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How to change the date format of a time series axis in Grafana

You'd have though it would be an easy enough tweak to be able to change the the formatting of your time series axis in Grafana, but the only option in your visualisation settings is to change that of the hover over pop-up. It does seem odd on the face of it, but once you see the solution it all makes sense - because of the nature of the dynamics   more »

Create your own custom formatting shortcut in excel

Like with most things in life, the longer you do something for the more you get set in your ways. Excel is no exception and if I'm a sucker for anything it's number formatting. Maybe it's the accountant in me, but I think negative numbers are easier to read and look far more stylish wiht a bracket around them. Then if you are going to use a   more »

How to reset the default cell formatting in an Excel spreadsheet

One of the more irritating things you can come across in someones elses spreadsheet (on the basis that I've never managed to reproduce it myself) is when somehow the default style has been changed to spit out a daft format of 00:00:00 for seemingly any number. This is especially apparant of you are a regular user of the clear formats function. It   more »

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