kibana/docs/user/canvas.asciidoc

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[[canvas]]
= Canvas

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Canvas is a data visualization and presentation tool that sits within {kib}. With Canvas, you can pull live data directly from {es}, and combine the data with colors, images, text, and your imagination to create dynamic, multi-page, pixel-perfect displays. If you are a little bit creative, a little bit technical, and a whole lot curious, then Canvas is for you.

With Canvas, you can:

* Create and personalize your work space with backgrounds, borders, colors, fonts, and more.

* Customize your workpad with your own visualizations, such as images and text.

* Pull your data directly from Elasticsearch, then show it off with charts, graphs, progress monitors, and more.

* Focus the data you want to display with filters.

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image::images/canvas-gs-example.png[]

For a quick overview of Canvas, watch link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqvF_5-1xjQ[Stand out with Canvas].
//When https://github.com/elastic/Video/issues/358 is resolved, update this link.

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include::{kib-repo-dir}/canvas/canvas-tutorial.asciidoc[]

include::{kib-repo-dir}/canvas/canvas-workpad.asciidoc[]

include::{kib-repo-dir}/canvas/canvas-expression-lifecycle.asciidoc[]

include::{kib-repo-dir}/canvas/canvas-function-reference.asciidoc[]

include::{kib-repo-dir}/canvas/canvas-tinymath-functions.asciidoc[]