Access/Use OpenSearch-dashboards interface

This article describe how to access and use OpenSearch-dashboards.

OpenSearch Dashboards is an open-source, integrated visualization tool that makes it easy for users to explore their data in OpenSearch.

OpenSearch Dashboards

Dashboards page shows common information about existing OpenSearch cluster and provides tools for creating and managing dashboard.

From real-time application monitoring, threat detection, and incident management to personalized search, OpenSearch Dashboards gives you the data visualizations needed to graphically represent trends, outliers, and patterns in your data.

Each page has a hint in order to get started using OpenSearch-Dashboards. 

Discover in OpenSearch Dashboards helps you extract insights and get value out of data assets across your organization. You can quickly ingest and query your data, display that data in visualizations and interactive dashboards, and deliver insights to your organization.

For creating visualization or dashboards it should be created index pattern.

To create index pattern, follow steps:

1. Go to Stack Management/Index patterns page
2. Press Create index pattern
3. Enter index pattern name
4. Enter Time field
5. Submit

By visualizing your data, you translate complex, high-volume, or numerical data into a visual representation that is easier to process. OpenSearch Dashboards gives you data visualization tools to improve and automate the visual communication process.

OpenSearch Plugins

Management

In Management page there are 3 subpage

• Index Patterns - Create and manage the index patterns
• Saved Objects - Manage and share your saved objects.
• Advanced settings - Advanced settings of OpenSearch Dashboards