Set the y-axis range
On charts, you can manually configure the y-axis range to be different from the search default.
You can have multiple measures on the y-axis of many charts. You can manually set the y-axis range by clicking edit from the y-axis label drop-down, or from the chart configuration menu.
Setting the y-axis range from the axis label
To set the y-axis range:
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While viewing your answer as a chart, click the dropdown menu icon
next to the y-axis label you want to change. -
Click edit.
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Under Min and Max, set the y-axis range by specifying start and end values.
In this example, the original chart shows sales values by department from 0 to over $5M. We can enter a y-axis range of
2500000to5000000to show only sales between $2.5M and $5M.The chart reorganizes itself to reflect the new y-axis range.
To change the range for gross profit margin, click the dropdown menu icon next to the gross profit margin axis label.
Setting the y-axis range from the chart configuration menu
To set the y-axis range:
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While viewing your answer as a chart, click the chart configuration icon
on the top right. -
Click the edit button
that appears when you hover over y-axis. -
If you have multiple measures on the y-axis, select the measure you want to set the range for.
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Under Min and Max, set the y-axis range by specifying start and end values.
In this example, the original chart shows sales values by department from 0 to over $5M. We can enter a y-axis range of
2500000to5000000to show only sales between $2.5M and $5M.The chart reorganizes itself to reflect the new y-axis range.
Create charts with multiple measures on the y-axis
You can have multiple measures on the y-axis of most (but not all) chart types. You can configure this in the chart configuration panel, by dragging and dropping measures out of the not visualized section. To learn more, see these topics:
