Understanding Insight Dashboards

Use the Insight Dashboards to visualize the data present in the logs. The dashboards provide various charts and graphs for displaying data. Use the predefined graphs or customize and view graphs.

Viewing the graphs provides an easier and faster method for reading the log information. This helps understand the working of the system and also take decisions faster, such as, understanding the processing load on the ESAs and accordingly expanding the cluster by adding nodes, if required.

For more information about the dashboards, navigate to https://opensearch.org/docs/latest/dashboards/.

Accessing the Insight Dashboards

The Insight Dashboards appears on a separate tab from the ESA Web UI. However, it uses the same session as the ESA Web UI. Signing out from the ESA Web UI also signs out from the Insight Dashboards. Complete the steps provided here to view the Insight Dashboards.

  1. Log in to the ESA Web UI.

  2. Click Audit Store > Dashboard. If pop-ups are blocked in the browser, click Open in a new tab to view the Audit Store Dashboards, also known as Insight Dashboards.

    The Audit Store Dashboards is displayed in a new tab of the browser.

    Audit Store Dashboards

Overview of the Insight Dashboards Interface

An overview of the various parts of the Insight Dashboards, also known as the Audit Store Dashboards, is provided here.

The Audit Store Dashboard appears as shown in the following figure.

Audit Store Dashboard Components

The following components are displayed on the screen.

CalloutElementDescription
1Navigation panelThe menu displays the different Insight applications, such as, dashboards, reports, and alerts.
2Search barThe search bar helps find elements and run queries. Use filters to narrow the search results.
3Bread crumbThe menu is used to quickly navigate across screens.
4PanelThe stage is the area to create and view visualizations and log information.
5ToolbarThe toolbar lists the commands and shortcuts for performing tasks.
6Time filterThe time filter specifies the time window for viewing logs. Update the filter if logs are not visible. Use the Quick Select menu to select predefined time periods.
7HelpThe help menu provides access to the online help and to view the community forums.

Accessing the help

The Insight Dashboard helps visualize log data and information. Use the help documentation provided by Insight to configure and create visualizations.

To access the help:

  1. Open the Audit Store Dashboards.

  2. Click the Help icon from the upper-right corner of the screen.

  3. Click Documentation.

    Alternatively, navigate to https://opensearch.org/docs/latest/dashboards/.

Last modified February 7, 2025