# Visualizations functions in canvas

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualizations-functions-in-canvas/214909
**Category:** Kibana
**Tags:** canvas
**Created:** [January 13, 2020, 10:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualizations-functions-in-canvas/214909 "2020-01-13T22:06:28Z")
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### Author: ![Marcos\_David\_Moreno](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marcos_david_moreno/32/45055_2.png) [@Marcos\_David\_Moreno](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marcos_David_Moreno)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2020, 10:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualizations-functions-in-canvas/214909/1 "2020-01-13T22:06:29Z")

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Hi, I want to insert a visualization which I have created in Kibana inside of canvas. I have tried to use the visualization function but I´m not sure if this option is possible.

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/4/4/4472d4ea0f7113f561bcb72e210d408b0c07ea9d.png)

I have had the visualization´s json in this path:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/5/151df9468ee0d87fd70d8ad2ce4f3121ed870401.png)

And inside I have copied this information:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/3/e/3e4473d1c0f2b6f3f624ebc6b3f2f6c9a4cd51c7.png)

I have tried differents ways without any result. There aren´t any documentacion about this function so I don´t know if it is possible to do.

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### Author: ![tims](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tims/32/46750_2.png) [@tims](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tims)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2020, 9:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualizations-functions-in-canvas/214909/2 "2020-02-04T21:23:05Z")

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Hi @Marcos_David_Moreno unfortunately the visualization function is not designed to be exposed this way. This is a side-effect of our autocomplete in the editor exposing functions that should not be exposed.

We have an issue tracking this here:

> <https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/51514>
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> Switching to using the Monaco editor has vastly improvement the UX around editing expressions in the Canvas. There are a few...

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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: [March 3, 2020, 9:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualizations-functions-in-canvas/214909/3 "2020-03-03T21:23:10Z")

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