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- What is Kibana?
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- Quick start
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- Install Kibana
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- Machine learning settings
- Monitoring settings
- Reporting settings
- Secure settings
- Search sessions settings
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- Start and stop Kibana
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- Securing access to Kibana
- Add data
- Upgrade Kibana
- Logging configuration migration
- Configure security
- Configure reporting
- Configure monitoring
- Production considerations
- Discover
- Dashboard and visualizations
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- Maps
- Build a map to compare metrics by country or region
- Track, visualize, and alert on assets in real time
- Map custom regions with reverse geocoding
- Heat map layer
- Tile layer
- Vector layer
- Plot big data
- Search geographic data
- Configure map settings
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- Import and export dashboard APIs
- Logstash configuration management APIs
- Machine learning APIs
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- Get Task Manager health
- Upgrade assistant APIs
- Kibana plugins
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- Release notes
- Kibana 7.17.28
- Kibana 7.17.27
- Kibana 7.17.26
- Kibana 7.17.25
- Kibana 7.17.24
- Kibana 7.17.23
- Kibana 7.17.22
- Kibana 7.17.21
- Kibana 7.17.20
- Kibana 7.17.19
- Kibana 7.17.18
- Kibana 7.17.17
- Kibana 7.17.16
- Kibana 7.17.15
- Kibana 7.17.14
- Kibana 7.17.13
- Kibana 7.17.12
- Kibana 7.17.11
- Kibana 7.17.10
- Kibana 7.17.9
- Kibana 7.17.8
- Kibana 7.17.7
- Kibana 7.17.6
- Kibana 7.17.5
- Kibana 7.17.4
- Kibana 7.17.3
- Kibana 7.17.2
- Kibana 7.17.1
- Kibana 7.17.0
- Developer guide
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Configure map settings
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Configure map settings
editMaps offers settings that let you configure how a map is displayed. To access these settings, click Map settings in the application toolbar.
Display
edit- Background color
- Set the map background color.
- Show scale
- When enabled, display the map scale.
Navigation
edit- Auto fit map to bounds
- When enabled, the map will automatically pan and zoom to show the filtered data bounds.
- Zoom range
- Constrain the map to the defined zoom range.
- Initial map location
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Configure the initial map center and zoom.
- Map location at save: Use the map center and zoom from the map position at the time of the latest save.
- Auto fit map to bounds: Set the initial map location to show the filtered data bounds.
- Fixed location: Lock the map center and zoom to fixed values.
- Browser location: Set the initial map center to the browser location.
Spatial filters
editUse spatial filter settings to configure how spatial filters are displayed.

- Show spatial filters on map
- Clear the checkbox so spatial filters do not appear on the map.
- Opacity
- Set the opacity of spatial filters.
- Fill color
- Set the fill color of spatial filters.
- Border color
- Set the border color of spatial filters.
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