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title: Panels and visualizations
description: Kibana provides many options to create panels with visualizations of your data and add content to your dashboards. From advanced charts, maps, and metrics...
url: https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/1655/explore-analyze/visualize
products:
  - Kibana
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# Panels and visualizations
Kibana provides many options to create panels with visualizations of your data and add content to your dashboards. From advanced charts, maps, and metrics to plain text and images, multiple types of panels with different capabilities are available.
Use one of the editors to create visualizations of your data. Each editor offers various capabilities.


| **Content**Content             | **Panel type**Panel type                                                                                                                                                             | **Description**Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
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| Visualizations                 | [Lens](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/1655/explore-analyze/visualize/lens)Lens                                                                        | Create powerful [charts](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/1655/explore-analyze/visualize/supported-chart-types)charts in Kibana. This is the default editor.                                                                                                        |
|                                | [ES|QL](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/1655/explore-analyze/query-filter/languages/esql-kibana)ES|QL                                                  | Create visualizations from ES|QL queries                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|                                | [Maps](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/1655/explore-analyze/visualize/maps)Maps                                                                        | Create beautiful displays of your geographical data                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|                                | [Alerts](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/1655/explore-analyze/visualize/alert-panels)Alerts                                                            | View Observability or Security alerts in your dashboard                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|                                | [Custom visualizations](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/1655/explore-analyze/visualize/custom-visualizations-with-vega)Custom visualizations           | Use Vega to create new types of visualizations                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
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| Annotations and navigation     | [Collapsible sections](/elastic/docs-content/pull/1655/explore-analyze/dashboards/arrange-panels#collapsible-sections)Collapsible sections                                           | Organize your dashboard into sections that can be collapsed and save loading time                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|                                | [Markdown text](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/1655/explore-analyze/visualize/text-panels)Markdown text                                               | Add context to your dashboard with markdown-based **text**text                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|                                | [Image](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/1655/explore-analyze/visualize/image-panels)Image                                                              | Personalize your dashboard with custom images                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|                                | [Links](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/1655/explore-analyze/visualize/link-panels)Links                                                               | Add links to other dashboards or to external websites                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
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| Machine Learning and Analytics | [Anomaly swim lane](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/1655/explore-analyze/machine-learning/anomaly-detection/ml-ad-view-results)Anomaly swim lane       | Display the results from machine learning anomaly detection jobs                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|                                | [Anomaly chart](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/1655/explore-analyze/machine-learning/anomaly-detection/ml-ad-view-results)Anomaly chart               | Display an anomaly chart from the **Anomaly Explorer**Anomaly Explorer                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|                                | [Single metric viewer](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/1655/explore-analyze/machine-learning/anomaly-detection/ml-ad-view-results)Single metric viewer | Display an anomaly chart from the **Single Metric Viewer**Single Metric Viewer                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|                                | [Change point detection](/elastic/docs-content/pull/1655/explore-analyze/machine-learning/machine-learning-in-kibana/xpack-ml-aiops#change-point-detection)Change point detection    | Display a chart to visualize change points in your data                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
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| Observability                  | [SLO overview](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/1655/solutions/observability/incident-management/service-level-objectives-slos)SLO overview             | Visualize a selected SLO’s health, including name, current SLI value, target, and status                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|                                | [SLO Alerts](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/1655/solutions/observability/incident-management/service-level-objectives-slos)SLO Alerts                 | Visualize one or more SLO alerts, including status, rule name, duration, and reason. In addition, configure and update alerts, or create cases directly from the panel.                                                                                                                          |
|                                | [SLO Error Budget](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/1655/solutions/observability/incident-management/service-level-objectives-slos)SLO Error Budget     | Visualize the consumption of your SLO’s error budget                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
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| Legacy                         | [Aggregation based](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/1655/explore-analyze/visualize/legacy-editors/aggregation-based)Aggregation based                  | Create visualizations including area, line, and pie charts and split them up to three aggregation levels. While these panel types are still available, we recommend using [Lens](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/1655/explore-analyze/visualize/lens)Lens instead. |
|                                | [TSVB](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/1655/explore-analyze/visualize/legacy-editors/tsvb)TSVB                                                         | Visualize time-based data through various panel types                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |

<note>
  Legacy panel types only appear in the **Add panel** dashboard menu if you already have such panels in your dashboards. If you have never used these panel types, use Lens instead.
</note>