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title: Drag-and-drop wizard
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The drag-and-drop visualization wizard an experimental feature with OpenSearch 2.3. Therefore, we do not recommend the use of drag-and-drop wizard in a production environment. For updates on the progress of drag and drop or if you want leave feedback that could help improve the feature, see the [Drag and drop git issue ](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/issues/2280 ).
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# Drag-and-drop wizard
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You can use the drag-and-drop visualization wizard in OpenSearch Dashboards to create your data visualizations easily with just a few clicks or a single mouse gesture.
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The drag-and-drop visualization wizard:
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* Gives you an immediate view of your data without the need to preselect the visualization output.
* Gives you the flexibility to change visualization types and index patterns quickly.
* Gives you the ability to easily navigate between multiple screens.
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< img src = "{{site.url}}{{site.baseurl}}/images/drag-drop-ui.png" alt = "Drag and drop user interface" >
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## Try out the wizard
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You can try out the wizard locally or in the [OpenSearch playground ](https://playground.opensearch.org/app/home#/ ).
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### Try the wizard in OpenSearch playground
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If you'd like to try out the wizard without installing OpenSearch locally, you can do so in the [OpenSearch Dashboards playground ](https://playground.opensearch.org/app/wizard ). The feature is enabled in the playground by default.
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### Try the wizard locally
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To enable the drag-and-drop wizard in your local installation, add the following flag to the `opensearch_dashboards.yml` file:
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```yml
wizard.enabled: true
```
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Then confirm that the feature is enabled in OpenSearch Dashboards:
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1. To open OpenSearch Dashboards:
- If you're not running the security plugin, go to http://localhost:5601.
- If you're running the security plugin, go to https://localhost:5601 and log in with your username and password (default is admin/admin).
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2. From the top menu, select **Management** ** >** **Stack Management** ** >** **Advanced Settings** .
< img src = "{{site.url}}{{site.baseurl}}/images/stack-management-settings.png" alt = "Stack management menu" width = "200" >
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3. Select **Visualization** . The **Enable experimental visualizations** option should be turned on.
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< img src = "{{site.url}}{{site.baseurl}}/images/enable-experimental-viz.png" alt = "Enable experimental visualizations" width = "550" >
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To get started, follow the steps below to create a new visualization using the wizard:
1. From the top menu, select **Visualize** ** >** **Create visualization** ** >** **Wizard** .
< img src = "{{site.url}}{{site.baseurl}}/images/drag-and-drop-viz-select.png" alt = "Select Wizard visualization" width = "350" >
1. Drag and drop field names from the left column into the Configuration panel to generate a visualization.
Here’ s an example visualization. Your visualization will look different depending on your data and the fields you select.
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< img src = "{{site.url}}{{site.baseurl}}/images/drag-drop-generated-viz.png" alt = "Visualization generated using sample data in the Wizard" >
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## Related topics
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* [OpenSearch News, September 14, 2022 ](https://opensearch.org/ )
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* [Drag-and-drop visualizations demo at OpenSearch Community Meeting, August 16, 2022 ](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/opensearch-community-meeting-2022-0816/10323 )
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* [OpenSearch News, March 17, 2022 ](https://opensearch.org/blog/releases/2022/03/launch-announcement-1-3-0/ )