An area chart is used to display graphically quantitative data. It is a kind of line chart where the area between axes and lines are emphasized with colors or textures.
Area charts
Creating an area chart
From the Select visualization type screen, we need to click on the Area block. This will open the Choose search source screen. Here, we have the following two options:
- From a New Search, Select Index: This is used if we want to pick the index name
- Or, From a Saved Search: This is used if we want to pick from a saved search
If we don't want to use our saved searches, then we can go for the first option, in which case we can choose any index and start creating visualizations. So, let's say...