# Create your own analytics visualizations
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Make sure to have reviewed [Configure your OpenSearch](/idea/best-practices/analytics/opensearch/configure-your-opensearch.md)
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Click the hamburger menu to reveal the left sidebar then click "**Visualize**" under "**OpenSearch Dashboards**" section.
Below are some example to help you get started:
(Scale-Out-Workloads) Money spent by instance type
* Select "Vertical Bars"
* Select the "scheduler\_jobs" index
* Y Axis (Metrics):
* Aggregation: Sum
* Field: estimated\_bom\_cost.line\_items\_total.amount
* Custom Label: Cost
* X Axis (Buckets):
* Aggregation: Terms
* Field: params.instance\_types\_raw
* Order By: metric: Cost
* Size (adjust as needed): 20
* Custom Label: Instance Type
* Split Series (Buckets):
* Sub Aggregation: Terms
* Field: params.instance\_types\_raw
* Order By: metric: Sum of Cost
* Size (adjust as needed): 20
Example (click to enlarge):
(Scale-Out-Workloads) Jobs per user
* Select "Vertical Bars"
* Select "scheduler\_jobs\*" index
* Y Axis (Metrics)
* Aggregation: count
* X Axis (Buckets):
* Aggregation: Terms
* Field: owner.raw
* Size (adjust as needed): 20
* Split Series (Buckets):
* Sub Aggregation: Terms
* Field: owner.raw
* Order By: metric: count
* Size (adjust as needed): 20
Example (click to enlarge):
(Scale-Out-Workloads) Jobs per user grouped by instance type
* Select "Vertical Bars"
* Select "scheduler\_jobs" index
* Y Axis (Metrics):
* Aggregation: count
* X Axis (Buckets):
* Aggregation: Terms
* Field: owner.raw
* Order By: metric: Count
* Size (adjust as needed): 20
* Split Series (Buckets)
* Sub Aggregation: Terms
* Field: params.instance\_types.raw
* Order By: metric: Count
* Size (adjust as needed): 20
Example (click to enlarge):
(Scale-Out-Workloads) Instance type launched by user
* Select "Heat Map"
* Select "scheduler\_jobs" index
* Value (Metrics):
* Aggregation: Count
* Y Axis (Buckets):
* Aggregation: Term
* Field: params.instance\_types.raw
* Order By: metric: count
* Size (adjust as needed): 20
* X Axis (Buckets)
* Sub Aggregation: Terms
* Field: owner.raw
* Order By: metric: count
* Size (adjust as needed: 20
Example (click to enlarge):
(Scale-Out Workloads) Number of nodes in the cluster
* Select "Lines"
* Select "scheduler\_nodes\*" index
* Y Axis (Metrics):
* Aggregation: Unique Count
* Field: instance\_id
* X Axis (Bucket)
* Aggregation: Date Histogram
* Field: provisioning\_time
* Interval: Minute
Example (click to enlarge):
(Scale-Out-Workloads) Detailed Information per user
* Select "Datatables"
* Select "scheduler\_jobs" as index
* Metric (Metrics):
* Aggregation: Count
* Split Rows (Buckets):
* Aggregation: Term
* Field: owner.raw
* Order By: metric: Count
* Size (adjust as needed): 20
* Split Rows (Buckets):
* Aggregation: Term
* Field: params.instance\_type.raw
* Order By: metric: Count
* Size (adjust as needed): 20
* Split Rows (Buckets):
* Aggregation: Term
* Field: estimated\_bom\_cost*.*total*.*amount
* Order By: metric: Count
* Size (adjust as needed): 20
Example (click to enlarge):
(VDI) Most active VDI users
* Select "Pie"
* Select "vdc\_users\_sessions\*" index
* Metrics:
* Slice Size: Count
* Split Slices (Buckets):
* Aggregation: Terms
* Field: owner.raw
* Order By: metric: count
* Size (adjust as needed): 20
Example (click to enlarge):
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