# Getting string value from search and display on Dashboard **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [April 7, 2018, 3:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-string-value-from-search-and-display-on-dashboard/127166 "2018-04-07T15:11:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stephen\_Im](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Stephen\_Im](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Stephen_Im)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2018, 3:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-string-value-from-search-and-display-on-dashboard/127166/1 "2018-04-07T15:11:17Z")
Hi, I am new to Elastic. I was able to get system logs, and I like to put summary per each syslog to dashboard. If I want to put the unique information of each syslog to dashboard. How can I do that? That's pretty much getting syslog value and put it in as strings on dashboard. will appreciate for any helpful information. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![bhavyarm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bhavyarm/32/22392_2.png) [@bhavyarm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bhavyarm)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 8:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-string-value-from-search-and-display-on-dashboard/127166/2 "2018-04-09T20:23:53Z")
Hi, I am a bit confused here. Do you need help in knowing how to create a visualization and add it to dashboard? or a particular visualization? Kibana has multiple visualizations which might satisfy your requirements. I also think you should take a look at filebeat: [https://www.elastic.co/products/beats/filebeat](https://www.elastic.co/products/beats/filebeat) . It has a module for syslog which can be configured [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/filebeat-module-system.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/filebeat-module-system.html). It comes with a set of prepackaged dashboards. So it might make it easy for you? [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/filebeat-getting-started.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/filebeat-getting-started.html) Let me know Thanks, Bhavya ---
**Author:** ![Stephen\_Im](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Stephen\_Im](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Stephen_Im)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 2:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-string-value-from-search-and-display-on-dashboard/127166/3 "2018-04-10T14:15:22Z")
Hi Bhavyarm, Thank you for your reply. Yes, I need help in knowing how to retrieve a value from log message and add it to the dashboard. For example, I am trying to get specific value in log message like port or any unique string in the message. I have different types of logs, so I need to pull logs display in dashboard. I checked the links you sent, but I can't find a way on the links. Appreciate for your reply. ---
**Author:** ![bhavyarm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bhavyarm/32/22392_2.png) [@bhavyarm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bhavyarm)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 3:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-string-value-from-search-and-display-on-dashboard/127166/4 "2018-04-10T15:30:25Z")
Hi Stephen, So - dashboards can contain two kinds of objects. 1. Saved searches: you can do a search in discover, save it and then add it to dashboard. Here I did a search on response:200 and then saved it. 2. Visualizations: you can create a visualization and then add it to a dashboard. Here I created a data table on terms aggregation on machine.os ![datatable](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/7/9/793d6e8a8600d9c9d70f9ea560ef33f24edd5579.jpg) 1. You can see that the dashboard here has both of them on it. ![add_to_dashboard](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/9/a/9ac0e0418a7d8dac2d61b65adc5d180cd78dcee3.jpg) There is this webinar which might help you to tie the whole thing together: [https://www.elastic.co/webinars/getting-started-kibana](https://www.elastic.co/webinars/getting-started-kibana) This is our user guide: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/getting-started.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/getting-started.html) Thanks, Bhavya ---
**Author:** ![Stephen\_Im](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Stephen\_Im](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Stephen_Im)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 4:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-string-value-from-search-and-display-on-dashboard/127166/5 "2018-04-10T16:15:05Z")
Hi Bhavyarm, Thanks a lot. This is what I was looking for. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2018, 4:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-string-value-from-search-and-display-on-dashboard/127166/6 "2018-05-08T16:15:10Z")
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