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Creating Lens Visualizations in Kibana 7.6

So you have a question but you're not entirely sure how to visually communicate the answer. With Kibana, we can let lens suggest how best to visualize the answer to our questions. In this hands-on lab, we will leverage the lens interface in Kibana to create intuitive visualizations.

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Clock icon Intermediate
Duration
Clock icon 2h 0m
Published
Clock icon Jul 20, 2021

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Create and Save the "Unique Products Sold Over Time by Manufacturer" Visualization

    1. Create a new Lens visualization.
    2. Select the stacked bar chart configuration.
    3. Configure the x-axis as a date histogram of the field order_date labeled as "Order Date."
    4. Configure the y-axis as a unique count of the field products.product_id labeled as "Unique Products."
    5. Configure a breakdown of the top 10 values of the field products.manufacturer.keyword ordered by the number of unique products in descending order and labeled as "Manufacturer."
    6. Save the visualization as "Unique Products Sold Over Time by Manufacturer."

  2. Challenge

    Create and Save the "Popular Product Categories by Items Sold per Country" Visualization

    1. Create a new Lens visualization.
    2. Select the stacked horizontal bar chart configuration.
    3. Configure the y-axis as the sum of the field products.quantity labeled as "Items Sold."
    4. Configure the x-axis as the top 6 values of the field products.category.keyword ordered by the number of items sold in descending order and labeled as "Category."
    5. Configure a breakdown of the top 10 values of the field geoip.country_iso_code for each category ordered by the number of items sold in descending order and labeled as "Country."
    6. Save the visualization as "Popular Product Categories by Items Sold per Country."

  3. Challenge

    Create and Save the "Top Customers" Visualization

    1. Create a new Lens visualization.
    2. Select the data table configuration.
    3. Add a column for the top 10 values of customer_full_name.keyword, and label it as "Customer."
    4. Add a column for the count of orders, and label it "Orders."
    5. Add a column for the sum of products.quantity, and label it "Items."
    6. Add a column for the sum of products.price, label it as "Dollars," and format it as a dollar amount with 2 decimal places (example: 1,234.567 as $1,234.56).
    7. Order the Customers column by Dollars in descending order.
    8. Save the visualization as "Top Customers."
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