# Values near to 0 are not visible in histogram

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/values-near-to-0-are-not-visible-in-histogram/263229>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [February 4, 2021, 10:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/values-near-to-0-are-not-visible-in-histogram/263229 "2021-02-04T10:21:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Voula\_Mikr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/voula_mikr/32/58451_2.png) [@Voula\_Mikr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Voula_Mikr)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 10:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/values-near-to-0-are-not-visible-in-histogram/263229/1 "2021-02-04T10:21:53Z")

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Hi,

In an histogram visualization, when the values of the field of the Metrics are near to 0, you can hardly see them. Is there any way to zoom also in x-axis except of the zoom in y-axis you can now do? Or other way to see such small values?

BR  
Paraskevi

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**Author:** ![lukas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lukas/32/6812_2.png) [@lukas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lukas)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 6:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/values-near-to-0-are-not-visible-in-histogram/263229/2 "2021-02-04T18:30:23Z")

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It sounds like the issue here is that you have some values that are quite large, which makes the smaller values (which you're interested in) too small to distinguish from empty values. There are a couple of things you could try to make them more noticeable.

In the **Metrics & axes** tab, you should find the following options:

**Scale type** : By setting this to "log", it should make the smaller values more visible. However, a logarithmic scale for the axis may or may not be what you want.  
**Set axis extents** : By setting a custom min/max for the y-axis, you can make the smaller values visible. However, this will make it so any values above the max appear equal.

I hope this helps!

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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 4, 2021, 6:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/values-near-to-0-are-not-visible-in-histogram/263229/3 "2021-03-04T18:31:08Z")

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