# String evolution through time

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/string-evolution-through-time/167747>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [February 10, 2019, 10:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/string-evolution-through-time/167747 "2019-02-10T10:14:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Utundu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/53a042/32.png) [@Utundu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Utundu)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2019, 10:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/string-evolution-through-time/167747/1 "2019-02-10T10:14:11Z")

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Hi,

I was wondering if you guys know of any way to make such a visualization in Kibana. The idea is to visualize, through time (x-axis), a bunch of series (y-axis, based on a "name" field). For each of them, we visualize the same field "value", which is a string, and see how it has evolved.

The example below comes from HomeAssistant

 ![](http://richardn.ca/content/images/2018/07/2018-07-25-16_12_51-Home-Assistant.png)

Thanks a lot for your insight !

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 1:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/string-evolution-through-time/167747/2 "2019-02-11T01:23:44Z")

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What about a heat map, with a terms aggregation on the Y and then a date histogram on the X?

> [@Utundu](#):
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> if you guys

We aren't all guys 🙂

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**Author:** ![Utundu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/53a042/32.png) [@Utundu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Utundu)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 8:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/string-evolution-through-time/167747/3 "2019-02-13T20:03:46Z")

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I'll have a look, but I'm not sure how to show an history and not a count of something for given periods of time.

(Sorry, it was just a way of speaking, no gender assumption there 🙂)

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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:** [March 13, 2019, 8:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/string-evolution-through-time/167747/4 "2019-03-13T20:03:54Z")

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