# Kibana Type of the chart **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [April 14, 2020, 2:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-type-of-the-chart/227936 "2020-04-14T14:19:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nages](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nages/32/46943_2.png) [@nages](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nages)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 2:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-type-of-the-chart/227936/1 "2020-04-14T14:19:51Z")
Is there any way to identify the type of the chart ( like area , TSVB ) by looking at the chart in the dashboard - perhaps with a tooltip or help. This is generally **nice to have** as some of the charts are obvious by looking at them like pie, bar charts. But in some charts, it is really hard to figure it out unless we figure it out from "Visualize" module. ---
**Author:** ![flash1293](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/flash1293/32/41227_2.png) [@flash1293](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/flash1293)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-type-of-the-chart/227936/2 "2020-04-14T15:00:48Z")
When browsing visualizations in the add panel to the right, the icon and the tooltip shown when hovering the icon tell you the type: ![Screenshot 2020-04-14 at 16.58.39](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/2/1210a07d2957dce57fc73a62f9a06c889f07fb92.png) When you've already added something to the dashboard, there is no direct indication. You could put it in the name of the Visualization, something like `[TSVB] Sales by country`. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-type-of-the-chart/227936/3 "2020-05-12T15:00:54Z")
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