# Visualization over an ES query

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualization-over-an-es-query/143760>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [August 9, 2018, 7:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualization-over-an-es-query/143760 "2018-08-09T19:46:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![mehdi-gital](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@mehdi-gital](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mehdi-gital)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 7:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualization-over-an-es-query/143760/1 "2018-08-09T19:46:56Z")

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This might be a basic question but I've looked around and haven't found my answer.

How do I go about creating a visualization (say a pie chart with count aggregation, split slices with a range aggregation, etc) but I'm only interested in the documents that are subject to the results of say a term query?

I see there's a box for Lucene code and also under 'advanced', it takes JSON input but I'm not sure how to use it.

Any help would be appreciated.

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**Author:** ![Nathan\_Reese](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nathan_reese/32/84829_2.png) [@Nathan\_Reese](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nathan_Reese)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 7:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualization-over-an-es-query/143760/2 "2018-08-09T19:57:25Z")

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Use the `Discover` application to construct your query. Click `Add a filter` for a nice UI for building terms quires.

 ![19%20PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/3/c/3c14972c9fd98b8a7e0bd9e052b5c886ba772c34.png)

When finished, save the query. This will create a "Saved Search".

 ![41%20PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/8/5/85b208d85c4c11c24f0d5b6187ae9c2cdba7d533.png)

Open visualize and select your visualization type. The next screen will present a dialog for choosing your data source. The left side lists index patterns. The right side lists saved searches. Select your saved search

 ![54%20PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/b/4/b48eb0fa903d1013710c94be47789d3b59628a89.png)

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**Author:** ![mehdi-gital](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@mehdi-gital](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mehdi-gital)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 8:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualization-over-an-es-query/143760/3 "2018-08-09T20:18:41Z")

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Thanks for super quick answer, @Nathan_Reese!

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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:** [September 6, 2018, 8:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualization-over-an-es-query/143760/4 "2018-09-06T20:18:43Z")

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