# \[Problem\] Unique items per day graph

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-unique-items-per-day-graph/90089>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [June 20, 2017, 11:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-unique-items-per-day-graph/90089 "2017-06-20T11:33:56Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 11:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-unique-items-per-day-graph/90089/1 "2017-06-20T11:33:56Z")

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Hi all and aplogies for this, its probably a very numpty question but I just can't get it.

I have a small ES instance with 400 items in a collection with a date field that Kibana picks up when I set up the index.  
Now, I have got the total count of items in there displayed on a dashboard but what I really want to do is set up a bar graph that displays the number of items by date.

I just cannot figure out - the closest I have got (even after reading a few tutorials!!) is a graph that just shows the total count as a single bar in there!

I am hopeing this is a simple thing that I am overlooking (well, it is 30 degrees in the UK, thats like a massive heatwave thats melting us ;))

Thanks in advance for any worldly advice from you guys who, without doubt, know a lot more than I do.

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**Author:** ![bhavyarm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bhavyarm/32/22392_2.png) [@bhavyarm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bhavyarm)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 12:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-unique-items-per-day-graph/90089/2 "2017-06-20T12:08:23Z")

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Hi,

No question is a numpty question for this forum. No worries 🙂  
Which version of Kibana are you running?

Our last public release is 5.4.1. In this you click on visualize - I would select a vertical bar chart and then set your x-axis and y-axis as I have done in the screenshots below.

![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/2/f/2f4458fcb31d6c7a32a9cc6c9a2205ba70004df6.png)

![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/2/f/2f4458fcb31d6c7a32a9cc6c9a2205ba70004df6.png)

So your timestamp here for x-axis would be daily. And y-axis will be unique count?  
Here are our docs: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/xy-chart.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/xy-chart.html)

Let me know if you need more help.

Thanks,  
Bhavya

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**Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 12:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-unique-items-per-day-graph/90089/3 "2017-07-18T12:08:37Z")

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