Supported features by panel typeedit
Each panel type in Kibana supports different features and Elasticsearch aggregations. This reference can help simplify the comparison if you need a specific feature.
Supported panel types by editoredit
Type | Aggregation-based | Lens | TSVB | Timelion | Vega |
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Table |
X |
X |
X |
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Table with summary row |
X |
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Bar, line, and area charts |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Percentage bar or area chart |
X |
X |
X |
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Split bar, line, and area charts |
X |
X |
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Pie and donut charts |
X |
X |
X |
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Sunburst chart |
X |
X |
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Heat map |
X |
X |
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Gauge and Goal |
X |
X |
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Markdown |
X |
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Metric |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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Tag cloud |
X |
X |
Bucket aggregationsedit
Vega supports all bucket aggregations because it allows custom queries.
For information about Elasticsearch bucket aggregations, refer to Bucket aggregations.
Type | Agg-based | Markdown | Lens | TSVB |
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Histogram |
X |
X |
X |
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Date histogram |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Date range |
X |
X |
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Filter |
X |
X |
X |
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Filters |
X |
X |
X |
X |
GeoHash grid |
X |
X |
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IP range |
X |
X |
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Range |
X |
X |
X |
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Terms |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Significant terms |
X |
X |
X |
Metrics aggregationsedit
Vega supports all metric aggregations because it allows custom queries.
For information about Elasticsearch metrics aggregations, refer to Metrics aggregations.
Type | Agg-based | Markdown | Lens | TSVB |
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Metrics with filters |
X |
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Average |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Sum |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Unique count (Cardinality) |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Max |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Min |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Percentiles |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Percentiles Rank |
X |
X |
X |
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Top hit (Last value) |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Value count |
X |
Pipeline aggregationsedit
Vega supports all pipeline aggregations because it allows custom queries.
For information about Elasticsearch pipeline aggregations, refer to Pipeline aggregations.
Type | Agg-based | Markdown | Lens | TSVB |
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Avg bucket |
X |
X |
X |
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Derivative |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Max bucket |
X |
X |
X |
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Min bucket |
X |
X |
X |
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Sum bucket |
X |
X |
X |
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Moving average |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Cumulative sum |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Bucket script |
X |
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Serial differencing |
X |
X |
X |
Other featuresedit
This comparison is meant for users who are not sure about which Kibana panel type to build their advanced visualization.
Type | Agg-based | Lens | TSVB | Timelion | Vega |
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Math on aggregated data |
X |
X |
X |
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Visualize two indices |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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Math across indices |
X |
X |
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Fully custom Elasticsearch queries |
X |