{"id":31045,"date":"2026-01-06T06:55:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T06:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kovaion-new1.local\/build-intuitive-visualizations-using-peoplesoft-kibana\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T07:19:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T07:19:36","slug":"build-intuitive-visualizations-using-peoplesoft-kibana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stage.kovaionplay.com\/stage-kovaion\/build-intuitive-visualizations-using-peoplesoft-kibana\/","title":{"rendered":"Build intuitive visualizations using PeopleSoft Kibana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PeopleSoft Search Framework<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As we are already familiar, PeopleSoft utilizes Elastic Search which provides a multitenant-capable, full text search engine with an HTTP web interface and schema-free JSON documents. In fact, Elastic Search framework has enhanced the process of crawling, processing attachments, and indexing data.<\/p>\n<p>What is Kibana?<\/p>\n<p>Kibana is an open source frontend application, that is built on top of Elastic search. Kibana provides rich, intuitive data visualizations for that data that is indexed in Elastic Search.<\/p>\n<p>The easy-to-use Kibana interface allows developers and Business end users to query data, create catchy charts, thereby visualize the results via different chart types.<\/p>\n<p>Kibana features as an ideal tool:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For searching, viewing and visualizing data<\/li>\n<li>For analysing the data through charts, tables, histograms or maps.<\/li>\n<li>Which has centralised access for built-in solutions developed on Elastic Stack.<\/li>\n<li>With dozens of features for data exploration, visualization, monitoring, and management.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Kibana and PeopleSoft<\/p>\n<p>Kibana was delivered with PeopleTools 8.57 for technical administrators only with system metrics and indexing metrics. Though Elastic search DPK was shipped with Elasticsearch and Kibana, usage of Kibana was limited to monitoring ES server only.<\/p>\n<p>With tools 8.58 the feature is now integrated with Peoplesoft UI and available for end users for key decision making.<\/p>\n<p>Dashboard Development Steps<\/p>\n<p>Following are the quick steps to be followed for creating a Kibana Visualization from scratch \u2013<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9801 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/pt-kib01.png\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 880px, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/pt-kib01.png 880w, https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/pt-kib01-480x148.png 480w\" alt=\"\" width=\"880\" height=\"272\" \/><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Create index pattern<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>On the Kibana tool, open\u00a0Management, and then click\u00a0Index Patterns.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0Create index pattern\u00a0page opens automatically. Click on\u00a0Create index pattern.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9786 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/word-image-24-1024x495.png\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/word-image-24-980x473.png 980w, https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/word-image-24-480x232.png 480w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"495\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Define an index pattern name,\u00a0which matches the first letter on existing Index and ends with *.<\/li>\n<li>Click on Next Step<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9787 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/word-image-25-1024x495.png\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/word-image-25-980x473.png 980w, https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/word-image-25-480x232.png 480w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"495\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open the\u00a0Time Filter field name\u00a0dropdown and select\u00a0@timestamp.<\/li>\n<li>Click\u00a0Create index pattern.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Create Visualization\/Dashboard<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Open\u00a0Discover. Multiple available\u00a0index patterns are displayed.<\/li>\n<li>To make\u00a0your current index, click the index pattern dropdown, then select\u00a0your newly created index. By default, all fields are shown for each matching document.<\/li>\n<li>Hover over the list of\u00a0available fields, then click\u00a0add\u00a0next to each field you want include as a column in the table.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9788 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/word-image-26-1024x499.png\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/word-image-26-980x478.png 980w, https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/word-image-26-480x234.png 480w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"499\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Post that, select Visualization tab on the left menu. And select on \u201c+\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9789 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/word-image-27-1024x332.png\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/word-image-27-980x317.png 980w, https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/word-image-27-480x156.png 480w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"332\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Select the Visualization type from the choices given below<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9790\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/word-image-28.png\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 877px, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/word-image-28.png 877w, https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/word-image-28-480x291.png 480w\" alt=\"\" width=\"877\" height=\"532\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To enter new search criteria, select the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.elastic.co\/guide\/en\/kibana\/current\/index-patterns.html\" rel=\"noopener\">index pattern<\/a>\u00a0for the indices that contain the data you want to visualize. The visualization builder opens with a wildcard query that matches all of the documents in the selected indices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9791\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/word-image-29.png\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 777px, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/word-image-29.png 777w, https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/word-image-29-480x303.png 480w\" alt=\"\" width=\"777\" height=\"490\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Select the Data, Metrics and Axis for the graph.<\/li>\n<li>In the Kibana toolbar, click\u00a0Inspect.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the Kibana toolbar, click\u00a0Save.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9792 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/word-image-30-1024x422.png\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/word-image-30-980x404.png 980w, https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/word-image-30-480x198.png 480w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"422\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Create Kibana dashboard<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To create a dashboard, add multiple needed visualizations, saved-searches and analysis maps<\/li>\n<li>Arrange dashboard elements according to your choice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9793 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/word-image-31-1024x311.png\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/word-image-31-980x298.png 980w, https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/word-image-31-480x146.png 480w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"311\" \/><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Import Kibana dashboard in PeopleSoft<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Navigation:- Main menu &gt; PeopleTools &gt; Search framework &gt; Administration &gt; Import Kibana dashboards<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9794 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/word-image-32-1024x462.png\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/word-image-32-980x442.png 980w, https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/word-image-32-480x216.png 480w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"462\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Add a new row and select the dashboard which is created.<\/li>\n<li>Save and click on Import<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Configure as tile<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Navigation: Main menu &gt; PeopleTools &gt; Search framework &gt; Administration &gt; Kibana visualization<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Add a new row.<\/li>\n<li>Select the Imported dashboard and tile to been viewed and label of the tile.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9795 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/word-image-33-1024x358.png\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/word-image-33-980x343.png 980w, https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/word-image-33-480x168.png 480w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"358\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Go to home page and select Personalize Homepage.<\/li>\n<li>Select Add tile &gt;PeopleSoft Applications &gt; and select the dashboard and save.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tile added to Homepage<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9796 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/word-image-34-1024x391.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"391\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kibana Visualizer<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9797 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/word-image-35-1024x365.png\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/word-image-35-980x349.png 980w, https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/word-image-35-480x171.png 480w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"365\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Advantages<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Provides dashboard view with all visual elements accessible in any browser<\/li>\n<li>Real-time analytical view into large volumes of data<\/li>\n<li>Being the official interface of Elasticsearch, Kibana serves to be the most effective interface for discovering data insights<\/li>\n<li>No load on transactional database<\/li>\n<li>Data security applied to index data is applicable to visualizations as well<\/li>\n<li>Seamless interface between PS UI and Kibana<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Author<br \/>\nGautam Gunasekhar<br \/>\nPeopleSoft Team<br \/>\nKovaion Consulting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PeopleSoft Search Framework &nbsp; As we are already familiar, PeopleSoft utilizes Elastic Search which provides a multitenant-capable, full text search engine with an HTTP web interface and schema-free JSON documents. In fact, Elastic Search framework has enhanced the process of crawling, processing attachments, and indexing data. What is Kibana? 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