Axis options
This documentation topic is designed for Grafana workspaces that support Grafana version 9.x.
For Grafana workspaces that support Grafana version 10.x, see Working in Grafana version 10.
For Grafana workspaces that support Grafana version 8.x, see Working in Grafana version 8.
Options under the axis category change how the X and Y axes are rendered. Some
options do not take effect until you click outside of the field option box you are
editing. You can also or press Enter.
Placement
Select the placement of the Y-axis. The options are:
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Auto – Grafana automatically assigns the Y-axis to the series. When there are two or more series with different units, Grafana assigns the left axis to the first unit, and the right axis to the units that follow.
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Left – Display all Y-axes on the left side.
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Right – Display all Y-axes on the right side.
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Hidden – Hide all Y-axes.
To assign axes for each field or series, add field overrides.
Label
Set a Y-axis text label. If you have more than one Y-axis, then you can assign different labels using an override.
Width
Set a fixed width of the axis. By default, Grafana dynamically calculates the width of an axis.
By setting the width of the axis, data with different axes types can share the same display proportions. This setting makes it easier for you to compare more than one graph’s worth of data because the axes are not shifted or stretched within visual proximity to each other.
Soft min and soft max
Set a Soft min or soft max option for better control of Y-axis limits. By default, Grafana sets the range for the Y-axis automatically based on the dataset.
Soft min and soft max settings allow visibility into small changes when big changes aren't present. Hard min or max derived from standard min and max field options can prevent intermittent spikes from flattening useful detail by clipping the spikes past a specific point.
To define hard limits of the Y-axis, You can set standard min/max options. For more information, refer to Configure standard options.
Scale
Set how the Y-axis scales. The choices are Linear or Logarithmic. If you choose logarithmic, you can further choose between base 2 or base 10 logarithmic scales.
Transform
You can override a series to apply a transform to values on a graph (without affecting the underlying values or the values in tooltips, context menus, or legends). You have two transform options:
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Negative Y transform – Flip the results to negative values on the Y axis.
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Constant – Show the first value as a constant line.
