[Meta][Lens] Editing experience

[timroes]

This meta issue tracks the workstream in Lens to improve the overall editing experience.

Basic expectations

• Undo/Redo ([Lens] Support undo/redo #54971)
• Remember last used index-pattern on startup of app ([Lens] Remember last used index pattern on startup #61757)
• Persist timerange and filters on refresh ([Lens] Persist timerange/pinned filters across reload/apps #61758)
• Remember previous state [Lens] Add an unsaved changes badge in Lens editor, same as dashboards do #66531

App Setting

• Auto run off/on [Lens] Make "auto-apply" behavior configurable #74490
• Do not render suggestions [Lens] Allow users to not render suggestions #85518

Suggestions

Suggestion improvements are tracked separately here: #57711

Thresholds

• [Lens] Thresholds: consider to change default operation to 95% Percentile rather than Median on field drop #112801
• [Lens] Thresholds: moving a threshold dimension from one group to another loses styling #112799
• [Lens] Thresholds: transitioning from Formula to Static value should avoid temporary state for simple cases #112798
• [Lens] Thresholds: first automatic static value should be the 75% of the overall data bounds #112797
• [Lens] Thresholds: Change default color palette for Thresholds #112796
• [Lens] Thresholds: chart bounds should be automatically extended to include threshold lines #112795
• [Lens] Thresholds: when transitioning to/from Percentage chart types shuold the thresholds be recomputed automatically? #112791
• [Lens] Thresholds: threshold line width should be capped in suggestions #112790
• [Lens] Thresholds: suggestion system should propose some suggestions w/o threshold layer #112788
• [Lens] Thresholds: ability to specify text as alternative to icons #112921
• [Lens] Reference line/Threshold: add some help/guide to the user on how it works #113923
• [Lens] Reference lines: improve decoration styling #114307

