# XY Chart - Gantt - Show only one Name of Day

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective, ignition81\
**Created:** [April 16, 2026, 7:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/xy-chart-gantt-show-only-one-name-of-day/115126 "2026-04-16T19:14:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 16, 2026, 7:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/xy-chart-gantt-show-only-one-name-of-day/115126/1 "2026-04-16T19:14:34Z")

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I would like to display the Name of the day of the week. I would like to only show one item on the x-axis for each day. (not Monday Monday Monday Tuesday Tuedsay .. etc) Or even just the date, but one time. I assume this is set somewhere about the date.format value but I don't know how to bind to it properly from the date source series.

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**Author:** ![ecujak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/839c29/32.png) [@ecujak](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ecujak)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 1:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/xy-chart-gantt-show-only-one-name-of-day/115126/4 "2026-04-20T13:07:04Z")

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Is there a way to clean up the Gantt chart format?

Is there a way to only show one day per date?

Is there a way to show the date as the name of the day?

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**Author:** ![hw79](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/838e76/32.png) [@hw79](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/hw79)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/xy-chart-gantt-show-only-one-name-of-day/115126/5 "2026-04-20T13:58:25Z")

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> [@ecujak](#):
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> Is there a way to show the date as the name of the day?

You should be able to use `EEEE` in `props.xAxes.0.date.format`  
edit: `EEE` if you want "Mon" instead of "Monday" The component uses [Dates | Ignition User Manual](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/docs/8.3/platform/scripting/python-scripting/variables-datatypes-and-objects/dates#date-formatting-characters)

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**Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/xy-chart-gantt-show-only-one-name-of-day/115126/6 "2026-04-20T14:07:53Z")

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> [@ecujak](#):
>
> Is there a way to clean up the Gantt chart format?
> 
> Is there a way to only show one day per date?

It may be your data or a chart configuration, it would be more helpful if you could paste your configuration and wrap it in ``` to form a code block along with some sample data.

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**Author:** ![ecujak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/839c29/32.png) [@ecujak](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ecujak)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/xy-chart-gantt-show-only-one-name-of-day/115126/7 "2026-04-20T15:07:50Z")

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Thank you. I will post config and sample data shortly.

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**Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 7:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/xy-chart-gantt-show-only-one-name-of-day/115126/8 "2026-04-20T19:31:03Z")

