{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/elastic/kibana/issues/3234","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/elastic/kibana/issues/3234/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/elastic/kibana/issues/3234/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/elastic/kibana/issues/3234/events","html_url":"https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/3234","id":59556183,"number":3234,"title":"Vislib - Line and Area, handling gaps in data","user":{"login":"w33ble","id":404731,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/404731?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/w33ble","html_url":"https://github.com/w33ble","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/w33ble/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/w33ble/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/w33ble/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/w33ble/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/w33ble/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/w33ble/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/w33ble/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/w33ble/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/w33ble/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/elastic/kibana/labels/bug","name":"bug","color":"ff0000"},{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/elastic/kibana/labels/discuss","name":"discuss","color":"cc317c"},{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/elastic/kibana/labels/vislib","name":"vislib","color":"eeeeee"}],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2015-03-02T21:43:49Z","updated_at":"2015-11-18T20:52:30Z","closed_at":null,"body":"When visualizing data that has gaps in the series, you can end up with strange output when using line and area charts. \r\n\r\nFor example, here I see a saw tooth style graph, as many events happen on the first of the month, then tapper off and eventually stop, until the first of the next month. This is caused by the vis connecting the 2 dots, even though there is data missing in the middle.\r\n\r\n![screenshot 2015-03-02 14 41 20](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/404731/6451259/90312780-c0ea-11e4-9b12-7e509816ceaa.png)\r\n\r\nI contend that the data should in fact be disconnected, the same way we draw points instead of lines when only a single point is in the data, or that we start the line in the middle of the graph - the \"saw tooth\" above should not exist."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/elastic/kibana/issues/comments/157860052","html_url":"https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/3234#issuecomment-157860052","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/elastic/kibana/issues/3234","id":157860052,"user":{"login":"JohnMonroe","id":15822764,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/15822764?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/JohnMonroe","html_url":"https://github.com/JohnMonroe","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/JohnMonroe/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/JohnMonroe/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/JohnMonroe/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/JohnMonroe/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/JohnMonroe/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/JohnMonroe/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/JohnMonroe/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/JohnMonroe/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/JohnMonroe/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-11-18T20:52:30Z","updated_at":"2015-11-18T20:52:30Z","body":"I agree. The default should *not* be to interpolate across missing data points. Having an option to turn on interpolation (and perhaps even ability to select interpolation function) might make sense, but the default should be none so it is clear where there is missing data."}}