Gauge

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Prerequisites

• Create an Axiom account.
• Create a dataset in Axiom where you send your data.
• Send data to your Axiom dataset.
• Create an empty dashboard.

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Create

1. Go to the Dashboards tab and open the dashboard to which you want to add the .
2. Click Edit dashboard.
3. Click Add element in the top right corner.
4. Click from the list.
5. Choose one of the following:
   • Click Builder to create your chart using a visual query builder. For more information, see Create chart using visual query builder.
   • Click APL to create your chart using the Axiom Processing Language (APL). Create a chart in the same way you create a chart in the Editor of the Query tab.
6. Optional: Configure the dashboard element.
7. Click Save.

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Configure gauge segments

1. Enter exact boundary values in the inputs above the rail, or drag a boundary handle.
2. Click the scissors control inside a segment to split that segment.
3. Click the remove control below a shared boundary to merge the adjacent segments.

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Configure gauge display

• Sparkline: Display the value over time inside the gauge.
• Color scale: Apply colors from green to red or from red to green.
• Labels: Display evenly spaced Intervals, segment Boundaries, or no labels. Intervals is the default.
• Scale to time range: Scale segment values in proportion to changes in the dashboard time range. Enable this option for count and sum thresholds that represent the chart’s saved time range.
• Custom units: Display a unit after the gauge value.

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Query requirements

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Example with Builder

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Example with APL

['sample-http-logs']
| summarize avg(req_duration_ms) by bin_auto(_time)