Unit formats reference
Introduced in GitLab 12.9.
You can select units to format your charts by adding format to your
axis configuration.
Numbers
For generic data, numbers are formatted according to the current locale.
Formats: number
Examples:
| Data | Displayed |
|---|---|
10 |
1 |
1000 |
1,000 |
1000000 |
1,000,000 |
Percentage
For percentage data, format numbers in the chart with a % symbol.
Formats supported: percent, percentHundred
Examples:
| Format | Data | Displayed |
|---|---|---|
percent |
0.5 |
50% |
percent |
1 |
100% |
percent |
2 |
200% |
percentHundred |
50 |
50% |
percentHundred |
100 |
100% |
percentHundred |
200 |
200% |
Duration
For time durations, format numbers in the chart with a time unit symbol.
Formats supported: milliseconds, seconds
Examples:
| Format | Data | Displayed |
|---|---|---|
milliseconds |
10 |
10ms |
milliseconds |
500 |
100ms |
milliseconds |
1000 |
1000ms |
seconds |
10 |
10s |
seconds |
500 |
500s |
seconds |
1000 |
1000s |
Digital (Metric)
Converts a number of bytes using metric prefixes. It scales to use the unit that's the best fit.
Formats supported:
decimalByteskilobytesmegabytesgigabytesterabytespetabytes
Examples:
| Format | Data | Displayed |
|---|---|---|
decimalBytes |
1 |
1B |
decimalBytes |
1000 |
1kB |
decimalBytes |
1000000 |
1MB |
kilobytes |
1 |
1kB |
kilobytes |
1000 |
1MB |
kilobytes |
1000000 |
1GB |
megabytes |
1 |
1MB |
megabytes |
1000 |
1GB |
megabytes |
1000000 |
1TB |
Digital (IEC)
Converts a number of bytes using binary prefixes. It scales to use the unit that's the best fit.
Formats supported:
byteskibibytesmebibytesgibibytestebibytespebibytes
Examples:
| Format | Data | Displayed |
|---|---|---|
bytes |
1 |
1B |
bytes |
1024 |
1KiB |
bytes |
1024 * 1024 |
1MiB |
kibibytes |
1 |
1KiB |
kibibytes |
1024 |
1MiB |
kibibytes |
1024 * 1024 |
1GiB |
mebibytes |
1 |
1MiB |
mebibytes |
1024 |
1GiB |
mebibytes |
1024 * 1024 |
1TiB |