Export to Csv/Excel from Kibana
I Am Building a Proof of Concept Using Elasticsearch Logstash and Kibana for One of My Projects. I Have the Dashboard with the Graphs Working Without Any...
I am building a proof of concept using Elasticsearch Logstash and Kibana for one of my projects. I have the dashboard with the graphs working without any issue. One of the requirements for my project is the ability to download the file(csv/excel). In kibana the only option i saw for downloading the file is by clicking on edit button on the visualization created. Is it possible to add a link on the dashboard that would allow users to download the file without going into the edit mode. And secondly I would like to disable/hide the edit mode for anyone other than me who views the dashboard. Thanks
To export data to csv/excel from Kibana follow the following steps:-
Click on Visualize Tab & select a visualization (if created). If not created create a visualziation.
Click on caret symbol (^) which is present at the bottom of the visualization.
Then you will get an option of Export:Raw Formatted as the bottom of the page.
Please find below attached image showing Export option after clicking on caret symbol.
FYI : How to download data in CSV from Kibana:
In Kibana--> 1. Go to 'Discover' in left side
Select Index Field (based on your dashboard data) (*** In case if you are not sure which index to select-->go to management tab-->Saved Objects-->Dashboard-->select dashboard name-->scroll down to JSON-->you will see the Index name )
left side you see all the variables available in the data-->click over the variable name that you want to have in csv-->click add-->this variable will be added on the right side of the columns avaliable
Top right section of the kibana-->there is the time filter-->click -->select the duration for which you want the csv
Top upper right -->Reporting-->save this time/variable selection with a new report-->click generate CSV
Go to 'Management' in left side--> 'Reporting'-->download your csv
In Kibana 6.5, you can generate CSV under the Share Tab -> CSV Reports.
The request will be queued. Once the CSV is generated, it will be available for download under Management -> Reporting
I totally missed the export button at the bottom of each visualization. As for read only access...Shield from Elasticsearch might be worth exploring.
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