# How to zoom out a chart when there's no recent data?

**URL:** <https://community.netdata.cloud/t/how-to-zoom-out-a-chart-when-theres-no-recent-data/7850>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [December 1, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/how-to-zoom-out-a-chart-when-theres-no-recent-data/7850 "2025-12-01T18:19:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![luckman212](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.netdata.cloud/luckman212/32/3726_2.png) [@luckman212](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/luckman212)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/how-to-zoom-out-a-chart-when-theres-no-recent-data/7850/1 "2025-12-01T18:19:17Z")

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### **Summary**

I have a saved dashboard on netdata cloud that displays data for a specific host. This host often has long periods where it is offline, thus not reporting data. If I open the dashboard during one of those “quiet periods” I cannot easily scroll back to the last time the data WAS being reported, as the “controls” overlay with the zoom buttons does not appear:

![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/netdata2/original/2X/e/e425a0cdb489e72afa3acc6c0769f4aec5d7da92.png)

Here’s an example with some of those quiet periods highlighted:

 ![screenshot_jClgwRKR](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/netdata2/original/2X/1/1e9beae297cee73e659fdf51399df87361f7a346.png)

Is there a fix or workaround for this?

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**Author:** ![novykh](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.netdata.cloud/novykh/32/829_2.png) [@novykh](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/novykh)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2025, 12:56pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/how-to-zoom-out-a-chart-when-theres-no-recent-data/7850/2 "2025-12-02T12:56:47Z")

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Thanks for reporting @luckman212 , it should be fixed.

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**Author:** ![luckman212](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.netdata.cloud/luckman212/32/3726_2.png) [@luckman212](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/luckman212)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2025, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/how-to-zoom-out-a-chart-when-theres-no-recent-data/7850/3 "2025-12-02T14:09:58Z")

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Great, thank you! I will try next time.