diff --git a/docs/user/dashboard/images/lens_missing_values_strategy.png b/docs/user/dashboard/images/lens_missing_values_strategy.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..d77c230b533f Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/user/dashboard/images/lens_missing_values_strategy.png differ diff --git a/docs/user/dashboard/lens.asciidoc b/docs/user/dashboard/lens.asciidoc index 1f3b4c429f70..c5718b2a089b 100644 --- a/docs/user/dashboard/lens.asciidoc +++ b/docs/user/dashboard/lens.asciidoc @@ -190,6 +190,8 @@ A subset of *Lens* visualizations support value labels. [role="screenshot"] image::images/lens_value_labels_xychart_toggle.png[Lens Bar chart value labels menu] +NOTE: In bar charts, you are unable to move the label positions. + * *Pie*, *Donut*, and *Treemap* + [role="screenshot"] @@ -243,6 +245,9 @@ refer to <>. Sorting dimensions in visualizations is unsupported in *Lens*. +You can sort the dimensions for a single column in data tables: click the column header, then select the sorting criteria you want to use. +If you use the dimension as `Columns`, then all the columns that belong to the same dimension are sorted in the table. + [float] [[is-it-possible-to-use-saved-serches-in-lens]] ===== How do I visualize saved searches? @@ -254,3 +259,47 @@ Visualizing saved searches in unsupported in *Lens*. ===== How do I change the number of suggestions? Configuring the *Suggestions* that *Lens* automatically populates is unsupported. + +[float] +[[is-it-possible-to-use-different-indexpatterns-in-lens]] +===== Can I visualize multiple index patterns in a single visualization? + +You can create *Bar*, *Line* and *Area* charts from multiple index patterns. + +Each *Layer* in a visualization is associated with an index pattern and mutiple *Layers* can be combined together within the same visualization. Each *Layer* also has a chart switcher button in order to select the best type of visualization for the specific dataset. +You can also change the index pattern for a single *Layer*. + +[float] +[[why-my-field-x-is-missing-from-the-fields-list]] +===== Why is my field X missing from the fields list? + +*Lens* does not support the visualization of full-text fields, therefore it is not showing them in the data summary. + +[float] +[[how-to-handle-gaps-in-time-series-visualizations]] +===== How do I handle gaps in time series visualizations? + +*Lens* provides a set of features to handle missing values for *Area* and *Line* charts, which is useful for sparse data in time series data. + +To select a different way to represent missing values, open the *Visual options* menu, then select how to handle missing values. The default is to hide the missing values. ++ +[role="screenshot"] +image::images/lens_missing_values_strategy.png[Lens Missing values strategies menu] + +[float] +[[is-it-possible-to-change-the-scale-of-Y-axis]] +===== Is it possible to statically define the scale of the y-axis in a visualization? + +The ability to start the y-axis from another value than 0, or use a logarithmic scale, is unsupported in *Lens*. + +[float] +[[is-it-possible-to-have-pagination-for-datatable]] +===== Is it possible to have pagination in a data table? + +Pagination in a data table is unsupported in *Lens*. However, the <> supports pagination. + +[float] +[[is-it-possible-to-have-more-than-one-Y-axis-scale]] +===== Is it possible to have more than one y-axis scale in visualizations? + +*Lens* lets you pick, for each Y dimension, up to two distinct axis: *left* and *right*. Each axis can have a different scale.