# Visualization in timeline format
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualization-in-timeline-format/334448
**Category:** Kibana
**Tags:** visualisation
**Created:** [May 26, 2023, 3:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualization-in-timeline-format/334448 "2023-05-26T15:23:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Leandro\_Salamaia](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Leandro_Salamaia)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2023, 3:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualization-in-timeline-format/334448/1 "2023-05-26T15:23:39Z")
I need to create a view in kibana that shows the time difference between a Status true message and a Status false message but I haven't found a way yet
if anyone can give me some tips
log example
```auto
Device:S0101 Status:1 Date:2023-05-25T15:10:01:440
Device:S0101 Status:0 Date:2023-05-25T15:11:01:440
Device:S0101 Status:1 Date:2023-05-25T15:17:01:440
Device:S0102 Status:1 Date:2023-05-25T15:20:01:440
Device:S0102 Status:0 Date:2023-05-25T15:21:01:440
Device:S0102 Status:1 Date:2023-05-25T15:27:01:440
```
I need something similar to this graphic image
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### Author:  [@jsanz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jsanz)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2023, 4:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualization-in-timeline-format/334448/2 "2023-06-01T16:51:09Z")
I don't think you can do that directly at this moment. With logstash you can process your documents to generate new data with the start and end times. Check this other thread
> [@Show cumulative duration between start / stop events](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/show-cumulative-duration-between-start-stop-events/54198):
>
> Hello, I am logging firewall events and see a process start and stop throughout the day. I want to show for how much of the day the process was running, by the cumulative sum of: @timestamp (end\_event) - @timestamp (start\_event) Is this possible in Kibana? Thank you.
The elapsed filter for logstash is suggested as the correct tool for this task
> **[Elapsed filter plugin | Logstash Reference \[8.11\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-filters-elapsed.html)**
Then once you have individual documents with start/end properties you can use the Vega visualization type and ranged bar masks as in this example:
> **[Gantt Chart (Ranged Bar Marks)](https://vega.github.io/vega-lite/examples/bar_gantt.html)**
>
> A simple bar chart with ranged data (aka Gantt Chart).
I understand is not a great answer, maybe there's a more straight forward path.
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### Author:  [@Leandro\_Salamaia](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Leandro_Salamaia)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2023, 1:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualization-in-timeline-format/334448/3 "2023-06-03T01:35:26Z")
Hello @jsanz thanks for the help I used the Gantt Chart that you indicated and it worked perfectly.
regarding logstash I took another approach which was to insert a start date and an end date of the event in the document
then as I send the messages through C# at the beginning of the event the end date comes out empty so when it ends I retrieve the document and update it with the end date.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2023, 1:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualization-in-timeline-format/334448/4 "2023-07-01T01:36:11Z")
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