Skipping x-axis values where y-value is non-existing, rangebreaks

[Joc007]

Hi!

I can not figure out how to configure rangebreaks (also explained here).

My use case is the following. I have the sensor that provides data very sparsely (max 2 times per day, usually 2-3 times per week). I am not interested in the gaps between updates, I'm interested in comparing subsequent readouts.
I'm monitoring bilge pump operation: whenever the pump does a "cycle" (off->on->off), the sensor (ESP home) reports, average current and number of seconds the pump was operational. If the current and/or duration starts acting funny, I know that I should be carefully observing what is going on...

I think it would need to be something like this:

layout:
  xaxis:
    type: date
    rangebreaks:
       <- cannot figure this part ->

I tried alternative option, which works kind-of OK, though it hinders time-panning capabilities:

layout:
  xaxis:
    type: category

Also, perhaps I should use lambda and x,y mapping...

I'd appreciate any hint. Thanks,
Joc.

[Joc007]

Hm... just realized that if I would want also to plot 1 month or 1 year of data, I'd need to store data somewhere else than in the recorder component :( Since I have already InfluxDB and Grafana installed, I guess that would now be the way to explore in parallel.

Still looking forward to get any hints wrt rangebreaks

[dbuezas]

Hi Joc,
I didn't know about rangebreaks, nice finding!
I played with it a bit and I first missed the fact that rangebreaks is actually an array:

layout:
  xaxis:
    rangebreaks:
      - pattern: day of week
        bounds: # this will hide Saturdays and Sundays.
          - sat
          - mon

Regarding "older" data, try using long term statistics:

- entity: sensor.thing
  statistic: mean

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