Change visualisation chart type

[farracha]

After deciding the chart type at the beginning (bar / line) you can't change it back, at least not intuitively if possible (that I don't know how).

Kibana 3 allowed at view options to change between bar or line easily.

[rashidkpc]

We have no immediate plans to implement this. While you can imagine it is straight forward to go from line charts to bar charts it becomes less so when going from pie to line, or something similar. An infrastructure for defining visualization compatibility would have to be designed.

It would be a nice convenience feature certainly though, definitely a possibility down the road.

[ohTHATaaronbrown]

So don't allow change from pie to linear time series-based histograms.

The k3 histogram panel used to provide this capability, which is what's being asked for here.

[ppf2]

+1

[hrishikeshchoudhari]

+1

The user isn't always going to be able to preconcieve the chart type before he sees the dataset.

For instance, a user would want to breakup all logs by HTTP verb. A pie chart seems most suited for this dataset. However, if the last couple of verbs have really low values, their slices wouldn't be visible at all. Switching this visual to a column chart would atleast show a thin bar on x-axis.

[kamakazikamikaze]

+2

Statistician co-worker and myself would find this useful, especially since Kibana 3 included this feature.

Some searches, initially, may not fit the chart type/visualization desired once all metrics and buckets are finished. For example, viewing stacked data over a long range of time with many metrics is difficult to view in a bar graph. Switching over to a line graph makes it easier to differentiate between colors, especially when stacked. The hassle of having to re-enter all metrics and (sub-)buckets makes it tiresome

[coderlol]

+1

[julienderveeuw]

+1
Just ran into the problem after 45mn+ of chart configuration.
Feeling upset to start from scratch just to change from lines to bars...

[pemontto]

👍

[g2petter]

+1

[ghost]

+1

All major logging frameworks (Splunk, SumoLogic, etc) support this.

[CraigFoote]

+1

[Altimit]

+1

[digidigo]

+1

[jsimonsson]

+1

[mllewellyn]

+1 Switching between line and area charts would be very convenient.

[FraJern]

+1
one would think this is easy, "just" disregard time when moving from time based to circle. To change between bar, area and line seems like a natural way of working. exploring the data and using the most suiting graph for the data set.

[iversond]

+1

[tbragin]

Starting with 5.4, it is possible to change chart types between Bar, Line, and Area in Visualization Options: #9642

[uthline]

+1

[MickeyKay]

+1 - bumping, would love to see this as it is a major workflow impediment currently

[kevin-haynie]

+1 it's a pain not being able to change

[marcelloromanelli]

+1 this would be great to have

[ishandhar]

I come from using splunk for many years and this seems like a basic ask. It's kind of disappointing that we still cant do it.

[rlfwolf]

++

Definitely don't see why this can't be done for certain chart types that are similar. Group chart types into families and allow changes within chart family.

[fabb]

At least switching between horizontal/vertical bar charts would be very helpful

[nreese]

Closing, lens visualization library allows for changing the chart type