# Gauge
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This documentation topic is designed for Grafana workspaces that support **Grafana version 12.x**.  
For Grafana workspaces that support Grafana version 10.x, see [Working in Grafana version 10](using-grafana-v10.md).  
For Grafana workspaces that support Grafana version 9.x, see [Working in Grafana version 9](using-grafana-v9.md).  
For Grafana workspaces that support Grafana version 8.x, see [Working in Grafana version 8](using-grafana-v8.md).

Gauges are single-value visualizations that can repeat a gauge for every series, column or row.

![\[An image showing an example of a gauge visualization in Grafana.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/grafana/latest/userguide/images/viz/gauge_example.png)


## Value options
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Use the following options to refine how your visualization displays the value:

**Show**

Choose how Grafana displays your data.

*Calculate*

Show a calculated value based on all rows.
+ **Calculation** – Select a reducer function that Grafana will use to reduce many fields to a single value. For a list of available calculations, refer to [Calculation types](v12-panels-calculation-types.md).
+ **Fields** – Select the fields to display in the panel.

*All values*

Show a separate stat for every row. If you select this option, then you can also limit the number of rows to display.
+ **Limit** – The maximum number of rows to display. Default is 5,000.
+ **Fields** – Select the fields to display in the panel.

## Gauge
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Adjust how the gauge is displayed.

**Orientation**

Choose a stacking direction.
+ **Auto** – Gauges display in rows and columns.
+ **Horizontal** – Gauges display top to bottom.
+ **Vertical** – Gauges display left to right.

**Show threshold labels**

Controls if threshold values are shown.

**Show threshold markers**

Controls if a threshold band is shown outside the inner gauge value band.

**Gauge size**

Choose a guage size mode
+ **Auto** – Grafana determines the best gauge size.
+ **Manual** – Manually configure the gauge size.

**Min width**

Set the minimum width of vertically-oriented gauges.

If you set a minimum width, the x-axis scrollbar is automatically displayed when there is a large amount of data.

**Note**  
This option only applies when gauge size is set to manual.

**Min height**

Se the minimum height of horizontally-oriented gauges.

If you set a minimum height, the y-axis scrollbar is automatically displayed when there is a large amount of data.

**Note**  
This option only applies when gauge size is set to manual.

**Neutral**

Set the starting value from which every gauge will be filled.

## Text size
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Adjust the sizes of the gauge text.
+ **Title** – Enter a numeric value for the gauge title size.
+ **Value** – Enter a numeric value for the gauge value size.