Visualize Log Query Results as Charts on SLS Dashboards - Simple Log Service

Simple Log Service lets you save query and analysis results to a dashboard as a chart.

Prerequisites

You have collected data.

Simple Log Service supports collecting log, metric data, and trace data.

Important
Before you can obtain a chart based on logs and add the chart to a dashboard, you must store the logs in a Standard logstore. For more information, see Manage a logstore.
If you are collecting log data, you must configure an index. For more information, see Create an index.
You have created a dashboard. For more information, see Create a dashboard.

Limitations

For the maximum number of charts per dashboard, see resource limit.

Entry points

Although the entry points differ, the configuration options are the same. This topic uses the dashboard page method as an example.

Logstore page

From a Logstore page, you first perform a query and analysis, select a chart, and then save the chart to the target dashboard. To navigate to a Logstore page, see Quick start for query and analysis.
Dashboard page

From a dashboard page, you first select the target dashboard, add a chart, and then configure the query and analysis. To navigate to a dashboard page, see Create a dashboard.

Procedure

To add multiple charts to a dashboard, repeat these steps for each chart.

Log on to the Simple Log Service console.
Navigate to the page for adding a new chart.
1. In the Projects section, click the project you want.
2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Dashboard > Dashboards.
3. In the dashboard list, click the target dashboard.
4. On the dashboard page, click Edit.
5. Click Add > Add Chart.
6. In edit mode, select the General Configurations > icon.
Configure query and analysis.

You can add multiple queries. For more information, see query and analysis.
Optional: Configure data conversion.

Before visualizing the data, you can use data conversion to process the query results. For example, you can merge results from multiple queries or categorize data. For more information, see data conversion.
Optional: Configure chart properties.

Simple Log Service automatically configures chart properties based on your query results. If the default settings meet your visualization needs, you can skip this step.
1. Configure General Configurations.
  
  General Configurations are global settings that apply to the entire chart. For more information, see General Configurations.
2. Configure Field Configuration.
  
  Field Configuration lets you customize the visualization for the results of a single query or for a specific data column. For more information, see Field Configuration.
Optional: Configure interactions.

Interactions add interactive features to the results of a single query or a specific data column, enabling deeper data analysis. For more information, see Add interactions to a dashboard for drill-down analysis.
On the Edit Chart page, click OK.
On the dashboard page, click Save.