# Visualizations: create w/o point & clicking through UI? **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [March 6, 2017, 7:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualizations-create-w-o-point-clicking-through-ui/77567 "2017-03-06T19:08:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Brice\_Ruth\_2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/brice_ruth_2/32/1919_2.png) [@Brice\_Ruth\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Brice_Ruth_2)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 7:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualizations-create-w-o-point-clicking-through-ui/77567/1 "2017-03-06T19:08:45Z")
Is the only way to create visualizations by pointing and clicking through the UI? In searching for events, I can just type directly in the search bar, e.g. environment:production AND type:json-logs instead of pointing and clicking through the filter bar on the left. I don't see anything equivalent to quickly be able to create visualizations ... e.g. chart Count,Average(duration) by @timestamp span=1m split-by Terms(route). When speed is of the essence, trying to figure out where your system might be having a problem - the current UI is massively slow. I can type out what I want to visualize way faster than I can point and click my way through drop downs and field expansions. This means the difference between processing through 4-5 visualizations a minute to figure out where your problem is, versus maybe 1-2 per minute. If you need to get through 10-20 visualizations to pinpoint the issue, that can be the difference between a minor disruption that's barely noticed and a major issue that trends on Twitter. I get that the current UI allows newbies to get in and create meaningful visualizations with their data, but it's not power-user friendly, IMO. If there's a way to do this already, can someone point out the docs for it? Googling has been fruitless thus far. -- Frustrated ---
**Author:** ![Brandon\_Kobel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/brandon_kobel/32/14829_2.png) [@Brandon\_Kobel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Brandon_Kobel)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2017, 6:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualizations-create-w-o-point-clicking-through-ui/77567/2 "2017-03-07T18:50:56Z")
@Brice_Ruth_2 if you're looking at time series data, it might be worthwhile to look at [TimeLion](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/timelion.html) the query language seems to be close to what you're looking for, but it's only for time series data at this point. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 6:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualizations-create-w-o-point-clicking-through-ui/77567/3 "2017-04-04T18:51:09Z")
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