Customize Real-Time Dashboard visuals (preview)

Real-Time Dashboards are a collection of tiles that feature a visual representation supported by an underlying Kusto Query Language (KQL) query. This article explains how to edit the visualizations and queries of a Real-Time Dashboard tile and provides an overview of customization properties specific to each visualization type.

Important

This feature is in preview.

All visualizations that can be created in the context of the render operator along with the dashboard-specific visuals are available in Real-Time Dashboards.

Prerequisites

Customize a dashboard tile

To make changes in your dashboard:

  1. In the top menu, select Viewing and toggle to Editing mode.

  2. On the tile that you'd like to customize, select the Edit icon. Edit the underlying query or the visualization properties.

  3. To save your changes and return to the dashboard, select Apply changes.

Customization properties

The following table describes the available customization properties, categorized alphabetically by section, and specifies which visuals support the given property.

Section Property Description Visual types
Colors Color palette Determines the set of colors to use for the heatmap. Heatmap
Conditional formatting Hide or Show A toggle option to turn off or turn on conditional formatting. For more information, see Apply conditional formatting. Anomaly chart, Area chart, Bar chart, Column chart, Multi Stat, Scatter chart, Table, Time chart
Data Y columns The columns that provide data for the vertical axis. Anomaly chart, Area chart, Bar chart, Column chart, Line chart, Scatter chart, Time chart
X column The column that provides data for the horizontal axis. Anomaly chart, Area chart, Bar chart, Column chart, Line chart, Scatter chart, Time chart
Series columns The columns used to categorize data into different series. Anomaly chart, Area chart, Bar chart, Column chart, Line chart, Scatter chart, Time chart
Category column The column that determines the data categories. Funnel chart, Heatmap, Pie chart
Label column Assigns labels to each slot using the designated column. Multi Stat
Value column The column that provides data for the visualization. Funnel chart, Multi stat
Value The numeric column that serves as the primary variable for the heatmap. Heatmap
Numeric column The column that provides the numeric value for the data category. Pie chart
Define location by Determines the method used to define the location: Infer, Latitude and longitude, or Geo point. Map
Display options Order by How to order the results in the chart: Name, Size, or None. Pie chart
Top N Option to only show sections for the top n values in the chart. Pie chart
General Display orientation Determines the orientation of the display: Horizontal or Vertical. Multi Stat
Text size Determines the size of the text: Recommended, Small, or Large. Multi Stat, Stat
Visual format Determines the format for the chart. For area, bar, and column charts, the format can be standard, stacked, or stacked 100%. For pie charts, the format can be pie or donut. Area chart, Bar chart, Column chart, Pie chart
Layout Slot configuration Customizes the grid layout with options ranging from 1 column by 1 row (1 slot) to 5 columns by 5 rows (25 slots). Multi Stat
Legend Hide or Show Hides or shows a legend explaining data series in the chart. Anomaly chart, Area chart, Bar chart, Column chart, Multi Stat, Scatter chart, Time chart
Size Hide or Show Toggles sizing for the map points on or off. Map
Size column The column used to determine the size of the map point. Map
URLs Apply link on column When enabled, selecting a value in this column directs to the URL specified in the URL column. Table
URL column The column that contains URL values. Table
X Axis Label Sets a custom label for the horizontal axis. Anomaly chart, Area chart, Bar chart, Column chart, Multi Stat, Scatter chart, Time chart
Vertical line value Specifies a value on the horizontal axis for vertical reference lines. Anomaly chart, Area chart, Bar chart, Column chart, Multi Stat, Scatter chart, Time chart
X axis scale Adjusts the scale of the horizontal axis to linear or logarithmic. Anomaly chart, Area chart, Bar chart, Multi Stat, Scatter chart, Table, Time chart
Y Axis Label Sets a custom label for the vertical axis. Anomaly chart, Area chart, Bar chart, Column chart, Multi Stat, Scatter chart, Time chart
Maximum value Defines the maximum value on the vertical axis. Anomaly chart, Area chart, Bar chart, Column chart, Multi Stat, Scatter chart, Time chart
Minimum value Defines the minimum value on the vertical axis. Anomaly chart, Area chart, Bar chart, Column chart, Multi Stat, Scatter chart, Time chart
Reference lines Marks a value on the chart as a reference line for visual guidance. Anomaly chart, Area chart, Bar chart, Column chart, Multi Stat, Scatter chart, Time chart

Embed images

You can embed images in your dashboard tiles using Markdown text.

For more information on GitHub Flavored Markdown, see GitHub Flavored Markdown Spec.

  1. Open a Real-Time Dashboard.

  2. In the top menu, select New text tile to open a text tile.

    Screenshot of the Home menu in a Real-Time Dashboard. The option titled Add text is highlighted.

  3. In the query pane, paste the URL of an image located in an image hosting service using the following syntax:

    ![](URL)
    

    The image renders in the tile's preview.

    Screenshot of dashboard query pane showing image syntax in markdown text.

  4. In the top menu, select Apply changes to save the tile.

For more information on image syntax in GitHub Flavored Markdown, see Images.