# Time Series Chart, gridlines & breaklines

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/time-series-chart-gridlines-breaklines/37277>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [July 31, 2020, 11:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/time-series-chart-gridlines-breaklines/37277 "2020-07-31T23:16:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![jykl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@jykl](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jykl)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 11:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/time-series-chart-gridlines-breaklines/37277/1 "2020-07-31T23:16:03Z")

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I’m trending data from OSI PI using the TimeSeriesChart. And its perfect because of the _BreakLine_ option so it shows gaps when there is no data. That was critical as a visual that the data has gaps.

However, I can’t find a way to enable _gridlines_ to make it easier to read.

If I use the XY Chart option I can get the _gridlines_ but I can’t find an option like _BreakLine_.

Did I miss it? Is there a way to enable _gridlines_ on a TimeSeriesChart or enable _BreakLine_ on the XY Chart?

I’m running a Perspective project on Ignition 8.09.

-Thanks

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**Author:** ![jykl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@jykl](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jykl)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/time-series-chart-gridlines-breaklines/37277/2 "2020-08-04T15:57:54Z")

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So I thought I found something for the XY Chart under: series \> line \> appearance \> connect.

However, setting it to _false_ doesn’t do anything. The associated open x/y options also don’t seem to do anything. It says “_Name of the field that holds the open data_”, which I presume is the data source keys (in my case time & value).

Hope someone has gotten this to work and can share how they set it up.

-Thanks

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**Author:** ![Devin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/278dde/32.png) [@Devin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Devin)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/time-series-chart-gridlines-breaklines/37277/3 "2020-10-05T15:20:19Z")

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bump, same question

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**Author:** ![WildeKurt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@WildeKurt](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/WildeKurt)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2022, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/time-series-chart-gridlines-breaklines/37277/4 "2022-04-30T15:45:54Z")

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Bump again

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**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2022, 7:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/time-series-chart-gridlines-breaklines/37277/5 "2022-04-30T19:37:41Z")

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See [New in 8.1.16](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/New+in+this+Version#NewinthisVersion-Newin8.1.16). It might contain what you’re looking for.