# Timeseries chart, background pattern **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [February 1, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/timeseries-chart-background-pattern/55622 "2022-02-01T18:59:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zacharyw.larson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/zacharyw.larson/32/23749_2.png) [@zacharyw.larson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zacharyw.larson)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/timeseries-chart-background-pattern/55622/1 "2022-02-01T18:59:04Z")
I am hoping there is a grid or elevation lines I can activate for my Time series chart I don’t see where to activate this ---
**Author:** ![kvane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kvane/32/22228_2.png) [@kvane](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kvane)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 7:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/timeseries-chart-background-pattern/55622/2 "2022-02-01T19:16:03Z")
As of version 8.1.14 I do not believe there is a way to enable grid lines on the [Time Series Chart](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Perspective+-+Time+Series+Chart). This would fall in feature request territory and I see at least one request that is similar: [Vertical Grid Lines for Time Series Chart | Voters | Inductive Automation](https://ideas.inductiveautomation.com/ignition-features-and-ideas/p/vertical-grid-lines-for-time-series-chart) The closest thing we can do at the moment is add Baselines and Markers which could serve as horizontal lines on the chart. ---
**Author:** ![Charley\_Voos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Charley\_Voos](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Charley_Voos)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/timeseries-chart-background-pattern/55622/3 "2023-05-10T15:57:19Z")
Are the Baselines and Markers available in Vision? I am creating a report with a timeseries chart and I want to create horizontal lines that mark the upper and lower limits for the process. I searched in the user manual, but all of the references to baselines appear to deal with Perspective. ---
**Author:** ![pascal.fragnoud](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pascal.fragnoud/32/24728_2.png) [@pascal.fragnoud](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pascal.fragnoud)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 4:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/timeseries-chart-background-pattern/55622/4 "2023-05-10T16:58:02Z")
Make another source dataset and configure your lines there. I had the exact same requirement and that's how I handled it, it's simple and it works. ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/timeseries-chart-background-pattern/55622/5 "2023-05-10T17:58:30Z")
> [@Charley\_Voos](#): > > I am creating a report with a timeseries chart Report components are independent of both Perspective and Vision. This post was about Perspective's Timeseries chart. Vision has the EasyChart and the Classic Chart components, which have markers using JFreeChart methods. (The reporting charts also use JFreeChart, so there is some overlap with Vision.) ---
**Author:** ![Charley\_Voos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Charley\_Voos](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Charley_Voos)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/timeseries-chart-background-pattern/55622/6 "2023-05-10T19:35:52Z")
Thanks, I think this is pointing me in the right direction, but I'm having trouble understanding how to define and implement a ValueMarker for what I need to do. I'm very new to Python so this is a bit challenging for me. Can you point me to a resource that can help me do that? ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 7:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/timeseries-chart-background-pattern/55622/7 "2023-05-10T19:44:52Z")
> [@Charley\_Voos](#): > > point me to a resource This forum? [https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/search?q=ValueMarker](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/search?q=ValueMarker) ---
**Author:** ![chaoliang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ba8739/32.png) [@chaoliang](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/chaoliang)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2023, 3:57am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/timeseries-chart-background-pattern/55622/8 "2023-07-06T03:57:03Z")
not sure whether it's a function updated in the newer version. In 8.1.26, you can set the new line, for me, it's the alarm limit in the following setting. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/1/7/17967f3dc8824f080eedb987839100e9045f2db7.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/d/5/d5a9301495f369fb634c2957a75a20c071c28951.png) ---
**Author:** ![rpavlicek](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/rpavlicek/32/55868_2.png) [@rpavlicek](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rpavlicek)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2024, 12:07am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/timeseries-chart-background-pattern/55622/9 "2024-09-14T00:07:53Z")
I must be missing something easy, but how do you get the horizonal "gray" lines on the timeseries chart in Perspective? In the pictures example, at each y-axis label point? Edit: Found the answer to my own question here. > [@\[15943\] - Grid option in Time Series Chart](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/15943-grid-option-in-time-series-chart/31868/11): > > TimeAxis [image] Other Axis have to , add an axes