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[[visualize]]
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= Visualize
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[partintro]
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_Visualize_ enables you to create visualizations of the data from your Elasticsearch indices, which you can then add to dashboards for analysis.
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{kib} visualizations are based on Elasticsearch queries. By using a series of {es} {ref}/search-aggregations.html[aggregations] to extract and process your data, you can create charts that show you the trends, spikes, and dips you need to know about.
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[float]
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[[create-a-visualization]]
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== Create visualizations
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. Open *Visualize*.
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. Click *Create new visualization*.
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. Choose the visualization type:
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* *Basic charts*
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<<lens,Lens>>:: Quickly build several types of basic visualizations by simply dragging and dropping the data fields you want to display.
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* *<<most-frequent,Most frequently used visualizations>>*
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[horizontal]
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Line, area, and bar charts:: Compare different series in X/Y charts.
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Pie chart:: Display each source contribution to a total.
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Data table:: Flattens aggregations into table format.
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Metric:: Display a single number.
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Goal and gauge:: Display a number with progress indicators.
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Heat maps:: Display shaded cells within a matrix.
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Tag cloud:: Display words in a cloud, where the size of the word corresponds to its importance.
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* *Time series optimized*
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[horizontal]
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<<TSVB,TSVB>>:: Visualize time series data using pipeline aggregations.
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<<timelion,Timelion>>:: Compute and combine data from multiple time series
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data sets.
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* *Maps*
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[horizontal]
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<<maps, Elastic maps>>:: The most powerful way of visualizing map data in {kib}.
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<<tilemap,_Coordinate map_>>:: Displays points on a map using a geohash aggregation.
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<<regionmap,_Region map_>>:: Merge any structured map data onto a shape.
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* *<<for-dashboard, For use in dashboards>>*
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<<for-dashboard,Controls>>:: Provides the ability to add interactive inputs to a Dashboard.
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<<for-dashboard,Markdown widget>>:: Display free-form information or instructions.
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* *For developers*
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[horizontal]
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<<vega-graph,Vega>>:: Complete control over query and display.
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. Specify a search query to retrieve the data for your visualization:
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** To enter new search criteria, select the <<index-patterns, index pattern>> for the indices that
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contain the data you want to visualize. This opens the visualization builder
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with a wildcard query that matches all of the documents in the selected
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indices.
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** To build a visualization from a saved search, click the name of the saved
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search you want to use. This opens the visualization builder and loads the
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selected query.
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NOTE: When you build a visualization from a saved search, any subsequent
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modifications to the saved search are automatically reflected in the
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visualization. To disable automatic updates, you can disconnect a visualization
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from the saved search.
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include::{kib-repo-dir}/visualize/visualize_rollup_data.asciidoc[]
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include::{kib-repo-dir}/visualize/lens.asciidoc[]
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include::{kib-repo-dir}/visualize/most-frequent.asciidoc[]
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include::{kib-repo-dir}/visualize/tsvb.asciidoc[]
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include::{kib-repo-dir}/visualize/timelion.asciidoc[]
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include::{kib-repo-dir}/visualize/tilemap.asciidoc[]
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include::{kib-repo-dir}/visualize/regionmap.asciidoc[]
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include::{kib-repo-dir}/visualize/for-dashboard.asciidoc[]
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include::{kib-repo-dir}/visualize/vega.asciidoc[]
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include::{kib-repo-dir}/visualize/saving.asciidoc[]
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include::{kib-repo-dir}/visualize/inspector.asciidoc[]
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