T03:19:35Z")
I have a need to graph the actual value. I'm retrieving open/close states for Home Automation so the value will only be a 1 or 0. This issue was closed as not possible and not practical, however it does seem to be something that people are asking for and in my use case, the other choices.. ie: Average, Max, Min,etc are not practical. > Is this being considered for a future version or is there an existing workaround? ---
### Author: ![Joe\_Fleming](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/joe_fleming/32/3561_2.png) [@Joe\_Fleming](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Joe_Fleming) #### Post date: [June 14, 2016, 8:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/possible-to-graph-the-actual-value/52683/2 "2016-06-14T20:27:30Z")
In order to support this, we'd have to add a new visualization type, different from what we have currently. Right now, all visualizations are coupled to Elasticsearch's _aggregations_, which doesn't provide actual document values, but the _aggrigate_ data, which is why you can only use things like Average, Max, Min, etc. You're right though, it's a pretty common ask. We have some plans to overhaul how visualize and dashboard work in Kibana, and providing document values as part of that is possible, but none of the specs for this have been laid out yet. Elasticsearch _should_ be able to work well enough to provide the values directly though, via the search API, it's a matter of consuming and graphing the data that way. ---
### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system) #### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 1:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/possible-to-graph-the-actual-value/52683/3 "2017-07-06T13:50:34Z")