# How to create visualization of text data

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-visualization-of-text-data/284607>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [September 20, 2021, 9:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-visualization-of-text-data/284607 "2021-09-20T09:22:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Aviel\_Bashari](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aviel_bashari/32/92464_2.png) [@Aviel\_Bashari](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Aviel_Bashari)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 9:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-visualization-of-text-data/284607/1 "2021-09-20T09:22:57Z")

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Hi,  
im having an ELK stack with filebeats.  
my filebeats configuration is listening to MQTT messages on specific topic.  
under discover I can filter the message and read the log,my goal is to create dashboard/visualiztion on this logs lines,but when Im trying to create visualization i cant fins the 'message' field(type = text), should i convert this field to any other type? how can i create a dashboard contains only the log lines?

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**Author:** ![Marco\_Liberati](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marco_liberati/32/82953_2.png) [@Marco\_Liberati](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marco_Liberati)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 9:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-visualization-of-text-data/284607/2 "2021-09-20T09:46:24Z")

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Hi @Aviel_Bashari ,

what type of visualization are you thinking of for the log lines? Something like a table?

Using Discover you can build a logs table and save it as `Saved Search` to show in a dashboard: [Save a search for reuse | Kibana Guide [7.14] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/save-open-search.html)  
This sounds close enough to what you are looking for?

As alternatives, if you are interested in aggregated data about text information, a Lens Table can be useful as well, as shown in this example: [Build your first dashboard | Kibana Guide [7.14] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/create-a-dashboard-of-panels-with-web-server-data.html#view-the-distribution-of-visitors-by-operating-system) .

Another visualization solution for text-based data can be TagClouds which are useful to track how frequently a keyword appears in your logs: [Aggregation-based | Kibana Guide [7.14] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/add-aggregation-based-visualization-panels.html)

**Note** that only keyword text can be used for aggregations.

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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:** [October 18, 2021, 9:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-visualization-of-text-data/284607/3 "2021-10-18T09:47:08Z")

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