In this blog we are going to discover how to enable Vega Sankey visualizations to create Kibana Filters.
Vega is a standout tool in the world of data visualization, allowing you to create detailed and interactive visual displays of your data. Using a simple JSON syntax, Vega allows you to define how your visualizations look and behave. It's a key part of the Kibana ecosystem, meaning you can use it alongside other Kibana visualizations within your dashboards. An in-depth exploration of how Vega works can be found in this blog.
Vega shines when you need more than what Kibana's standard visualization tools offer. It lets you build custom visualizations tailored to your specific needs, whether you're dealing with complex data relationships or want a unique visual style.
A few years back, we shared a blog on how to create a Sankey chart in Kibana. Sankey charts are great for illustrating the relationship between two data fields. While the chart worked well, as Kibana grew with new features, a limitation became clear: the inability to create a Kibana filter directly from the chart.