# Timelion - define distance between points

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-define-distance-between-points/158564>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** timelion\
**Created:** [November 28, 2018, 12:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-define-distance-between-points/158564 "2018-11-28T12:06:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![skaldenmet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@skaldenmet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/skaldenmet)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2018, 12:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-define-distance-between-points/158564/1 "2018-11-28T12:06:13Z")

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When using timelion with points instead of lines the distance between each points seem kind of random to me. Is there a specific method calculating the distance between points and is there a way to alter the distance by myself?

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**Author:** ![Brandon\_Kobel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/brandon_kobel/32/14829_2.png) [@Brandon\_Kobel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Brandon_Kobel)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-define-distance-between-points/158564/2 "2018-11-28T15:16:03Z")

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Hey @skaldenmet, the x-axis is based on the time period in which you are reporting over, so if the distance seems to be random, it's because there isn't any data for specific periods of time.

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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:** [December 26, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-define-distance-between-points/158564/3 "2018-12-26T15:16:09Z")

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