Graphical query builder

[markwalkom]

Sense/Console is schway, but there's still a gap when users start on the Elastic journey as they need to understand at least some of the DSL. Having a graphical query builder where people can start with a basic query and then drill down into more complex things like aggregations would be fantastic.

Here is an example of how you can easily abstract the DSL out into reasonably easier to understand terms.

[pemontto]

+1

[markwalkom]

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[juerkan]

+1

[kobelb]

/cc @elastic/kibana-discovery this seems to have an overlap with what we're doing with KQL/SQL, any sustained interest in this concept?

[lukasolson]

Also related to @markharwood's work on sculptor. Yes, we definitely still have an interest in this concept.

[markharwood]

I think the biggest advantage of a sculptor-like query builder would be to unify the 3 disparate ways criteria is managed today:

[markharwood]

Update - demo of how to "upgrade" a KQL or Lucene style query syntax into a graphical representation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eN_8rvonV4A

This conversion can
a) Make it easier to edit/unfold logic in the original textual format
b) Allow mixing with other criteria sourced from visualization selections into ORs ANDs etc.

[elasticmachine]

Pinging @elastic/kibana-app-arch (Team:AppArch)

[markharwood]

The other major use for draggable query objects is that they could/should be draggable and droppable into a wide range of visualizations (line charts, maps, graph ...) as the user's chosen subjects of interest.
If users cannot drop their explicit choices of subject matter into a visualization then they are typically left with playing a limited form of lucky dip - seeing what the visualization throws up as the top 10 results from a choice of field. Top ten "discovery" like this might be useful to the clueless user but for those users with more of an idea about what subjects they want to see rendered and what queries define them, the ability to drop query objects into the visualizations is very important.

[ppisljar]

Thank you for contributing to this issue, however, we are closing this issue due to inactivity as part of a backlog grooming effort. If you believe this feature/bug should still be considered, please reopen with a comment.