# Timelion Time-Series data based on non-numeric field value

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-time-series-data-based-on-non-numeric-field-value/139531>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** timelion\
**Created:** [July 11, 2018, 10:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-time-series-data-based-on-non-numeric-field-value/139531 "2018-07-11T10:05:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![praran26](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/praran26/32/33225_2.png) [@praran26](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/praran26)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 10:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-time-series-data-based-on-non-numeric-field-value/139531/1 "2018-07-11T10:05:29Z")

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Hi,  
I am trying to view a time series plot of data using timelion.

My field is a "keyword" and I want to plot its value against time. I'm receiving the value every 4 hours.

I saw this past discussion: [Timelion Time-Series data based on field value](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-time-series-data-based-on-field-value/93982) but it doesn't seem to work for "keyword" field as, obviously, sum/avg are undefined.

Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![tylersmalley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tylersmalley/32/8833_2.png) [@tylersmalley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tylersmalley)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 4:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-time-series-data-based-on-non-numeric-field-value/139531/2 "2018-07-12T04:04:09Z")

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What do you mean you want to plot it's value over time? Do you want to plot unique counts of specific values?

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**Author:** ![praran26](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/praran26/32/33225_2.png) [@praran26](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/praran26)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 6:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-time-series-data-based-on-non-numeric-field-value/139531/3 "2018-07-12T06:35:14Z")

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Suppose my field has 3 possible values, A, B and C. I want to plot a line graph with the values (A,B,C) on y-axis and the timestamp on x-axis.

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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:** [August 9, 2018, 6:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-time-series-data-based-on-non-numeric-field-value/139531/4 "2018-08-09T06:35:16Z")

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