The following are the steps to create visualizations:
- Navigate to the Visualize page and click the Create a new Visualization button or the + button
- Select a visualization type
- Select a data source
- Build the visualization
The Visualize Interface looks as follows:
The following are the components of the Visualize interface as depicted in the screenshot:
- Visualization designer: This is used for choosing appropriate metrics and buckets for creating visualizations.
- Visualization preview: Based on the metrics, buckets, queries, filters, and time frame selected, the visualization is dynamically changed.
- Label: This reflects the metric type and bucket keys as labels. Colors in the visualization can be changed by clicking on Label and choosing the color from the color palette.
- Query Bar/Field filters: This is used to filter the search results.
- Toolbar: This provides the option to save, inspect (ES queries), and share visualizations.
- Time filter: Using the time filter, the user can restrict the time to filter the search results.
Time filters, the query bar, and field filters are explained in the Discover section.