# Charts in the dashboard

**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/charts-in-the-dashboard/95195
**Category:** Dashboard
**Tags:** dashboard-2
**Created:** [7 February 2025 00:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/charts-in-the-dashboard/95195 "2025-02-07T00:56:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![mifeng-super](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/mifeng-super/32/82174_2.png) [@mifeng-super](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/mifeng-super)
#### Post date: [7 February 2025 00:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/charts-in-the-dashboard/95195/1 "2025-02-07T00:56:27Z")

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Hello,  
While using Dashboard 2, I ran into a problem.  
I want to display text instead of numbers on the X-axis of the liner chart.  
What should I do?

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### Author: ![smanjunath211](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/smanjunath211/32/95742_2.png) [@smanjunath211](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/smanjunath211)
#### Post date: [7 February 2025 06:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/charts-in-the-dashboard/95195/2 "2025-02-07T06:53:44Z")

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check here..

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### Author: ![joepavitt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/joepavitt/32/59722_2.png) [@joepavitt](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/joepavitt)
#### Post date: [7 February 2025 08:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/charts-in-the-dashboard/95195/3 "2025-02-07T08:56:53Z")

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> [@mifeng-super](#):
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> I want to display text instead of numbers on the X-axis of the liner chart.  
> What should I do?

What text are you wanting to show? If you're displaying text on the x-axis, then geenrally it is not a linear chart, but categorical?

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### Author: ![mifeng-super](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/mifeng-super/32/82174_2.png) [@mifeng-super](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/mifeng-super)
#### Post date: [10 February 2025 03:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/charts-in-the-dashboard/95195/4 "2025-02-10T03:34:06Z")

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I want to achieve this effect:

 ![Snipaste_2025-02-10_11-32-59](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/0/c/0c47076bbf72d9f55234fa74bb6604e24155883a.png)

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [12 March 2025 03:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/charts-in-the-dashboard/95195/5 "2025-03-12T03:34:18Z")

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