Creating Graphs and Dashboards

To make a basic graph like pie, bar or line

1. in the search find what kind of data you are looking for

2. you will find the data is setup like a json file

Example:

{ category: first, eventData: [ location: Denver, IP:169.254.0.0 ] }

{ category: first, eventData: [ location: Denver, IP:169.254.0.0 ] }

{ category: first, eventData: [ location: New York, IP:169.254.0.1 ] }

1. We can group this data by any of the data by adding the stats command to the search

Example:

<your query > | stats count by location

1. this should count all the same locations and group them by like names. In this example

Denver | 2

New York | 1

1. you should be able to click over to the visualization tab to see a graph

1. you should see something like this:

   1. it could be a bar, pie, ect.. depending on what you got selected

   2. you can select a chart by in this example clicking on the pie chart name in the top left corner of the image

Adding graph to A Dashboard

1. in the top right of the page where you are viewing the graph you should see:

1. under the save as you have the option to

   1. create a report

   2. create a alert

   3. add to a existing dashboard

   4. create a new dashboard

2. for this we will be selecting New Dashboard

3. when a new popup opens

1. fill in dashboard title, select dashboard studio, select grid, under panel title name the graph and save to dashboard and you have a new dashboard with the data

Saving graph to Existing Dashboard

1. after creating a graph select save as

2. when selecting existing dashboard choose a dashboard you have previously made

3. fill in the panel title to name the graph

4. save to dashboard