# Kibana

Kibana is an open-source data analytics and visualization platform that works with Elasticsearch. You can use Kibana to search, view, and interact with data stored in Elasticsearch indices and to visualize your data in a variety of charts, tables, and maps.

To learn more about Kibana, go to the Kibana official website: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/index.html

#### Accessing Kibana with Just a Few Clicks

CSS is integrated with Kibana. You can access Kibana with just a few clicks, without installing Kibana.

Log in to the CSS management console. In the left navigation pane, click Clusters. On the displayed Clusters page, locate the row containing the target cluster and click Access Kibana in the Operation column.

#### Kibana Functions

Kibana delivers visualization and Elasticsearch statistics and analysis functions. Kibana supports:

- Over 10 data presentation modes
- Nearly 20 data statistics methods
- Classification in terms of various dimensions, such as time and tag

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