Introducing the stat visualization

After the time series visualization, the stat visualization may well be the next most used panel for several reasons:

• It makes it extremely easy to see the value at a distance
• It boils down a large dataset into a single value
• It can feature several visually important cues

Creating a stat visualization panel

Let’s get started with a simple panel using the stat visualization:

1. From a new or existing dashboard, create a new panel with the following query:

   SELECT "value" FROM "temperature"
   WHERE ("station"::tag = 'KSFO') AND $timeFilter

2. Set Format to Time series.
3. Now, go to the Panel options tab and select the Stat visualization. Next, we’ll format the panel to represent the current temperature.

   Here’s a look at the results of our query so far:

Figure 7.7 – Stat visualization query

4. In the Value options section...