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Co-authored-by: Kaarina Tungseth <[email protected]>
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**Discover** enables you to quickly search and filter your data, get information
about the structure of the fields, and display your findings in a visualization.
You can also customize and save your searches and place them on a dashboard.
You can also customize and save your searches and add them to a dashboard.
This article shows you how to use Discover to understand your data better. You
will learn how to:

* select data views
* explore your fields
* define runtime fields
* select the data you want to explore
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* view document fields and values
* add fields to your data
* search and filter your data
* use ES|QL
* save search
* filter, transform, and analyze your data with ES|QL
* save search queries and filters for future use
* visualize field values
You can also take a guided tour about Discover on the UI by clicking
You can also take a guided tour for Discover by clicking
**Take the tour** under the **Get the best look at your search results**
section.
## Select or create a data view
Select the data you want to explore. You need to create a data view from your
Elasticsearch data to access it through Discover.
Elasticsearch data to access it in Discover.
<DocCallOut color="success" title="Data view">
A data view can point to one or more indices, data streams, or index aliases to
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The **Available fields** section contains the fields that match the search
criteria. Click <DocIcon type="plusInCircle" title="Add field as column icon" />
to toggle the field into the document table. You can also drag the field from
the **Available fields** list into the document table.
the **Available fields** list to the document table.
You can rearrange the table columns by clicking a column header and selecting
**Move left** or **Move right**. To copy the name or values in a column to the
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then use that field for analysis and visualizations, the same way you do with
other fields.
Click **Add a field** to create a new field. You can deinfe its type, set a
Click **Add a field** to create a new field. You can define its type, and set a
custom description and label. You can also set its value by using the Painless
scripting language.
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## Save search
Click ***Save** in the toolbar to save your search configuration and the search
results. You can use it later to generate a CSV report, create visualizations or
Click ***Save** in the toolbar to save your search and the search
results. You can use it later to generate a CSV report, and create visualizations to display on
dashboards. Saving a search saves the query text, filters, and the current view
of **Discover**, including the columns selected in the document table, the sort
order, and the data view.
## Visualize field values
If the values of a field can be aggregated, you can visualize it from Discover.
When the values of a field can be aggregated, you can visualize the field in Discover.
Find the field in the side bar and click its name to open a popup with
statistical details about the field values. Click **Visualize** at the bottom of
the popup to create a visualization best suited for the field based on its
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