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# Category Axis
If the global configuration is used, labels are drawn from one of the label arrays included in the chart data. If only `data.labels` is defined, this will be used. If `data.xLabels` is defined and the axis is horizontal, this will be used. Similarly, if `data.yLabels` is defined and the axis is vertical, this property will be used. Using both `xLabels` and `yLabels` together can create a chart that uses strings for both the X and Y axes.
Specifying any of the settings above defines the x-axis as `type: 'category'` if not defined otherwise. For more fine-grained control of category labels, it is also possible to add `labels` as part of the category axis definition. Doing so does not apply the global defaults.
## Category Axis Definition
Globally:
```javascript
let chart = new Chart(ctx, {
type: ...
data: {
labels: ['January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June'],
datasets: ...
}
});
```
As part of axis definition:
```javascript
let chart = new Chart(ctx, {
type: ...
data: ...
options: {
scales: {
x: {
type: 'category',
labels: ['January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June']
}
}
}
});
```
## Configuration Options
### Category Axis specific options
Namespace: `options.scales[scaleId]`
| Name | Type | Description
| ---- | ---- | -----------
| `min` | `string`\|`number` | The minimum item to display. [more...](#min-max-configuration)
| `max` | `string`\|`number` | The maximum item to display. [more...](#min-max-configuration)
| `labels` | `string[]`\|`string[][]` | An array of labels to display. When an individual label is an array of strings, each item is rendered on a new line.
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## Tick Configuration
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## Min Max Configuration
For both the `min` and `max` properties, the value must be `string` in the `labels` array or `numeric` value as an index of a label in that array. In the example below, the x axis would only display "March" through "June".
```javascript
let chart = new Chart(ctx, {
type: 'line',
data: {
datasets: [{
data: [10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60]
}],
labels: ['January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June']
},
options: {
scales: {
x: {
min: 'March'
}
}
}
});
```
## Internal data format
Internally category scale uses label indices