# Bar Chart - Bar Labels Formats Question

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bar-chart-bar-labels-formats-question/21170>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition79\
**Created:** [November 30, 2018, 9:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bar-chart-bar-labels-formats-question/21170 "2018-11-30T21:13:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![rrowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c57346/32.png) [@rrowe](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rrowe)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 9:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bar-chart-bar-labels-formats-question/21170/1 "2018-11-30T21:13:43Z")

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Could I configure the bar chart in the reporting module to display the bar labels for the y-axis in hh:mm format? As an example here is a mockup of what I would like to see:

I understand that I can get this to work with the bar labels showing the “real” units i.e. minutes or hours, but unfortunately that is not ideal to show on our reports.

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/2/272e08065457245559c67129742cbd026cb9738f.png)