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Heatmap x-axis ticker

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giul.ge
giul.ge

Good morning,

I have created a heatmap displaying the air quality in few countries over 2 years.
Because I have one data point per day, I en up with an x-axis which is cluttery:

Could you please help me in reducing major tick numbers?

Thank you

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Bryan
Bryan

Hi,

The standard categorical ticker always shows all the categorical factors that the range is configured with. To obtain different behavior you will need to create a custom extension similar to this SO answer:

  https://stackoverflow.com/a/50806192/3406693

Thanks,

Bryan

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On Mar 8, 2019, at 1:09 AM, giul.ge@gmail.com wrote:

Good morning,

I have created a heatmap displaying the air quality in few countries over 2 years.
Because I have one data point per day, I en up with an x-axis which is cluttery:
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Could you please help me in reducing major tick numbers?

Thank you

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giul.ge
giul.ge

Thank you Bryan for the clarification.
I have got the end result I wanted :slight_smile:

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Le vendredi 8 mars 2019 22:20:26 UTC+1, Bryan Van de ven a écrit :

Hi,

The standard categorical ticker always shows all the categorical factors that the range is configured with. To obtain different behavior you will need to create a custom extension similar to this SO answer:

    [https://stackoverflow.com/a/50806192/3406693](https://stackoverflow.com/a/50806192/3406693)

Thanks,

Bryan

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Good morning,

I have created a heatmap displaying the air quality in few countries over 2 years.

Because I have one data point per day, I en up with an x-axis which is cluttery:
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Could you please help me in reducing major tick numbers?

Thank you

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