- Text can help you to
- display values
- describe visualizations
- navigate to other dashboards
- brand dashboards
- add images
- provide instructions
- Add Markdown text as a Text panel
- on the dashboard, click the text icon
- in the Markdown field, enter the markdown
- click Update to see a preview
- Click “Help” to access GitHub Docs: https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/writing-on-github
- Sometimes a simple view is the best way to display data
- display a Primary metric
- add an optional Secondary metric which can be useful for time shifts and other relevant information
- for multiple metrics use “Break down” by field to arrange in a grid
- Display one numeric value
- specify the Primary metric
- use Quick functions for basic metrics
- “Last value” shows the value of the last document in the data by date
- Add a secondary metric
- can be useful for time shifts or supplementary information
- Use “Break down” by field for multiple metrics arranged in a grid
- Add Line or Bar visualizations to the metric chart
- defined by “Maximum value”
- specified in “Primary metric” setting
- Enable multiple metrics in layer settings
- Drag and Drop two or more fields to partition visualization
- Not a valid option for all chart types
- When you drag a string into the workspace Lens assumes you want to group your data according to the values of that string field
- The string field defauls to “Rows”
- The default metrics is “# Records”
- Drag another string field and Lens will subdivide the groupings
- Use “Split metrics by” to pivot the table
- When you drag a numeric field into an empty Table workspace Lens will group by timestamp
- The timestamp field defaults to “Rows”
- The default metrics is “Median”
- Keep adding more numeric fields
- You can add a summary row
- Conditional coloring by cell or text
- Save a search
- Add it to your dashboard from Visualization library
- Visualizations on your dashboard are interactive
- Click a cell to create a filter
- Optionally enable filter on click
- Filter can also be created directly
- “Add filter” under the query bar
- Interactive panes to filter and display only the data you want
- Three types of controls:
- Options List: Dropdown menu with multiple options to select
- Range Slider: Slider to filter the data within a specified range
- Time Slider: view the data for a specific time range or playback the data by time
- Select the field you want to create the filter on
- Customize the slider with Label and size
- Allows for multiple selections in the dropdown
- Multiple Settings available for the created controls:
- Label position
- Validate user selection: ignore actions that result in missing data
- Chain controls: any selection in one control narrows the available options in the next control
- Delete all controls
- Shapes for polygons
- Bounds for rectangles
- Distance for discs
- Time range with the time slider
- Drilldowns enable you to customize what happens when someone clicks on a value within the dashboard panel
- Create an external link using values from the filter
- Or open a new window to a different dashboard with the filters already applied to it
- Or open a new window to the Discover interface with the filter applied from the visualizations