# Yaxis scale on Canvas vs Timelion

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/yaxis-scale-on-canvas-vs-timelion/199281>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** canvas\
**Created:** [September 12, 2019, 3:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/yaxis-scale-on-canvas-vs-timelion/199281 "2019-09-12T15:18:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![cesarlino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a5b964/32.png) [@cesarlino](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cesarlino)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2019, 3:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/yaxis-scale-on-canvas-vs-timelion/199281/1 "2019-09-12T15:18:18Z")

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Hi,

In Kibana 7.3.1, when creating a graph in Timelion I can specify the unit for yaxis through "yaxis(units=bytes)" in order to scale to kb, mb, gb etc.. However, if I use the same query in Canvas, the yaxis does not scale. I am using in both places the same query:

.es(metric=avg:system.memory.free, timefield=fields.execution.date).label("Free").yaxis(units=bytes).lines(fill=1).fit(mode=scale),

Why there is such a difference in Canvas? How can I scale it in Canvas?

Regards,  
Cesar Lino

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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:** [September 12, 2019, 4:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/yaxis-scale-on-canvas-vs-timelion/199281/2 "2019-09-12T16:42:18Z")

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Canvas and Timelion use separate charting mechanisms.

Could you provide a screenshot of both? We might be able to craft a Canvas expression to accomplish something similar.

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**Author:** ![cesarlino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a5b964/32.png) [@cesarlino](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cesarlino)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2019, 12:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/yaxis-scale-on-canvas-vs-timelion/199281/3 "2019-09-20T12:53:07Z")

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Hi @lukas, thanks for your reply. See I am using the same timelion query in both places:  
.es(metric=avg:system.memory.free, q=" event.dataset:system.memory AND fields.execution.date:\* AND fields.execution.type:Daily").label("Free").fit(mode=scale).yaxis(label="Gbytes", units="bytes"),  
.es(metric=avg:system.memory.used.bytes, q=" event.dataset:system.memory AND fields.execution.date:\* AND fields.execution.type:Daily").label("Used").fit(mode=scale)

In timelion works perfectly:

 ![57](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/f/1f4d8667eda49a61bdb0fcd116977e0c479ddb8f.png)

But in Canvas, it is missing the Y axis title, scale on Y axis is wrong:

 ![48](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/7/a/7a7737151d5ea1cd578b41170abeb0ae141a6fa2.png)

Is this a bug or limitation in Canvas? Is there any way I can achieve the same as I did in Timelion?

Regards,  
Cesar Lino

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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:** [October 18, 2019, 12:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/yaxis-scale-on-canvas-vs-timelion/199281/4 "2019-10-18T12:58:23Z")

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