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- What is Kibana?
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- Cases settings
- Enterprise Search settings
- Fleet settings
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- Metrics settings
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- Search sessions settings
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- Security settings
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- Track, visualize, and alert on assets in real time
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- Heat map layer
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- Plot big data
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- Configure map settings
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- Set up
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- How-to guides
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- Create an alert
- Create custom links
- Filter data
- Find transaction latency and failure correlations
- Identify deployment details for APM agents
- Integrate with machine learning
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- Query your data
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- Index patterns APIs
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- Cases APIs
- Add comment
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- Release notes
- Kibana 8.13.4
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- Kibana 8.13.1
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- Kibana 8.12.1
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- Kibana 8.11.1
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- Kibana 8.10.4
- Kibana 8.10.3
- Kibana 8.10.2
- Kibana 8.10.1
- Kibana 8.10.0
- Kibana 8.9.2
- Kibana 8.9.1
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- Kibana 8.8.1
- Kibana 8.8.0
- Kibana 8.7.1
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- Kibana 8.6.1
- Kibana 8.6.0
- Kibana 8.5.2
- Kibana 8.5.1
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- Kibana 8.4.3
- Kibana 8.4.2
- Kibana 8.4.1
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- Kibana 8.3.3
- Kibana 8.3.2
- Kibana 8.3.1
- Kibana 8.3.0
- Kibana 8.2.3
- Kibana 8.2.2
- Kibana 8.2.1
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- Kibana 8.1.3
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- Developer guide
Vector style properties
editVector style properties
editPoint, polygon, and line features support different styling properties.
Point style properties
editYou can add text labels to your Point features by configuring label style properties.
Label |
Specifies label content. |
Label position |
Place label above, in the center of, or below the Point feature. |
Label visibility |
Specifies the zoom range for which labels are displayed. |
Label color |
The text color. |
Label size |
The size of the text, in pixels. |
Label border color |
The color of the label border. |
Label border width |
The width of the label border. |
You can symbolize Point features as Circle markers or Icons.
Use Circle marker to symbolize Points as circles.
Border color |
The border color of the point features. |
Border width |
The border width of the point features. |
Fill color |
The fill color of the point features. |
Symbol size |
The radius of the symbol size, in pixels. |
Use Icon to symbolize Points as icons.
Border color |
The border color of the point features. |
Border width |
The border width of the point features. |
Fill color |
The fill color of the point features. |
Symbol orientation |
The symbol orientation rotating the icon clockwise. |
Symbol size |
The radius of the symbol size, in pixels. |
Available icons

Custom Icons
You can also use your own SVG icon to style Point features in your map. In Layer settings open the icon dropdown, and click the Add custom icon button. For best results, your SVG icon should be monochrome and have limited details.
Dynamic styling in Elastic Maps requires rendering SVG icons as PNGs using a signed distance function. As a result, sharp corners and intricate details may not render correctly. Modifying the settings under Advanced Options in the Add custom icon modal may improve rendering.
Manage your custom icons in settings.
Polygon style properties
editBorder color |
The border color of the polygon features. |
Border width |
The border width of the polygon features. |
Fill color |
The fill color of the polygon features. |
Label |
Specifies label content. For polygons, the label is positioned at the polygon centroid. For multi-polygons, the label is positioned at the largest polygon centroid. |
Label visibility |
Specifies the zoom range for which labels are displayed. |
Label color |
The text color. |
Label size |
The size of the text, in pixels. |
Label border color |
The color of the label border. |
Label border width |
The width of the label border. |
Line style properties
editBorder color |
The color of the line features. |
Border width |
The width of the line features. |
Label |
Specifies label content. For lines, the label is positioned at the center of the line. For multi-lines, the label is positioned at the center of the longest line. |
Label visibility |
Specifies the zoom range for which labels are displayed. |
Label color |
The text color. |
Label size |
The size of the text, in pixels. |
Label border color |
The color of the label border. |
Label border width |
The width of the label border. |