OpenSearch Dashboards
OpenSearch Dashboards is the web UI for OpenSearch. You can use OpenSearch Dashboards to perform most tasks you can do with the OpenSearch APIs. You can also create visualizations and data dashboards with OpenSearch Dashboards.
Getting started
The following table provides resources for getting started with OpenSearch Dashboards.
| To learn more about | Go to |
|---|---|
| An introduction to OpenSearch Dashboards | Getting started |
| Viewing a web-based, read-only OpenSearch Dashboards instance | The OpenSearch Playground |
| The OpenSearch Dashboards visualization tool | Using OpenSearch Dashboards |
| Installing and configuring an OpenSearch Dashboards instance or Docker image | Installing OpenSearch Dashboards and Configuring OpenSearch Dashboards |
Exploring data
The following table provides resources for exploring and querying your data in OpenSearch Dashboards.
| To learn more about | Go to | Query languages used |
|---|---|---|
| Exploring data quickly | Exploring data with Discover | Dashboards Query Language (DQL) or Query String Query Language (Lucene) |
| Querying data | Using Query Workbench | Structured Query Language (SQL) or Piped Processing Language (PPL) |
| Querying data using the API | Running queries in the Dev Tools Console | Query Domain-specific Language (Query DSL) |
Visualizing data
The following table provides resources for creating data visualizations and dashboards.
| To learn more about | Go to |
|---|---|
| Visualizing data | Building data visualizations |
| Creating a data dashboard | Creating dashboards |
Observability
The following table provides resources for observability features in OpenSearch Dashboards.
| To learn more about | Go to |
|---|---|
| Observing, monitoring, and securing data and improving performance across tools and workflows. | Observability in OpenSearch Dashboards |
Dashboards management
The following table provides resources for managing and customizing OpenSearch Dashboards.
| To learn more about | Go to |
|---|---|
| Customizing the OpenSearch Dashboards behavior, creating index patterns, and configuring data sources. | Dashboards Management |