Goal visualizations

A goal visualization displays a value in a speedometer-like gauge. It shows the value as a proportion of a predefined goal. The visualization also displays the metric, either as an absolute value or as a percentage of the goal. The visualization can show a single value or multiple bucketed values. If bucketed, the goal is the same for all buckets.

When to use goal visualizations

Use goal visualizations to monitor a key indicator against a goal value.

Creating a goal visualization

The examples on this page use the Sample flight data dataset. Before you begin, complete the prerequisites.

To create a goal visualization, follow these steps:

1. In the New Visualization dialog, select Goal, then select your index pattern (for example, opensearch_dashboards_sample_data_flights).

   The visualization displays a gauge showing the document count as a percentage of a default goal of 10,000. For the opensearch_dashboards_sample_data_flights data, this is 130.59% if the date range contains all the documents.

2. Under Metrics, expand Metric count.
3. Set Aggregation to Sum and Field to DistanceKilometers.

4. To see how close the dataset is to recording a total of a hundred million kilometers, set 100,000,000 as the goal:

   1. Select the Options tab.

   2. In the Ranges boxes, enter 1e8 as the top of the range.

      Numerical entries cannot take group separators. Use exponential notation for large numbers.

   3. Deselect Percentage mode.
   4. Select Update.

   The visualization displays 92,616,288.34, the sum of all flight distances in kilometers. This value shows as about 93% of the gauge maximum, which is calibrated to the goal, as shown in the following image.

   

5. (Optional) Combine gauge and goal displays by adding a scale as described in Gauge visualizations.

Configuring a goal visualization

For information about general visualization configuration, see Configuring visualizations.

Options tab

Next steps

• To choose a different visualization type, see Choosing a visualization type.
• To add this visualization to a dashboard, see Creating dashboards.