Dashboard Visualizations
This page documents the visualization types available in dashboard widgets and the configuration options for each one.
For the overall dashboard workflow (creating widgets, variables, saving, and permissions), see Creating Dashboards.
Visualization types at a glance
Time series
Trends and rates over time
Table
Grouped or row-level tabular results
Stat
One or more KPI numbers
Top list
Ranked values as horizontal bars
Pie
Share of total across a small number of categories
Treemap
Hierarchical share of total across many categories
Data
Raw log, trace, or event rows (list-style)
In the Widget Builder, switch types with the visualization tabs under your query. The preview updates immediately; configuration panels below the preview change based on the selected type.
Which visualizations each data type supports
Not every data type supports every visualization.
Data type
Time series
Table
Stat
Top list
Pie
Data
Metrics
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Logs
✓
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Traces
✓
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Events
✓
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Entities
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Issues
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RUM
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APM
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Ingestion
✓
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Multiple queries in one widget
Some visualizations let you add query B, C, … or a formula query in the same widget.
Time series
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Table
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Stat
✓
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Top list
✓
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Pie
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Data
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When a widget has more than one query (or a formula), results are shown in a combined view. For example, multiple series on one chart or merged table columns.
Data widgets always use a single query.
Cross-cutting configuration options
These settings apply across several visualization types.
Rollup interval (bucket size)
For time-bucketed queries, the rollup interval controls how data is grouped in time (for example 1m, 5m, 1h). It appears on the query row when the data type supports it.
The effective interval may be adjusted automatically to respect minimum bucket sizes for certain data types (for example ingestion queries enforce a minimum of ten minutes).
Data unit
The Data Unit panel controls how numeric values are formatted (labels, axes, legend stats, and stat tiles).
General
Number, Percentage, Raw
Time
Nanoseconds through Minutes
Data size
Bytes, Bytes/sec, KB/s
Other
mCPU, Dollars, Req/s
For tables with multiple numeric columns, you can set a unit per column.
Only stats column units can be edited.
High series count warning
Time series, table, top list, and pie widgets may return many series or groups. When the result count exceeds the default display limit (1,000 series), a warning appears above the preview.
Show all
Renders more series (up to a hard cap of 5,000)
Performance note
Showing all series can slow rendering on dense queries
Stat widgets do not offer this toggle; they display up to 50 stat tiles and truncate beyond that.
Time series
Use when: You need to see how a metric or aggregated signal changes over the dashboard time range.
Chart display type
Under Additional Styling → Display:
Lines
Separate line per series (default for most data types)
Stacked Bars
Time buckets as stacked bars
Area
Stacked area chart
Missing buckets
When a time bucket has no data point, you can choose how gaps are rendered:
Nulls (default)
Breaks the line / leaves the bucket empty
Zeros
Treats missing buckets as zero
Color palette
Under Additional Styling → Color:
Classic
Default product palette
Smart
Semantic coloring (status-aware where applicable)
Red / Green / Blue / Orange / Gray / Purple
Fixed theme palettes
Color applies across series in the chart (eight-color rotation for time series).
Legend
Under Legend → Mode:
Compact
Inline legend chips below the chart
Table
Tabular legend with optional stat columns
None
Legend hidden
When Table mode is selected, choose which stat columns appear:
Avg
Average over the visible time range
Min
Minimum value
Max
Maximum value
Sum
Sum over the range
Value
Latest / instant value
Y-axis controls
Scale
Linear (default) or Log
Min
Fixed lower bound (leave empty for auto)
Max
Fixed upper bound (leave empty for auto)
Always Include Zero
Forces the axis to include zero when compatible with min/max and scale
Log scale cannot include zero. If min is above zero or max is below zero, Always Include Zero is disabled.
Interaction on the dashboard
Zoom on the time axis refines the dashboard time range (when chart zoom is enabled on the dashboard view).
Hover over a series will show the value at a specific point along with indication for the step size.
Table
Use when: You need sortable columns, grouped aggregates, or row-level detail in a grid.
Configuration in the widget builder
Data unit
Data Unit panel
Default formatting for numeric value columns
Per-column units
Data Unit panel
Available when multiple numeric columns are detected
Rollup interval
Query row
For time-bucketed SQL/metrics table queries
Combined tables
When multiple queries feed one table widget, columns from each query are merged into a single grid. Per-column units can be set for numeric columns from each query.
Interaction on the dashboard
Hovering over a specific line will show the option to drill down further either in Explore, for aggregated drill down, or to the relevant data type page (e.g. Logs), to see the actual rows.
Stat
Use when: You want a large numeric KPI - one number per series or group.
Configuration
Data unit
Controls value unit of measurement
Rollup interval
For time-aggregated stats
Behavior
Each series or group renders as a stat tile in a responsive grid.
Up to 50 stats are shown; additional series are truncated.
With multiple queries or a formula, stats from all queries appear in the combined stat grid.
Top list
Use when: You want a ranked horizontal bar chart (for example “top 10 namespaces by log volume”).
Configuration
Data unit
Data Unit panel
Value axis formatting
Color
Additional Styling
Single-bar palette (one color theme for all bars)
Rollup interval
Query row
When the query is time-bucketed
Behavior
Bars are ranked by the query’s sort/limit.
Works with multiple queries in combined view (each query contributes bars).
Supports the high-series warning and Show all toggle (same limits as time series).
Pie
Use when: You want proportional breakdowns across a small number of categories.
Configuration
Data unit
Data Unit panel
Slice value formatting
Color
Additional Styling
Multi-slice palette (same options as time series)
Rollup interval
Query row
When applicable
Behavior
Best suited to a limited number of slices (use query limit to keep the chart readable).
Supports multiple queries in combined view.
Supports the high-series warning and Show all toggle.
Data
Use when: You want a scrollable list of raw records - similar to the Logs, Traces, or Events explorers - embedded in a dashboard tile.
Availability
Data types
Logs, Traces, or Events only
Query mode
Builder mode only (not the raw SQL/editor mode)
Query count
Single query per widget
Configuration
Column selectors
Choose which fields appear (builder query row)
Filters
Standard gcQL / filter builder for the signal type
Limit
Controls page size; scroll or load more for additional rows
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