Creating visualizations in the Visualize application

The Visualize application uses a point-and-click interface to create data visualizations from aggregations. To open the Visualize application, select Visualize from the left navigation menu.

Visualization types

The Visualize application supports the following visualization types.

Area charts

Area charts depict changes over time, and they are commonly used to show trends. For more information, see Area charts.

Bar charts

Bar charts (vertical or horizontal) compare categorical data and depict changes of a variable over a period of time.

Controls

Controls is a panel added to a dashboard to filter data. You can create two types of controls: Options list (a dropdown that filters by a terms aggregation, such as machine.os.keyword) and Range slider (filters within specified value ranges, such as hour_of_day).

Data tables

Data tables show your raw data in tabular form.

Gauge charts

Gauge charts display how much there is of a measured value, optionally in relation to a benchmark or goal.

Heat maps

A heat map displays the distribution of numerical data over time using colors to differentiate where values fall in a range.

Line charts

Line charts compare changes in measured values over a period of time, such as gross sales by month.

Maps

You can create two types of maps in Dashboards: Coordinate maps and Region maps. Coordinate maps show the difference between data values for each location by size. Region maps show the difference between data values for each location by varying shades of color. For more information, see Maps.

Coordinate maps

Coordinate maps show location-based data on a map. Use coordinate maps to visualize GPS data (latitude and longitude coordinates) on a map. For information about OpenSearch-supported coordinate field types, see Geographic field types and Cartesian field types.

Region maps

Region maps show patterns and trends across geographic locations. A region map is one of the basemaps in Dashboards. For more information, see Coordinate and region maps.

Markdown

Markdown displays information and instructions alongside your data visualizations.

Metric values

Metric values compare values in different measures, such as actual sales compared to sales goals.

Pie charts

Pie charts compare values for items in a dimension, such as a percentage of a total amount.

Tag cloud

Tag clouds display how often a word is used in relation to other words in a dataset.

TSVB

The Time-Series Visual Builder (TSVB) creates detailed time-series visualizations. It supports Area, Line, Metric, Gauge, Markdown, and Data Table visualization types. For more information, see TSVB.

Timeline

Timeline uses a text-based expression syntax to create time-series visualizations. For more information, see Timeline.

VisBuilder

VisBuilder is a drag-and-drop tool that provides an immediate view of your data without the need to preselect the data source or visualization type. It supports Area, Bar, Line, Metric, and Data Table types. For more information, see VisBuilder.

Vega

Vega and Vega-Lite are declarative visualization grammars for creating custom visualizations using any chart type. For more information, see Vega.