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4 changes: 3 additions & 1 deletion docs/discover/field-statistics.asciidoc
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* Is the field type and format in the data view appropriate
for the data and its cardinality?

NOTE: Field statistics aren't available when **Discover** is in {esql} mode.

This example explores the fields in
the <<gs-get-data-into-kibana, sample web logs data>>, or you can use your own data.

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. Explore additional field types to see the statistics that *Discover* provides.

. To create a visualization of the field data, click
. To create a Lens visualization of the field data, click
image:images/visualization-icon.png[Click the magnifying glass icon to create a visualization of the data in Lens]
or
image:images/map-icon.png[Click the Maps icon to explore the data in a map]
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Expand Up @@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ Use one of the editors to create visualizations of your data. Each editor offers
| <<alert-panels,Alerts>>
| View Observability or Security alerts in your dashboard

| <<field-statistics-dashboard,Field statistics>>
| Add a field statistics view of your data to your dashboards

| <<vega, Custom visualizations>>
| Use Vega to create new types of visualizations

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The Maps editor has extensive documentation. For your reading comfort, we have moved it to <<maps,this section>>.

[[field-statistics-dashboard]]
== Field statistics

**Field statistics** panels allow you to display a table with additional field information in your dashboards, such as document count, values, and distribution.

. From your dashboard, select **Add panel**.
. Choose **Field statistics** under **Visualizations**. An ES|QL editor appears and lets you configure your query with the fields and information that you want to show.
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TIP: Check the link:{ref}/esql-language.html[ES|QL reference] to get familiar with the syntax and optimize your query.
. When editing your query or its configuration, run the query to update the preview of the visualization.
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image:https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltefdd0b53724fa2ce/blte2b1371159f5b9ff/66fc6ca13804eb2532b20727/field-statistics-preview-8.16.0.gif[Editing a field statistics dashboard panel and running the query to update the preview]
. Select **Apply and close** to save the visualization to the dashboard.

include::vega.asciidoc[leveloffset=-1]

[[add-text]]
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