Tip: Show the main range of data
Below code will help to show only main range of data, the rest data which are not interested will be represented with same value but the actual data would be reflected in tooltip
http://jsfiddle.net/4NV2J/6/
$(function () { $('#container').highcharts({ chart: { type: 'spline' }, title: { text: 'Y axis' }, xAxis: { categories: ['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun', 'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec'] }, yAxis: { tickInterval: 1, min: -1, max: 6, title: { text: 'Value' }, labels: { formatter: function() { if(this.isFirst) { return '< 0'; } else if (this.isLast) { return '> 5'; } else { return this.value; } } } }, tooltip: { pointFormat: '<span style="color:{series.color}">\u25CF</span> {series.name}: <b>{point.options.trueValue}</b><br/>' }, series: [{ data: [{ y: 3, trueValue: 3 }, { y: 4, trueValue: 4 }, { y: -1, trueValue: -4 }, { y: 6, trueValue: 40 }] }] }); });