---
title: Explore your data in Discover
description: Explore fields, read and compare documents, sort by relevance, and find patterns or change points in your Discover results.
url: https://www.elastic.co/docs/explore-analyze/discover/explore-data
products:
  - Elastic Documentation
  - Kibana
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless: Generally available
  - Elastic Stack: Generally available
---

# Explore your data in Discover
After a query returns results, you can use **Discover** to find out what your fields contain, read and compare documents, and spot patterns and changes over time.
- Explore [fields](https://www.elastic.co/docs/explore-analyze/discover/explore-fields), see what they contain, and break the chart down by a field.
- Read [individual results and documents](https://www.elastic.co/docs/explore-analyze/discover/inspect-documents), and see the search request behind them.
- [Compare documents](https://www.elastic.co/docs/explore-analyze/discover/compare-documents) side by side.
- [Sort your results by relevance](https://www.elastic.co/docs/explore-analyze/discover/discover-search-for-relevance).
- [Inspect grouped results](https://www.elastic.co/docs/explore-analyze/discover/inspect-grouped-stats), the results of a `STATS ... BY` query, including groups of similar log messages (ES|QL mode only).
- [Detect change points](https://www.elastic.co/docs/explore-analyze/discover/detect-change-points) in a time series (ES|QL mode only).
- [Analyze your data with AI](https://www.elastic.co/docs/explore-analyze/discover/analyze-discover-data-with-ai) (ES|QL mode only).
- Find patterns in your log data with [pattern analysis](https://www.elastic.co/docs/explore-analyze/discover/run-pattern-analysis-discover) (classic mode only).
- Check [how the values of each field are distributed](https://www.elastic.co/docs/explore-analyze/discover/show-field-statistics) (classic mode only).
- [Chart a field](https://www.elastic.co/docs/explore-analyze/discover/visualize-field) from the fields list in the sidebar (classic mode only).


## Related pages

- [How Discover works](https://www.elastic.co/docs/explore-analyze/discover/discover-get-started)
- [How to query in Discover's ES|QL mode](https://www.elastic.co/docs/explore-analyze/discover/use-esql)
- [How to query in Discover's classic mode](https://www.elastic.co/docs/explore-analyze/discover/use-classic-mode)
- [Manage your Discover view and sessions](https://www.elastic.co/docs/explore-analyze/discover/manage-discover)