diff --git a/packages/datalib/src/chartProcessor.ts b/packages/datalib/src/chartProcessor.ts
index 279df83a9..6aa61f430 100644
--- a/packages/datalib/src/chartProcessor.ts
+++ b/packages/datalib/src/chartProcessor.ts
@@ -8,12 +8,17 @@ import {
 } from './chartDefinitions';
 import _sortBy from 'lodash/sortBy';
 import _sum from 'lodash/sum';
+import _zipObject from 'lodash/zipObject';
+import _mapValues from 'lodash/mapValues';
+import _pick from 'lodash/pick';
 import {
   aggregateChartNumericValuesFromSource,
   autoAggregateCompactTimelineChart,
+  chartsHaveSimilarRange,
   computeChartBucketCardinality,
   computeChartBucketKey,
   fillChartTimelineBuckets,
+  getChartYRange,
   runTransformFunction,
   tryParseChartDate,
 } from './chartTools';
@@ -105,7 +110,12 @@ export class ChartProcessor {
                   field: xcol,
                   transformFunction,
                 },
-                ydefs: [],
+                ydefs: [
+                  {
+                    field: '__count',
+                    aggregateFunction: 'count',
+                  },
+                ],
                 groupingField,
               },
               rowsAdded: 0,
@@ -125,6 +135,10 @@ export class ChartProcessor {
             this.chartsProcessing.push(usedChart);
           }
 
+          if (!usedChart) {
+            continue; // chart not created - probably too many charts already
+          }
+
           for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(numericColumnsForAutodetect)) {
             // if (value == null) continue;
             // if (key == datecol) continue; // skip date column itself
@@ -270,7 +284,48 @@ export class ChartProcessor {
     }
   }
 
+  splitChartsByYDefs() {
+    const newCharts: ProcessedChart[] = [];
+
+    for (const chart of this.chartsProcessing) {
+      if (chart.isGivenDefinition) {
+        newCharts.push(chart);
+        continue;
+      }
+      const yRanges = chart.definition.ydefs.map(ydef => getChartYRange(chart, ydef).max);
+      const yRangeByField = _zipObject(
+        chart.definition.ydefs.map(ydef => ydef.field),
+        yRanges
+      );
+      let ydefsToAssign = chart.definition.ydefs.map(ydef => ydef.field);
+      while (ydefsToAssign.length > 0) {
+        const first = ydefsToAssign.shift();
+        const additionals = [];
+        for (const candidate of ydefsToAssign) {
+          if (chartsHaveSimilarRange(yRangeByField[first], yRangeByField[candidate])) {
+            additionals.push(candidate);
+          }
+        }
+
+        const ydefsCurrent = [first, ...additionals];
+        const partialChart: ProcessedChart = {
+          ...chart,
+          definition: {
+            ...chart.definition,
+            ydefs: ydefsCurrent.map(y => chart.definition.ydefs.find(yd => yd.field === y) as ChartYFieldDefinition),
+          },
+          buckets: _mapValues(chart.buckets, bucket => _pick(bucket, ydefsCurrent)),
+        };
+
+        newCharts.push(partialChart);
+        ydefsToAssign = ydefsToAssign.filter(y => !additionals.includes(y));
+      }
+    }
+    this.chartsProcessing = newCharts;
+  }
+
   finalize() {
+    this.splitChartsByYDefs();
     this.applyLimitsOnCharts();
     this.availableColumns = Object.values(this.availableColumnsDict);
     for (const chart of this.chartsProcessing) {
@@ -294,7 +349,6 @@ export class ChartProcessor {
             this.charts.push(addedChart);
             continue;
           }
-          ('');
           addedChart.bucketKeysOrdered = _sortBy([...addedChart.bucketKeysSet]);
           if (sortOrder == 'descKeys') {
             addedChart.bucketKeysOrdered.reverse();
@@ -347,7 +401,7 @@ export class ChartProcessor {
     this.charts = [
       ...this.charts.filter(x => x.isGivenDefinition),
       ..._sortBy(
-        this.charts.filter(x => !x.isGivenDefinition),
+        this.charts.filter(x => !x.isGivenDefinition && !x.errorMessage && x.definition.ydefs.length > 0),
         chart => -getChartScore(chart)
       ),
     ];
diff --git a/packages/datalib/src/chartTools.ts b/packages/datalib/src/chartTools.ts
index 7712fd1e9..15c2cf469 100644
--- a/packages/datalib/src/chartTools.ts
+++ b/packages/datalib/src/chartTools.ts
@@ -6,13 +6,16 @@ import {
   ChartDefinition,
   ChartLimits,
   ChartXTransformFunction,
+  ChartYFieldDefinition,
   ProcessedChart,
 } from './chartDefinitions';
 import { addMinutes, addHours, addDays, addMonths, addYears } from 'date-fns';
 
