Jan 8, 2025

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Semantic Colorization in Charts

Semantics are essential to turning data into information. In dashboarding, the person crafting the dashboard is responsible for making this a reality. One thing that has always been annoying is the coloring of time series.

When looking at a chart, you really don't want to present information about errors in a neutral (or even positive) color tone. Instead, you will want the color to signal that something is off by making it red or yellow. This now works by default within Dash0!

Dash0's semantic coloring system (see our article "Why is this red?") now works for custom charts, too!

Dash0's charting system automatically colorizing HTTP status codes and logs within a dashboard visualizing Vercel log drain information.

How does it work? When a time series is labeled with an attribute containing status-like information, such as log severities, span status codes, HTTP & gRPC status codes, etc., the charts automatically pick the right colors!

Learn more within our documentation on panel options.