Kibana displays Visualize library->empty screen when user tries to save a viz from field statistics -> explore in lens -> save to an existing dashboard or new dashboard

[bhavyarm]

Kibana version: 8.12.0 snapshot latest

Elasticsearch version: 8.12.0 snapshot latest

Browser version: chrome latest

Browser OS version: OS X

Original install method (e.g. download page, yum, from source, etc.): from snapshots

Describe the bug: Kibana displays empty page when user tries to add a visualization to dashboard after creating it through field statistics -> explore in lens -> save to an existing or new dashboard

Steps to reproduce:

1. Open discover with a dataview - open field statistics tab
2. Pick a field which gives you the option to explore in lens and click on explore in lens
3. Kibana takes you to lens and there do your thing and click on save and pick either a new dashboard or existing dashboard
4. Kibana displays Visualize library -> empty screen instead of taking the user to the dashboard with the saved visualization

Please note saving to library works without any errors. Also navigating from discover side bar -> lens visualize save also works fine

Screenshots (if relevant):

no_dashboard.mp4

[elasticmachine]

Pinging @elastic/kibana-data-discovery (Team:DataDiscovery)

[elasticmachine]

Pinging @elastic/kibana-visualizations (Team:Visualizations)

[stratoula]

@bhavyarm I can't replicate it in main 🤔 Can you try to replicate it with a sample dataset and share with us the exact steps you followed? 🙇‍♀️

[bhavyarm]

@stratoula Thanks for looking at the bug. here you go.

This is on latest 8.12.0 snapshot which is from last Tuesday Nov 28th. I have upgraded to this cluster from 7.17.15.

Steps:

1. Install sample data - I picked Kibana sample logs - go to discover
2. click on field statistics - you will see the table populated like this

3. I clicked on bytes -> explore in lens ->which takes me to Kibana lens 4. I click on save and pick new dashboard 5. Now doing that action takes me to visualize library -> lens for bytes counter empty page

empty_screen.mp4

Thanks :)

[stratoula]

I was trying from the Visualize button on the sidebar 🤦

@elastic/kibana-data-discovery this is weird. The Visualize button works as expected. I am not familiar with the implementation of the field statistics. Are you doing something different there? 🤔

[jughosta]

@stratoula Here is the implementation from ml side: lensPlugin.navigateToPrefilledEditor

Looks like the difference is that it does not use actions.

[bhavyarm]

This works fine in 8.11.0. Tested it again now. Cheers!

[stratoula]

I can't imagine what changed in 8.12 at least from us 🤔 We will take a look

[stratoula]

This action doesnt work as expected either 🤔 @ThomThomson did you do any changes on the navigateToEditor function during this minor? I am trying to understand what has changed and the redirection to dashboard doesnt work anymore. It worked fine in 8.11.0

[stratoula]

ok I found the culprit Devon :) #167019

[slteksystemsllc]

Hello, have the same issue in Kibana 8.12.1 and 8.12.2.

Reading some articles at Red hat https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1719733 on permission issues related to Kibana however this install has security disabled so didn't seem to be the same issue.

On a hunch I decided to create a new space without deleting anything like the .kibana indexes etc and Visualize Library now works for the new space just not for the other. This seems to have worked all though now have to recreate the dashboards etc.

Side note, dashboards were original exported from a system that was upgraded from ES 6.4 to 7.10 to 8.12.

Than exported so not sure if there are leftover garbage in the files but figured worth sharing that this fixes the blank Visualize Library issue for me. Hope it helps someone else. If anyone has any updates that would be awesome as well.