# Apex Chart X-Axis Annotation

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/apex-chart-x-axis-annotation/95820>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81, perspective\
**Created:** [September 10, 2024, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/apex-chart-x-axis-annotation/95820 "2024-09-10T21:25:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Pico\_Sankari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aeb1de/32.png) [@Pico\_Sankari](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Pico_Sankari)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/apex-chart-x-axis-annotation/95820/1 "2024-09-10T21:25:58Z")

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I'm trying to use Apex charts for the first time. I have a very simple data set and I'm trying to add annotations to it. This is the data set:  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/6/7/67c1191b34a8b793adfbefe1d0f36a22030b5202.png)  
This graphs as a line without issue and I can add y-axis annotations:  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/3/b/3bce7ab657887800770dbf757132adf55455ca2e.png)  
However, when I try to add x-axis annotations, nothing shows up.  
I've tried removing the y-axis annotation and reformatting the data, neither fixed it. This is the annotation I'm trying to make work:  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/b/a/bae7cba70f46f705cdb3c755731442697b588292.png)  
The 'x' date is the same as the one in the dataset.  
Any ideas what I'm doing wrong here?

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**Author:** ![Pico\_Sankari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aeb1de/32.png) [@Pico\_Sankari](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Pico_Sankari)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 9:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/apex-chart-x-axis-annotation/95820/2 "2024-09-10T21:46:14Z")

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Turns out this was indeed a rookie mistake, the date has to be in milliseconds.