How to create a new visualization

This article provides you with steps to create a visualisation. You can create charts, maps or visualise your time series data in a way that makes sense.

Prerequisites

To start working with visualisations, make sure to

• Authorised access to the Klink lab
• Select the right tenant

Instructions

To create a new visualization

Step 1. Go to  Visualize on the left sidebar menu

Step 2. Click Create visualization

Step 3. Select a type of visualization.

• Learn more about different types of visualizations

Step 4. Select a source to retrieve the data for your visualization

     To retrieve data, you can either use

• A saved search: click the name of the saved search you want to use. This opens the visualization builder and loads the selected query.

• New search criteria: select an index pattern to work with. This opens the visualization builder where you can start a new query with the selected indices.

Tip: When you build a visualization from a saved search, any subsequent modifications to the saved search are automatically reflected in the visualization. To disable automatic updates, you can disconnect a visualization from the saved search.

Step 5. Choose Metrics and Buckets for the visualization

• Learn more about Metric and Bucket Aggregations

Note: Remember to click Apply Changes to view your visualization.

Step 6. Save the visualization

• Click Save on the top right corner.
• Add title and description to the visualization for later use

Outcome

 The visualization is saved and can be opened when you click Visualize on the left sidebar menu.

Further reading

• Different types of visualizations
• Working with line, bar and area charts
• Working with heatmap
• [TSVB] Visualizing data time over time - week over week, month over month
• [TSVB] Working with multiple index patterns in one visualization