Chart Panel Types

You can include a variety of chart types in your Dashboards.

All chart types require aggregated data. 

In this section, we'll introduce the following concepts:

📄️ Area Charts

An area chart is used to visually represent quantity over a period of time. The quantity is laid out on the vertical axis, and the horizontal axis shows the time period being charted. What distinguishes an area chart from a line chart is the use of shaded regions below the line which better indicates the increase or decrease of volume.

📄️ Bar Charts

Bar charts are useful for visually comparing the number of events that have occurred, such as the type of error that occurs the most in your system. To create a Bar chart, use a search query that provides at least a few data points in the Aggregates tab.

📄️ Boolean Single Value Charts

A Boolean Single Value chart displays a value as true or false, such as when a system is up or down.

📄️ Box Plot Charts

A Box Plot Chart graphically depicts groups of data using quartiles, which are the values that divide a list of numbers into quarters. In Box Plot charts, the bottom and top of the box represent the first and third quartiles; the band inside the box represents the median.

📄️ Column Charts

Column charts are useful for visually comparing the number of events that have occurred, such as the type of error that occurs the most in your system. To create a Column chart, use a search query that provides at least a few data points in the Aggregates tab.

📄️ Combo Charts

Combo charts allow you to create bar or column charts with a secondary vertical axis so you can add a separate line as a comparison.

📄️ Donut or Pie Charts

Donut or pie charts are useful for visually comparing the percentage of events that have occurred, such as the type of error that occurs the most in your system. A donut or pie chart will compare different values for the same field, if you want to compare values for different fields consider using a histogram.

📄️ Line Charts

Line charts are useful for displaying how data changes over time, where the Y axis of a line chart displays the count of an item, and the X axis is a timeline. To create a line chart, you need to use a query that provides more than one data point in the Aggregates tab. Then the line is drawn between the data points to show the change.

📄️ Map Charts

Map charts show the location and number of hits from data on a map.

📄️ Numerical Single Value Charts for Searches

You can use single value charts to display results for a search or metric query as a single value, for at-a-glance analysis. This page shows you how to create and tailor single value charts for searches. For information on single value charts for metrics, see Create and Tailor Single Value Metrics Charts.

📄️ String Single Value Charts

A string single value chart is useful for displaying the results of a query that returns only a single record, in order to make that value stand out at a glance. If the query returns more than one value in the Aggregates tab, only the first value is displayed in the single value chart.

📄️ Table Charts

Table charts are the default chart type in the Aggregates tab. They are useful for listing the type and number of events that have occurred, such as the type of error that occurs the most in your system. To create a table chart, use a search query that provides at least a few data points in the Aggregates tab.

See Edit Dashboards and Panels for options to view and edit settings.