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[partintro]
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A _dashboard_ is a collection of panels that you use to analyze your data. On a dashboard, you can add a variety of panels that
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you can rearrange and tell a story about your data. Panels contain everything you need, including visualizations,
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interactive controls, markdown, and more.
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A _dashboard_ is a collection of panels that you use to analyze your data. On a dashboard, you can add a variety of panels that
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you can rearrange and tell a story about your data. Panels contain everything you need, including visualizations,
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interactive controls, markdown, and more.
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With *Dashboard*s, you can:
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* Create and apply filters to focus on the data you want to display.
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* Control who can use your data, and share the dashboard with a small or large audience.
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* Control who can use your data, and share the dashboard with a small or large audience.
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* Generate reports based on your findings.
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[[types-of-panels]]
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== Types of panels
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Panels contain everything you need to tell a story about you data, including visualizations,
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Panels contain everything you need to tell a story about you data, including visualizations,
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interactive controls, Markdown, and more.
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|===
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a| *Area*
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Displays data points, connected by a line, where the area between the line and axes are shaded.
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Displays data points, connected by a line, where the area between the line and axes are shaded.
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Use area charts to compare two or more categories over time, and display the magnitude of trends.
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| image:images/area.png[Area chart]
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a| *Stacked area*
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on top of each other. Use stacked area charts to visualize part-to-whole relationships, and to show
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Displays the evolution of the value of several data groups. The values of each group are displayed
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on top of each other. Use stacked area charts to visualize part-to-whole relationships, and to show
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how each category contributes to the cumulative total.
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| image:images/stacked_area.png[Stacked area chart]
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a| *Bar*
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Displays bars side-by-side where each bar represents a category. Use bar charts to compare data across a
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large number of categories, display data that includes categories with negative values, and easily identify
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Displays bars side-by-side where each bar represents a category. Use bar charts to compare data across a
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large number of categories, display data that includes categories with negative values, and easily identify
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the categories that represent the highest and lowest values. Kibana also supports horizontal bar charts.
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| image:images/bar.png[Bar chart]
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a| *Stacked bar*
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levels of a categorical value. Kibana also supports stacked horizontal bar charts.
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| image:images/stacked_bar.png[Stacked area chart]
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a| *Line*
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Displays data points that are connected by a line. Use line charts to visualize a sequence of values, discover
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Displays data points that are connected by a line. Use line charts to visualize a sequence of values, discover
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trends over time, and forecast future values.
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| image:images/line.png[Line chart]
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Displays slices that represent a data category, where the slice size is proportional to the quantity it represents.
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Relates different segments of your data to the whole. Each rectangle is subdivided into smaller rectangles, or sub branches, based on
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its proportion to the whole. Use treemaps to make efficient use of space to show percent total for each category.
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| image:images/treemap.png[Tree map]
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Displays graphical representations of data where the individual values are represented by colors. Use heat maps when your data set includes
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Displays graphical representations of data where the individual values are represented by colors. Use heat maps when your data set includes
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categorical data. For example, use a heat map to see the flights of origin countries compared to destination countries using the sample flight data.
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Displays your data along a scale that changes color according to where your data falls on the expected scale. Use the gauge to show how metric
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values relate to reference threshold values, or determine how a specified field is performing versus how it is expected to perform.
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Displays a single numeric value for an aggregation. Use the metric visualization when you have a numeric value that is powerful enough to tell
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to retrieve the data from {es}. If you aren’t ready to use your own data, {kib} comes with several pre-built dashboards that you can test out. For more information,
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to retrieve the data from {es}. If you aren’t ready to use your own data, {kib} comes with several pre-built dashboards that you can test out. For more information,
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refer to <<add-sample-data, Explore {kib} using sample data>>.
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*Lens* is the simplest and fastest way to create powerful visualizations of your data. To use *Lens*, you drag and drop as many data fields
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you can combine an infinite number of <<aggregation-reference,aggregations>> to display your data.
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==== Timelion app deprecation
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The changes you make appear in every dashboard that uses the panel, except if you edit the panel title. Changes to the panel title appear only on the dashboard where you made the change.
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