Visualize Query Results

Navigate to
Cortex XDR
Query Builder
XQL Search
.
Run
an XQL query.
For example, enter
dataset = xdr_data | fields action_total_upload, _time | limit 10
. The query returns the
action_total_upload
, a number field, and
_time
, a string field, for up to 10 results.
In the
Query Results
section, to visualize the results either:
Navigate to

Query Results

Chart Editor ( )

to manually build and view the graph using the selected visualization parameters:



Main
Graph Type
—Type of visualization;
Area
,
Bubble
,
Column
,
Gauge
,
Line
,
Pie
,
Scatter
, or
Single Value
.
Subtype
and
Layout
—Depending on the selected type of graph, choose from the available display options.
Header
—Title your graph.
Show Callouts
—Display numeric values on graph.
Data
X-axis
—Select a field with a string value.
Y-axis
—Select a a field with a numeric value.
Depending on the selected type of graph, customize the
Color
,
Font
, and
Legend
.

Enter the visualization parameters in the XQL query section.

You can express any chart preferences in XQL. This is helpful when you want to save your chart preferences in a query and generate a chart every time that you run it. To define the parameters, either:

Manually enter the parameters, for example,

view graph type = column subtype = grouped header = “Test 1” xaxis = _time yaxis = _product,action_total_upload

.

Select

ADD TO QUERY

to insert your chart preferences into the query itself.


(
Optional
) Create a custom widget.
To easily track your query results, you can create custom widgets based on the query results in the Widget Library. The custom widgets you create can be used in your custom dashboards and reports.
Select
Save to Widget Library
to pivot to the Widget Library and generate a custom widget based on the query results.