diff --git a/_dashboards/visualizations.md b/_dashboards/visualizations.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..30c39d3ec6 --- /dev/null +++ b/_dashboards/visualizations.md @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +--- +layout: default +title: Visualizations +nav_order: 40 +--- + +# Visualize your data with dashboards + +Visualizations let you identify trends and spot outliers quickly for a large dataset. OpenSearch Dashboards gives you the opportunity to explore and interpret information in an interactive visual environment. + +The following highlights the OpenSearch Dashboards visualizations types and typical usage. + +- Graphs and charts + - Area graphs display quantitative data and is commonly used to visualize trends. + - Controls + - Data tables + - Gantt charts are used to visualize activities and events. + - Line + - Markdown + - Metric + - TSVB + - Tag cloud + - Timelines display data patterns over a sequential or scaled time period. + - Bar charts display categorical data and are best used to compare a category or categories of data. + - Pie charts show data as a percentage of a whiole. + +- Maps + - Coordinate maps represent data geographically using geographic information (city, state, latitude, and longitude). + - Region maps group data by country or state. + - Heat maps graphically represent data using a color-coded system. + +- Stats and numbers + - Gauge + - Goal + +- Misc + - Vega provides tools to support custom visualizations in JSON format. + +- Widgets + - Drag and drop give you ability to edit and customize your dashboards with flexible chart-widgets and an arrangement you want. + +## Examples + +Below you can find some examples for how visualizations in OpenSearch Dashboards can be configured. You can also explore the [OpenSearch plaground](https://playground.opensearch.org/app/home), which has a large set of demo dashboards that showcase the different visualizations. + + + + +### Drag and drop visualizations +- [This demo on drag and drop visualizations](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjpaSpcnrJM&t=1007s) walks you through this visualization type. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/images/visualization-types-web.png b/images/visualization-types-web.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..610a4fda79 Binary files /dev/null and b/images/visualization-types-web.png differ