Data visualization

In the previous chapter, we covered Kibana Discover, using which we can explore our data to understand it better. Using Discover, we can do lots of things, but when it comes to showing your complete data in a single view, we need a visualization. So, when we talk about data visualization, we mean a process to display data in the form of graphical charts, bars, maps, or any sort of visual representation. Data visualization provides us a way to understand more about the data, such as what is the trend, anomalies in data, or the pattern of the data quite easily.

Data aggregation

Now, if we talk about Kibana Visualize, it uses Elasticsearch aggregation for creating visualizations. So, basically, in the background...