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Creating Vertical and Horizontal Bar Visualizations in Kibana 7.6

The visual difference between vertical and horizontal bar visualizations is minor, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they are used to answer the same questions interchangeably. In this hands-on lab, we will create vertical and horizontal bar visualizations in Kibana to hopefully differentiate them in the way they are used.

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Level

Intermediate

Duration

1h 30m

Published

Jul 20, 2021

Challenge

Create and Save the "Top Processes" Visualization
1. Create a new horizontal bar visualization.
2. Calculate the total number of events and label it as Events.
3. Split the series on the top 5 of process.name ordered by the number of events in descending order and labelled as Process.
4. Hide axis lines and labels for both the x and y axes.
5. Enable the Show values on chart setting.
6. Color the bar chart blue.
7. Save the visualization as "Top Processes."
Challenge

Create and Save the "Events by Log File Over Time" Visualization
1. Create a new vertical bar visualization.
2. Calculate the total number of events and label it as Events.
3. Split the chart on the top 5 of log.file.path ordered by the number of events in descending order and labelled as Log File.
4. Configure the x-axis as a date histogram of the field @timestamp labelled as Time with an automatic interval.
5. Save the visualization as "Events by Log File Over Time."
Challenge

Create and Save the "Events by Process Per Log File" Visualization
1. Create a new vertical bar visualization.
2. Calculate the total number of events and label it as Events.
3. Split the x-axis on the top 5 of log.file.path ordered by the number of events in descending order and labelled as Log File.
4. Split the series on the top 5 of process.name ordered by the number of events in descending order and labelled as Process.
5. Align the x-axis labels horizontally.
6. Save the visualization as "Events by Process Per Log File."

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