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# Kibana Visualizations
Kibana Analytics Integration with SearchBlox
# **Kibana Visualizations Simplified With SearchBlox**
> 📘 Prerequisites
>
> SearchBlox 11.0+ running with OpenSearch 2.18\
> At least one collection with indexed data (documents, tweets, or web pages)\
> Admin access to the SearchBlox console
SearchBlox Kibana allows users to create, share, and embed visualizations and dashboards for any data type. It supports real-time data feeds from both external applications and SearchBlox, enabling live tracking of hashtags, keywords, and database transactions.
**Key Features**
* **Real-Time Data Tracking** – Monitor live data from external sources or SearchBlox.
* **Interactive Visualizations** – Analyze and visualize indexed data for insights.
* **Dashboard Embedding** – Easily share and embed dashboard
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>
> To learn more about Kibana, visit .
## Step 1 – Start Kibana
**Navigate to the Kibana binary directory:**
**Linux/macOS:**` /opt/searchblox/kibana/bin`\
**Windows:** `C:\SearchBlox Server\kibana\bin`
**Execute the startup command:**
**Linux/macOS:**
```
./kibana
```
**Windows:** Run kibana.bat
## Step 2 – Access Kibana
**Default Local Access**\
Open your web browser and navigate to:
```
http\://localhost:5601
```
**To enable access via your network IP or domain:**\
Edit the Kibana configuration file:
```
../kibana/config/kibana.yml
```
Add or modify the host setting:
```Text yaml
server.host: "0.0.0.0" # Listens on all network interfaces
```
Alternatively, specify your server's IP address:
```
server.host: "192.168.1.100" # Replace with your server's IP
```
Restart Kibana for changes to take effect.
## Step 3 - Login to Kibana
**Accessing Kibana**\
Open a browser and navigate to:
```
http://localhost:5601
```
Please give default Elasticsearch credentials,\
Note: You can find the Elasticsearch login credentials in the searchblox.yml file, found in the following file path:
```
\SearchBloxServer\webapps\searchblox\WEB-INF\searchblox.yml
```
After logging in you would get the following page, click Explore on my own to proceed to the kibana home page.
## Step 4 - Configure Index in Kibana
**Access Index Management**
* Navigate to Management in the left-hand menu
* Select **Index Patterns**
**Create New Index Pattern**
* Enter your Index ID (e.g., Collection ID 1 as idx001)
* Click **Next Step**
**Set Time Filter Field**
* Specify a time-based field (e.g., indexdate or lastmodified)
* Click **Create index pattern**
You would be able to view the index pattern with the fields as shown here
## Step 3 – Create Visualization
In our documentation, we will show how to create few basic visualizations in Kibana\
**Access Visualization Tool**\
Select the Visualize tab from the menu
Click **Create Visualization**, you would be able to view the available visualizations
**Choose Visualization Type**\
Select from available chart types (e.g., Pie Chart)
## Step 4 – Visualize
After selecting the visualization, select the index.
**Configure Visualization**
* Select your index pattern
* Set aggregation type (e.g., "Terms") and field (e.g., "keywords")
* Click the play button to execute
You can add subbuckets and generate visualization as shown here:
**Selecting Time Range**\
Make sure to select the correct time range from the top-left corner of the page. By default, Kibana shows data from the last 15 minutes only — if your data falls outside this range, no results will appear.
Explicitly select the date range in years or months based on your requirement
**Dashboard**
Save created visualizations via the save icon
You can view the saved visualizations by clicking Visualization tab in menu
You can add these visualizations to dashboard
You can create multiple visualizations and add them to dashboard as shown here:
You can also save searches and display them along with visualisations in the dashboard as shown here.
**Searching from Kibana**\
**Using Discover Mode**
* Navigate to Discover in the menu
* Perform searches across various fields and levels
**Saving Searches**\
Save useful searches for dashboard integration
> 📘
>
> Note: Kibana is available only with a paid server license.