Lab: Visitor map and wall screen with Kibana Maps and Canvas

What you will learn in this TP

• Prepare geographic data
• Build a multi-layer map
• Create a Canvas workpad
• Share and export

Introduction #

What you will learn in this section

• Prepare geographic data
• Build a multi-layer map
• Create a Canvas workpad
• Share and export

Context. Management wants to see where site visitors come from on a map, and a wall screen summarising activity.

Prerequisites: the course start-local lab, jq  ·  Estimated time: 35 min

Hands-on #

Guided steps, with their solution.

1. 1. The data

   Load the sample web logs and check the geographic field.

2. 2. A density map

   In Kibana › Maps, create a map with a "Clusters" layer on kibana_sample_data_logs (geo.coordinates field), sized by request count.

3. 3. A choropleth by country

   Add a "Choropleth" layer: "World Countries" boundaries (Elastic Maps Service), join ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 with the geo.src field, metric: document count.

4. 4. A Canvas workpad

   In Kibana › Canvas, create a workpad with a metric (requests today), a bar chart of the top 5 countries and a Markdown text. Use Elasticsearch SQL as the source.

5. 5. Share

   Add the map to a dashboard, copy a shared link and export the map data as CSV.

Difficulty level : ●●○○○ (2/5)