---
title: Visualize a field from Discover
description: Open a field from the Discover fields list in Lens to see how its values break down, then refine the chart and save it for a dashboard or the Visualize library.
url: https://www.elastic.co/docs/explore-analyze/discover/visualize-field
products:
  - Elastic Documentation
  - Kibana
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless: Generally available
  - Elastic Stack: Generally available
---

# Visualize a field from Discover
When a field in the fields list looks interesting, you can open it in **Lens** to see how its values break down, without building a chart from scratch. **Lens** is the default visualization editor in Kibana.

## Before you begin

- Make sure **Discover** is in classic mode. ES|QL mode doesn't support this functionality. To switch, refer to [Switch to Discover's classic mode](/docs/explore-analyze/discover/switch-esql-mode#revert-to-classic-mode).
- **Discover** must have a [data view](https://www.elastic.co/docs/explore-analyze/find-and-organize/data-views) selected, and a search must have run on a time range that contains data, so the fields list appears.
- This example uses the [ecommerce sample data](https://www.elastic.co/docs/manage-data/ingest/sample-data). To follow along, add it and select its data view.


## Visualize a field

1. In the fields list in the sidebar, find a field that can be [aggregated](https://www.elastic.co/docs/explore-analyze/query-filter/aggregations), for example `day_of_week` in the ecommerce sample data. Select the field name to open its details.
   ![Top values for the day_of_week field in the sample ecommerce data](https://www.elastic.co/docs/explore-analyze/images/kibana-discover-day-of-week.png)
2. In the field details, select **Visualize**.
   Kibana creates a **Lens** visualization best suited for this field. For geo point fields (![Geo point field icon](https://www.elastic.co/docs/explore-analyze/images/kibana-geoip-icon.png)), your data appears on a map instead.
   ![Map showing the documents of a geo point field](https://www.elastic.co/docs/explore-analyze/images/kibana-discover-maps.png)
3. Optional: In **Lens**, from the **Available fields** list, drag more fields onto the chart to refine the visualization. In this example, adding the `manufacturer.keyword` field automatically adds a breakdown of the top values to the visualization.
   ![Lens visualization of day_of_week with a breakdown by manufacturer.keyword](https://www.elastic.co/docs/explore-analyze/images/kibana-discover-from-visualize.png)
4. To keep the visualization, select **Save**. In the save dialog, you can add the visualization to a dashboard, save it to the Visualize library, or both.

**Result:** You have a visualization of the field that you can refine in **Lens**, add to a dashboard, or reopen from the Visualize library.

## Next steps

- To check a field's values before you chart it, refer to [Explore fields in Discover](https://www.elastic.co/docs/explore-analyze/discover/explore-fields).


## Related pages

- [How to query in Discover's classic mode](https://www.elastic.co/docs/explore-analyze/discover/use-classic-mode)
- [Lens visualizations](https://www.elastic.co/docs/explore-analyze/visualize/lens)