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[Lens] [Docs] Add more QA for Lens (#97142)
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Co-authored-by: Marta Bondyra <marta.bondyra@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Kaarina Tungseth <kaarina.tungseth@elastic.co>
Co-authored-by: Kibana Machine <42973632+kibanamachine@users.noreply.github.com>
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Expand Up @@ -190,6 +190,8 @@ A subset of *Lens* visualizations support value labels.
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image::images/lens_value_labels_xychart_toggle.png[Lens Bar chart value labels menu]

NOTE: In bar charts, you are unable to move the label positions.

* *Pie*, *Donut*, and *Treemap*
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Sorting dimensions in visualizations is unsupported in *Lens*.

You can sort the dimensions for a single column in data tables: click the column header, then select the sorting criteria you want to use.
If you use the dimension as `Columns`, then all the columns that belong to the same dimension are sorted in the table.

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[[is-it-possible-to-use-saved-serches-in-lens]]
===== How do I visualize saved searches?
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===== How do I change the number of suggestions?

Configuring the *Suggestions* that *Lens* automatically populates is unsupported.

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[[is-it-possible-to-use-different-indexpatterns-in-lens]]
===== Can I visualize multiple index patterns in a single visualization?

You can create *Bar*, *Line* and *Area* charts from multiple index patterns.

Each *Layer* in a visualization is associated with an index pattern and mutiple *Layers* can be combined together within the same visualization. Each *Layer* also has a chart switcher button in order to select the best type of visualization for the specific dataset.
You can also change the index pattern for a single *Layer*.

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[[why-my-field-x-is-missing-from-the-fields-list]]
===== Why is my field X missing from the fields list?

*Lens* does not support the visualization of full-text fields, therefore it is not showing them in the data summary.

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[[how-to-handle-gaps-in-time-series-visualizations]]
===== How do I handle gaps in time series visualizations?

*Lens* provides a set of features to handle missing values for *Area* and *Line* charts, which is useful for sparse data in time series data.

To select a different way to represent missing values, open the *Visual options* menu, then select how to handle missing values. The default is to hide the missing values.
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image::images/lens_missing_values_strategy.png[Lens Missing values strategies menu]

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[[is-it-possible-to-change-the-scale-of-Y-axis]]
===== Is it possible to statically define the scale of the y-axis in a visualization?

The ability to start the y-axis from another value than 0, or use a logarithmic scale, is unsupported in *Lens*.

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[[is-it-possible-to-have-pagination-for-datatable]]
===== Is it possible to have pagination in a data table?

Pagination in a data table is unsupported in *Lens*. However, the <<types-of-visualizations,aggregation-based data table>> supports pagination.

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[[is-it-possible-to-have-more-than-one-Y-axis-scale]]
===== Is it possible to have more than one y-axis scale in visualizations?

*Lens* lets you pick, for each Y dimension, up to two distinct axis: *left* and *right*. Each axis can have a different scale.

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