Explore the Visualize application

The Visualize application lets you create charts, maps, tables, and other visual representations of your data using a point-and-click interface.

Prerequisites

The example on this page uses the Sample flight data dataset that is already installed in OpenSearch Playground.

If you’re using a local installation of OpenSearch Dashboards and haven’t added sample data yet, see Prepare your data.

Try it: Create a line chart with sample data

Follow these steps to use the Visualize application to create a line chart that shows flight count over time:

1. In the left navigation menu, select OpenSearch Dashboards > Visualize.
2. Select Create visualization.
3. In the New Visualization dialog, select Line.
4. In the Choose a source dialog, select opensearch_dashboards_sample_data_flights.
5. Set the time filter to Last 7 days.
6. Under Buckets, select Add > X-axis.
7. Set Aggregation to Date Histogram and Field to timestamp.

8. Select Update. The chart displays flight count per time interval, as shown in the following image.

   

9. From the toolbar, select Save (the disk icon).

   Saving is not available in the OpenSearch Playground because it is read-only.

10. In the Save visualization dialog, enter Flight count over time as the title.
11. Select Save.

The visualization is saved and appears in the Visualizations list.

Further reading

For the full Visualize reference, see Creating visualizations in the Visualize application.

Next steps

• Assemble visualizations into a dashboard using Explore the Dashboards application.