# XY Chart - Number format for one axis is overriding other axes

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/xy-chart-number-format-for-one-axis-is-overriding-other-axes/37666>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [August 12, 2020, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/xy-chart-number-format-for-one-axis-is-overriding-other-axes/37666 "2020-08-12T22:12:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![peter.dolberg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d9b06d/32.png) [@peter.dolberg](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/peter.dolberg)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/xy-chart-number-format-for-one-axis-is-overriding-other-axes/37666/1 "2020-08-12T22:12:01Z")

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There seems to be a bug with the XY Chart where the number format set on one axis is applied to the other axis or for another configuration object on the same axis. I experienced this bug on Ignition 8.0.12, then tried on 8.0.15 and saw the same thing.

Consider this screenshot:

 ![xy-chart-value-formatting-bug](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/7/5/753a2e7c0805fd18abac188ceb44a29d8a3da948.png)

Note how the left side, right side, and bottom are all currency formatted. This is what is displayed even though I only set a single axis to have a currency format. The other two number formats seem to be ignored or overridden.

I did this using the default XY Chart component so as to be easy to reproduce. I only made two changes to its properties, and both can be seen in the property editor on the right side of the screenshot:

1. I changed the `yAxes[1].value.format` property to have a value of `$#,###`. This changed both the Process Temp and Output Temp formatting to have a $ in it. That change of formatting should only have applied to the Output Temp. The format for Process Temp (`#,###.##`) seems to be ignored.
2. I changed the `xAxes[0].render` property from `date` to `value`. Obviously it is odd to change a date value to be rendered as a numeric value, but notice that if you do this then the currency formatting is applied to the X axis too.

So not only is a format in one of the Y axis configurations affecting other Y axis configurations, but it’s also affecting X axis configuration too.

Is there any way to fix or work around this issue? I want to have X and Y axes that are both numeric but not have one format override the other.

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**Author:** ![peter.dolberg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d9b06d/32.png) [@peter.dolberg](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/peter.dolberg)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2021, 10:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/xy-chart-number-format-for-one-axis-is-overriding-other-axes/37666/2 "2021-03-05T22:18:04Z")

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This issue seems to be fixed in 8.1.3. I noticed this text in the [release notes](https://inductiveautomation.com/downloads/releasenotes/8.1.3):

> Fixed bug that wasnt correctly updating the formatting for "value" based Axes on the XYChart component

I tested using the same methods I did above. I confirmed that the bug is still present in 8.1.2, and it is gone in 8.1.3.