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    Create your workpad

    Your first step to working with Canvas is to create a workpad.

    1. Open the menu, then go to Canvas.
    2. On the Canvas workpads page, click Create workpad.

    To customize your workpad to look the way you want, add your own images.

    1. Click Add element > Image > Image.

      The default Elastic logo image appears on the page.

    2. To replace the Elastic logo with your own image, select the image, then use the editor.

    Customize your data with metrics

    Customize your data by connecting it to the Sample eCommerce orders data.

    1. Click Add element > Chart > Metric.

      By default, the element is connected to the demo data, which enables you to experiment with the element before you connect it to your own data source.

    1. At this point, the element appears as an error, so you need to change the element display options.

      1. Click Display
      2. From the Value drop-down lists, make sure that Unique is selected, then select sum_total_price.
      3. Change the Label to Total sales.

    2. The error is gone, but the element could use some formatting. To format the number, use the Canvas expression language.

      1. Click Expression editor.

        You’re now looking at the raw data syntax that Canvas uses to display the element.

      2. Change to metricFormat="$0a".

      3. Click Run.

    canvas metric element

    1. Click Add element > Chart > Area.

    2. Make sure that the element is selected, then click Data > Demo data > Elasticsearch SQL.

      1. To obtain the taxless total price by date, enter the following in the Query field:

    3. Change the display options.

      1. Click Display
      2. From the X-axis drop-down lists, select Value, then select order_date.
      3. From the Y-axis drop-down lists, select Value, then select taxless_total_price.

    Show how your data changes over time

    To focus your data on a specific time range, add the time filter.

    1. Click Add element > Filter > Time filter.
    2. Click Display
    3. To use the date time field from the sample data, enter order_date in the Column field, then click Set.

    canvas timefilter element

    To see how the data changes, set the time filter to Last 7 days. As you change the time filter options, the elements automatically update.

    Your workpad is now complete!

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