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View and Interact with Visualizations

To view a specific visualization, navigate to the Visualizations tab, on the Dashboards homepage, and click on a visualization row or tile to open it.

When you have a visualization open, you can interact with it in the following ways:

  • Edit the visualization – Click Edit in the top right corner to make the visualization available for editing. A dialog box opens where you can choose to edit the visualization in the following ways:

    • Edit on all dashboards – Edit the visualization so that it's updated on all of the dashboards it's linked to.

    • Copy and edit – Make a copy of the visualization and update the copy.

    • Unlink and edit – Unlink the visualization from some or all of its linked dashboards before updating.

    You can also click the view icon (icon-visual.png) to show a list of the dashboards the visualization is linked to. For more information about working with visualizations, see Configure and Manage Visualizations.

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  • View visualization details – Click the options menu icon The more menu; three vertical blue dots on a grey background., and select View details. A panel opens and displays visualization details, as shown in the image below, including a description, use cases, owner, chart type, and how many dashboards its linked to. To edit the visualization details click Edit details.

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  • Copy a link to the visualization – Click the options menu icon (The more menu; three vertical blue dots on a grey background.), and select Copy link. A link to the visualization is copied to your clipboard.

  • Add the visualization to a folder – Click the options menu icon (The more menu; three vertical blue dots on a grey background.), and select Add to folder. You can opt to add the visualization to an existing folder or add it to a new folder.

  • Duplicate the visualization – Click the options menu icon (The more menu; three vertical blue dots on a grey background.), and select Duplicate. A copy of the visualization opens in edit mode so that you can modify it. For more information, see Duplicate a Visualization.

  • Export the visualization – Click the options menu icon (The more menu; three vertical blue dots on a grey background.), and select Export. The visualization is exported as a config file. For more information, see Export and Import Visualizations.

  • Delete the visualization from the library – Click the options menu icon (The more menu; three vertical blue dots on a grey background.), and select Delete. For more information, see Delete Visualizations from the Library.

  • Refresh the visualization display – Click the refresh icon (icon-refresh.png) in the upper left to manually refresh the visualization display.

  • View data details represented by individual chart parameters – To view the numbers and other information represented by the different elements in a visualization graph, move your cursor over them. The information is displayed in tooltips, as shown in the example below.

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  • Drill into results and pivot to Search – To drill down into a visualization chart and view the represented events in the Search service, click on a chart area or data point. Then select Show Results in Search. The Search service opens in a new tab and the search field is populated with a query string for viewing the appropriate events. Click Search to view the results in the Search service.

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