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```python
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"version": 0,
"props": {
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"enabled": false
},
"cursor": {
"enabled": false,
"series": "schedule_data"
},
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"horizontal": {
"enabled": false,
"series": "schedule_data"
},
"vertical": {
"enabled": false
}
},
"xAxes": [
{
"name": "Date",
"label": {
"enabled": false,
"text": "Production Week",
"color": ""
},
"visible": true,
"tooltip": {
"enabled": true,
"text": "",
"cornerRadius": 3,
"pointerLength": 4,
"background": {
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"opacity": 1
}
},
"inversed": false,
"render": "date",
"category": {
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"endCategory": "",
"size": 0.5
}
},
"date": {
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"timeUnit": "hour",
"count": 1,
"skipEmptyPeriods": true
},
"range": {
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"min": "",
"useStrict": false
},
"break": {
"enabled": false,
"startDate": "",
"endDate": "",
"size": 0.5
},
"inputFormat": "M/d/yyyy",
"format": "EEE"
},
"value": {
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"min": "",
"useStrict": false
},
"logarithmic": true,
"break": {
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"startValue": 0,
"endValue": 100,
"size": 0.05
},
"format": "#,###.##"
},
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"inside": false,
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"opacity": 1,
"rotation": 0,
"verticalCenter": "middle",
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},
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"position": 0
},
"font": {
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"weight": 100
}
}
}
],
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{
"name": "Work Center",
"label": {
"enabled": false,
"text": "Process Temp",
"color": ""
},
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}
},
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},
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},
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},
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},
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"format": "M/d/yyyy HH:mm:ss"
},
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},
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},
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}
],
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{
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"text": "Process Temp"
},
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},
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"y": "name"
},
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}
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},
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},
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},
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},
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},
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}
}
},
"column": {
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},
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},
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"width": 1
},
"stacked": false,
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"deriveFieldsFromData": {
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},
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}
},
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"x": "fromDate",
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},
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},
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},
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{
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},
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},
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},
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},
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},
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},
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},
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"enabled": false,
"pointerLength": 0,
"text": "{name}: [bold]{valueY}[/]"
},
"width": 10
}
],
"connect": false,
"fill": {
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},
"minDistance": 0.05,
"stroke": {
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},
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},
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},
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}
},
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},
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},
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"label": {
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},
"text": "{value}"
},
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"stroke": {
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"opacity": 1,
"width": 1
},
"tooltip": {
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},
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"enabled": true,
"pointerLength": 4,
"text": "{name}: [bold]{valueY}[/]"
},
"width": 10
}
],
"connect": true,
"fill": {
"color": "",
"opacity": 0
},
"minDistance": 0.5,
"stroke": {
"color": "",
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"opacity": 1,
"width": 3
},
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},
"open": {
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}
},
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},
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"enabled": false,
"pointerLength": 4,
"text": "{name}: [bold]{valueY}[/]"
},
"visible": true,
"xAxis": "Date",
"yAxis": "Work Center",
"zIndex": 0
}
],
"dataSources": {
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{
"Label": "8.5Hrs 17:30",
"color": "#00FF30",
"fromDate": "2018-01-01 08:00:00.000",
"name": "John",
"toDate": "2018-01-01 10:00:00.000"
},
{
"Label": "8.5Hrs 17:30",
"color": "#FF0030",
"fromDate": "2018-01-03 12:00",
"name": "John",
"toDate": "2018-01-03 15:00"
},
{
"Label": "8.5Hrs 17:30",
"color": "#00FF30",
"fromDate": "2018-01-01 15:30",
"name": "John",
"toDate": "2018-01-01 21:30"
},
{
"Label": "value",
"color": "#00FF30",
"fromDate": "2018-01-01 09:00",
"name": "Jane",
"toDate": "2018-01-01 12:00"
},
{
"Label": "value",
"color": "#FF0030",
"fromDate": "2018-01-01 13:00",
"name": "Jane",
"toDate": "2018-01-01 17:00"
},
{
"Label": "value",
"color": "#00FF30",
"fromDate": "2018-01-01 11:00",
"name": "Peter",
"toDate": "2018-01-01 16:00"
},
{
"Label": "value",
"color": "#00FF30",
"fromDate": "2018-01-02 16:00",
"name": "Peter",
"toDate": "2018-01-02 19:00"
},
{
"Label": "8.5Hrs 17:30",
"color": "#00FF30",
"fromDate": "09:00",
"name": "JEff",
"toDate": "2018-01-02 02:00"
}
]
},
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"ts",
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1776106610923
],
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}
},
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},
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},
"custom": {},

}
]

```

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**Author:** ![ecujak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/839c29/32.png) [@ecujak](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ecujak)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 7:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/xy-chart-gantt-show-only-one-name-of-day/115126/9 "2026-04-20T19:34:16Z")

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With real data, I can't get the Days to only group by Days. There is only one Monday per week.

I will probably create another post, but I can't figure out how to style the "bullet" labels to left justify on each heatmap as well.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/1/4/1499c8a8f67bd8079b08c3d8b9bfca29ef544530.png)

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**Author:** ![ecujak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/839c29/32.png) [@ecujak](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ecujak)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2026, 11:52am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/xy-chart-gantt-show-only-one-name-of-day/115126/10 "2026-04-22T11:52:59Z")

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I am starting to think this is not possible with XY Charts. Would someone please help if it is possible.

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**Author:** ![ecujak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/839c29/32.png) [@ecujak](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ecujak)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2026, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/xy-chart-gantt-show-only-one-name-of-day/115126/11 "2026-04-24T15:07:34Z")

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ok, maybe a support ticket is best