To begin, open the menu, go to Dashboard, then click Create dashboard.

    The visualizations, saved searches, and maps are stored as elements in panels that you can move and resize.

    You can add elements from multiple indices, and the same element can appear in multiple dashboards.

    To create an element:

    1. On the New Visualization window, click the visualization type.

      For information on how to create visualizations, see .

      For information on how to create maps, see Maps.

    1. Click Add.

    2. On the Add panels flyout, select the panel.

      When a dashboard element has a stored query, both queries are applied.

      Example add visualization to dashboard

    Arrange dashboard elements

    In Edit mode, you can move, resize, customize, and delete panels to suit your needs.

    • To move a panel, click and hold the panel header and drag to the new location.

    • To resize a panel, click the resize control and drag to the new dimensions.

    • To toggle the use of margins and panel titles, use the Options menu.
    • To delete a panel, open the panel menu and select Delete from dashboard. Deleting a panel from a dashboard does not delete the saved visualization or search.

    In Edit mode, you can clone any panel on a dashboard.

    To clone an existing panel, open the panel menu of the element you wish to clone, then select Clone panel.

    • Clones support all of the original panel’s functionality, including renaming, editing, and cloning.
    • All cloned visualizations will appear in the visualization list.

    Inspect and edit elements

    Many dashboard elements allow you to drill down into the data and requests behind the element.

    From the panel menu, select Inspect. The data that displays depends on the element that you inspect.

    To open an element for editing, put the dashboard in Edit mode, and then select Edit visualization from the panel menu. The changes you make appear in every dashboard that uses the element.

    You can configure each visualization, saved search, and map on your dashboard for a specific time range. For example, you might want one visualization to show the monthly trend for CPU usage and another to show the current CPU usage.

    From the panel menu, select Customize time range to expose a time filter dedicated to that panel. Panels that are not restricted by a specific time range are controlled by the global time filter.

    Time range per dashboard panel

    Save the dashboard

    When you’re finished adding and arranging the panels, save the dashboard.

    1. In the Kibana toolbar, click Save.
    2. Enter the dashboard Title and optional Description, then Save the dashboard.