 export function getChartDebugPrint(chart: ProcessedChart) {
   let res = '';
-  res += `Chart: ${chart.definition.chartType} (${chart.definition.xdef.transformFunction})\n`;
+  res += `Chart: ${chart.definition.chartType} (${chart.definition.xdef.transformFunction}): (${chart.definition.ydefs
+    .map(yd => yd.field)
+    .join(', ')})\n`;
   for (const key of chart.bucketKeysOrdered) {
     res += `${key}: ${_toPairs(chart.buckets[key])
       .map(([k, v]) => `${k}=${v}`)
@@ -490,7 +493,7 @@ export function aggregateChartNumericValuesFromSource(
   row: any
 ) {
   for (const ydef of chart.definition.ydefs) {
-    if (numericColumns[ydef.field] == null) {
+    if (numericColumns[ydef.field] == null && ydef.field != '__count') {
       if (row[ydef.field]) {
         chart.invalidYRows[ydef.field] = (chart.invalidYRows[ydef.field] || 0) + 1; // increment invalid row count if the field is not numeric
       }
@@ -639,3 +642,32 @@ export function fillChartTimelineBuckets(chart: ProcessedChart) {
 export function computeChartBucketCardinality(bucket: { [key: string]: any }): number {
   return _sumBy(Object.keys(bucket ?? {}), field => bucket[field]);
 }
+
+export function getChartYRange(chart: ProcessedChart, ydef: ChartYFieldDefinition) {
+  let min = null;
+  let max = null;
+
+  for (const obj of Object.values(chart.buckets)) {
+    const value = obj[ydef.field];
+    if (value != null) {
+      if (min === null || value < min) {
+        min = value;
+      }
+      if (max === null || value > max) {
+        max = value;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return { min, max };
+}
+
+export function chartsHaveSimilarRange(range1: number, range2: number) {
+  if (range1 < 0 && range2 < 0) {
+    return Math.abs(range1 - range2) / Math.abs(range1) < 0.5;
+  }
+  if (range1 > 0 && range2 > 0) {
+    return Math.abs(range1 - range2) / Math.abs(range1) < 0.5;
+  }
+  return false;
+}
diff --git a/packages/datalib/src/tests/chartProcessor.test.ts b/packages/datalib/src/tests/chartProcessor.test.ts
index 8e1eccf83..f04d5dead 100644
--- a/packages/datalib/src/tests/chartProcessor.test.ts
+++ b/packages/datalib/src/tests/chartProcessor.test.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ const DS2 = [
   {
     ts1: '2023-10-03T07:10:00Z',
     ts2: '2024-10-03T07:10:00Z',
-    price1: '13',
+    price1: '22',
     price2: '24',
   },
   {
@@ -112,11 +112,12 @@ const DS4 = [
 ];
 
 describe('Chart processor', () => {
-  test.only('Simple by day test, autodetected', () => {
+  test('Simple by day test, autodetected', () => {
     const processor = new ChartProcessor();
     processor.addRows(...DS1.slice(0, 3));
     processor.finalize();
-    expect(processor.charts.length).toEqual(3);
+    // console.log(getChartDebugPrint(processor.charts[0]));
+    expect(processor.charts.length).toEqual(6);
     const chart1 = processor.charts.find(x => !x.definition.groupingField && x.definition.xdef.field === 'timestamp');
     expect(chart1.definition.xdef.transformFunction).toEqual('date:day');
     expect(chart1.definition.ydefs).toEqual([
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ describe('Chart processor', () => {
     ]);
     expect(chart1.bucketKeysOrdered).toEqual(['2023-10-01', '2023-10-02', '2023-10-03']);
 
-    const chart2 = processor.charts.find(x => x.definition.groupingField);
+    const chart2 = processor.charts.find(x => x.definition.groupingField && x.definition.xdef.field === 'timestamp');
     expect(chart2.definition.xdef.transformFunction).toEqual('date:day');
     expect(chart2.bucketKeysOrdered).toEqual(['2023-10-01', '2023-10-02', '2023-10-03']);
     expect(chart2.definition.groupingField).toEqual('category');
@@ -134,13 +135,23 @@ describe('Chart processor', () => {
     const chart3 = processor.charts.find(x => x.definition.xdef.field === 'category');
     expect(chart3.bucketKeysOrdered).toEqual(['A', 'B']);
     expect(chart3.definition.groupingField).toBeUndefined();
+
+    const countCharts = processor.charts.filter(
+      x => x.definition.ydefs.length == 1 && x.definition.ydefs[0].field == '__count'
+    );
+    expect(countCharts.length).toEqual(3);
   });
   test('By month grouped, autedetected', () => {
     const processor = new ChartProcessor();
     processor.addRows(...DS1.slice(0, 4));
     processor.finalize();
-    expect(processor.charts.length).toEqual(3);
-    const chart = processor.charts.find(x => !x.definition.groupingField && x.definition.xdef.field === 'timestamp');
+    expect(processor.charts.length).toEqual(6);
+    const chart = processor.charts.find(
+      x =>
+        !x.definition.groupingField &&
+        x.definition.xdef.field === 'timestamp' &&
+        !x.definition.ydefs.find(y => y.field === '__count')
+    );
     expect(chart.definition.xdef.transformFunction).toEqual('date:month');
     expect(chart.bucketKeysOrdered).toEqual([
       '2023-10',
@@ -210,7 +221,7 @@ describe('Chart processor', () => {
     const processor = new ChartProcessor();
     processor.addRows(...DS2);
     processor.finalize();
-    expect(processor.charts.length).toEqual(2);
+    expect(processor.charts.length).toEqual(4);
     expect(processor.charts[0].definition).toEqual(
       expect.objectContaining({
         xdef: expect.objectContaining({
@@ -253,8 +264,8 @@ describe('Chart processor', () => {
     const processor = new ChartProcessor();
     processor.addRows(...DS3);
     processor.finalize();
-    expect(processor.charts.length).toEqual(1);
-    const chart = processor.charts[0];
+    expect(processor.charts.length).toEqual(2);
+    const chart = processor.charts.find(x => !x.definition.ydefs.find(y => y.field === '__count'));
     expect(chart.definition.xdef.transformFunction).toEqual('date:day');
     expect(chart.definition.ydefs).toEqual([
       expect.objectContaining({