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[I] Change in x-axis display makes the dates unreadable [superset]
zuzana-vej opened a new issue, #38778:
URL: https://github.com/apache/superset/issues/38778
## Screenshot
Current
<img width="459" height="335" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/daf489f4-ba3d-4f7a-9215-bc18daee63fe" />
6.1 candidate
<img width="462" height="348" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/4299f606-723b-4ff7-9732-baa3e0b707a1" />
## Description
The x-axis is basically unreadable now.
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Re: [I] Change in x-axis display makes the dates unreadable [superset]
Posted by "fowlerp397-tech (via GitHub)" <gi...@apache.org>.
fowlerp397-tech commented on issue #38778:
URL: https://github.com/apache/superset/issues/38778#issuecomment-4106408389
Thanks for the insights on the x-axis formatting! I’m using a [time grain]
and noticed the issue after upgrading to 6.1. Could the adaptive smart date
formatting be causing the label overlap or timestamp issue? I’ll try the
workarounds you suggested in the meantime. @dosu
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> Hi, could you please share the dataset, chart configuration, or a
> screenshot to help reproduce this issue?
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> I tried creating a timeseries line chart with dense x-axis labels and
> different rotation angles, but wasn’t able to observe the overlap problem
> locally.
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Re: [I] Change in x-axis display makes the dates unreadable [superset]
Posted by "michael-s-molina (via GitHub)" <gi...@apache.org>.
michael-s-molina closed issue #38778: Change in x-axis display makes the dates unreadable
URL: https://github.com/apache/superset/issues/38778
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Re: [I] Change in x-axis display makes the dates unreadable [superset]
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dosubot[bot] commented on issue #38778:
URL: https://github.com/apache/superset/issues/38778#issuecomment-4101678596
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This looks related to recent x-axis formatting changes. [PR #38017](https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/38017) introduced adaptive smart date formatting that makes x-axis labels time-grain-aware - this changed how dates are rendered based on your selected time grain.
There's also a known issue where [the last x-axis label can show a raw timestamp instead of a formatted date](https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/38083) when using smart date format, which may be contributing to readability problems.
**Potential workarounds:**
- If labels are being skipped due to overlap, [casting the date column to STRING and using the "ALL" interval setting](https://github.com/apache/superset/discussions/33581#discussioncomment-13271263) has been reported as a workaround
- There's also a [checkbox option to force the selected time grain as the x-axis interval](https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/34595) which may give you more control over label display
Could you share which time grain you're using and whether this started after upgrading to 6.1? That would help narrow down which specific change is causing the issue.
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Re: [I] Change in x-axis display makes the dates unreadable [superset]
Posted by "VarunShukla07 (via GitHub)" <gi...@apache.org>.
VarunShukla07 commented on issue #38778:
URL: https://github.com/apache/superset/issues/38778#issuecomment-4102775645
Hi, could you please share the dataset, chart configuration, or a screenshot to help reproduce this issue?
I tried creating a timeseries line chart with dense x-axis labels and different rotation angles, but wasn’t able to observe the overlap problem locally.
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