# Creating Visualizations from Mixed Data

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-visualizations-from-mixed-data/155231>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [November 2, 2018, 7:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-visualizations-from-mixed-data/155231 "2018-11-02T19:11:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Luis\_N](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@Luis\_N](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Luis_N)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2018, 7:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-visualizations-from-mixed-data/155231/1 "2018-11-02T19:11:13Z")

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I am very new to ELK and have researched a LOT in the past few weeks. I have a full ELK dev as such setup

VM Server  
nGinx -\> Kibana 6.x \<- ElasticStash 6.x \<- Logstash 6.x

VMClient  
NagiosCheckBeat -\> (Via SSL Cert) VM Server Logstash  
MetricBeat -\> (Via SSL Cert) VM Server Logstash  
PacketBeat -\> (Via SSL Cert) VM Server Logstash

Majority of stuff had visualizations and dashboards but now I am getting into adding custom scripts that return data from devices (not servers) ex; UPS script to pull data. So for ex:  
Nagioscheckbeat name = Host: 1stUPS Service: UPS Status  
Label: (can be the following) temp , voltage, etc  
value: # from above label

Now, trying to get a visualization going w the following is NOT easy

1. List of all hosts (sometimes by group depending on Host: value under "name"
2. Click on said host to then goto a dashboard to display current temp, voltage etc

whats the best way to tackle this? Any tutorials / videos?

I got metrics to work using filters on label: temp etc  
but when working with visual builder - gauge, noticed nagioscheckbeat-\* index has no timestamp?? if i create a reg gauge it works fine. VB gauge it wont give me a drop down for time field. is that normal?

 ![27%20PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/a/e/ae743770b9bc6a09b7eb0e93cc1bc7458f27c924.png)

Fixed above by adding a time series via timelion

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**Author:** ![nickpeihl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nickpeihl/32/112622_2.png) [@nickpeihl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nickpeihl)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2018, 11:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-visualizations-from-mixed-data/155231/2 "2018-11-02T23:11:27Z")

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The ability to create visualizations that can drill down into other dashboards is a feature request that is being [tracked on GitHub](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/12560). It is not available yet.

However, there is an [interesting comment](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/12560#issuecomment-404449251) in that GitHub issue that describes a workaround method to do this very thing.

Do I understand correctly that you've already fixed the timestamp issue in VB?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 11:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-visualizations-from-mixed-data/155231/3 "2018-11-30T23:11:33Z")

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