Issues

• Warn when navigate away while losing state ([Lens] Show warning prompt when navigating away #61854)
• Restyle chart switcher ([Lens] Clean up and restyle chart switcher #75403)
• Disable global time picker [Lens] Disable the global timepicker if user is using an index pattern without primary time field, and visualizing data without time #72502
• Selection of very long index pattern names [Discover] Improve selection of very long index pattern names #72098
• Series with same names not distinguishable Lens: Series with same names of different layers not distinguishable #61966
• Rename "records" to "Count of records" Change "records" to "count of records" #50420
• A11y heading structure (Accessibility) Fix page heading structure of Lens #58485
• Improve popover behavior [Lens] Improve popover behavior #74487
• Show loading icon for suggestions [Lens] Show loading icon for suggestions immediately #61782
• Improve field existence check data fetching [Lens] Improve field existence check data fetching #72012
• Improve field information popover into UI [Lens] Integrate field information popover better into UI #74488
• Only show fields in filter bar [Lens] Only show fields with data in the filter bar #74492
• Show toast notification when visualization is saved [Lens] Add toast notification when visualization is saved  #59406
• Field less dimension editor [Lens] Dimension editor should allow fieldless operations #75231
• Indicate auto interval in time picker [Lens] Indicate current time interval in date histogram #75198
• Retain configuration of dimensions and charts when switching forth and back [Lens] Remember last-used configuration when switching between incompatible configurations #75204
• Use metric operation when possible in table [Lens] Do not use "Top values" agg for number fields in tables #75279
• Change dimension popover to flyout [Lens] Move dimension settings to flyout #75568
• Update styles for drag interactions [Lens] Add additional drag and drop states including "partially allowed" state #75938
• Increase affordance to drop field into workspace Increase the likelihood users drop to preview in Lens initial state #76021
• Improve UX/UI for changing aggregation order [Lens] Improve unclear UI for bucket aggregation grouping order  #77015
• Make it easier to close flyout [Lens] Make it easier to exit the configuration flyout #78195
• Highlight field select as drop target [Lens] Allow fields to be dragged from the field list to the dimension flyout #78155
• Drag and drop behavior on mismatched index patterns [Lens] Confusing behavior with mismatched index patterns #78716
• Improve wording in dimension panel Improve dimension panel copy text #78814
• Improve UI for sorting [Lens] More intuitive sorting experience #79024
• Rename xy chart axis names Rename x/y-axis to horizontal/vertical axis #80824
• Explain invalid states better [Lens] Allow datasource and visualization to display error in workspace #80127
• Improve field information popover [Lens] Misleading percentages shown in field stats when the field is only on some docs #81677
• Improve range editing [Lens] Do not reset formatting when switching between custom ranges and auto histogram #81749
• Differentiate error states and "building states" [Lens] Don't show x-dimension required when not required #81789
• Remove visible title in workspace panel [Lens] Remove visible title in workspace panel #81979
• Leverage knowledge about counter metric fields [Lens] When field metadata indicates a metric_type: counter, default to suggesting counter rate #82347
• Ability to filter from the field preview [Lens] add the ability to filter from the field preview #83334
• Explain field list better [Lens] In-product explanation of how "existing fields" are chosen #83321
• Explain calculations better [Lens] Include help text or documentation for parts of the function editor #81221
• Drag to copy [Lens] Ability to clone a metric in the lens configurator #83973
• Mobile drag and drop support [Lens] Touchscreen drag and drop #36291
• Preserve axis assignments when switching between charts [Lens] Chart switcher does not preserve original axis dimensions depending on drop order #84126
• Show better error messages on dashboards [Lens] Show validation errors on dashboards #86278
• Improve tooltip for "normalize by value" [Lens] change copy for error messages and normalize by unit tooltip #86292
• Granularity slider for date histogram [Lens] Granularity slider for date histogram interval #86437
• Advanced "auto" date interval [Lens] Advanced "auto" date interval selection #105991
• Add explanation icon to operation list [Lens] Move function help popover triggers to extraAction in related EuiListGroupItem #87322
• Allow edit events in the embeddable [Lens] Allow edit mode outside of editor #89133
• Allow dragging from one layer to another [Lens] Allow dragging between layers #90441
• Allow creating layers via drag [Lens] Allow creating layers while dragging a field #90443
• Client side caching [Lens] Client side caching #90945
• Telemetry for in-product documentation [Lens] Add telemetry for in-product documentation #91159
• Field existence check doesn't work well in all cases [Lens] Existence fetch can take a long time #92493 [Lens] Field existence via 500 sample is not intuitive #58330
• Suggestion refresh and "current visualization" is confusing [Lens] Selecting a suggested visualization doesn't switch the current visualization title #92624
• Improve ranking tooltips of top values function [Lens] Remove unnecessary info from "rank direction" tooltip #92941
• Improve wording of "reset layer" [Lens] Rename "reset layer" in single layer visualizations #93412
• Better handling of too many buckets [Lens] Better handling of "too many buckets" error #93998
• Discourage top values on high cardinality fields [Visualize] Offering terms-agg on timestamp fields is a footgun? OOM potential. #59188
• Delete visualization from within editor Add Delete Visualization Button to Visualization Editing View #46535
• Create new Lens visualization from within editor ([Lens] "New" button in the menu bar #55903)
• Allow resizing of side bars [Lens] Make data panel and config panel resizable #94895
• Show warning if data is not accurate [Lens] Expose Elasticsearch accuracy warnings to the user #94918
• Show field meta information [Lens] Show mapping meta information in field info popover #95551
• Do not submit invalid query [Lens] Do not submit invalid query in filtered metric #95611
• Drag drop instructions on screen [Lens] drag and drop add instructions on the screen for the user #95630
• Allow wildcards in field filter [Lens] Allow wildcards in Lens field filter #97459
• Cache requests going to Lens and back to dashboard https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/99310]
• Store unsaved draft [Lens] Should store unsaved visualization in session storage and prompt to restore when getting back #100235
• Improve behavior on no data with mismatched filters [Lens] Improve index pattern no fields available state #100641
• Explain dynamic coloring better [Lens] Better description of what color continuity is in dynamic coloring #100880
• Reset default label if custom label isn't helpful anymore [Lens] Do not keep label if both operation and field changes #100989
• Stop changing shape between pie/donut [Lens] Use pie instead of donut as default and stop switching based on number of rings #101289
• Add continuity icons [Lens] Add continuity Icons to dynamic coloring #101364
• Add telemetry for field list empty/available filters [Lens] Add telemetry for field list available/emptiness #101467
• Axis controls look too much like sorting controls [Lens] Axis controls look too much like sorting controls #102514
• Prepopulate date histogram with default time field if available [Lens] Choose index pattern field auto for date histogram column #103089
• [Lens][GenAI] Make Lens formula function documentation available outside of Kibana #103248
• [Lens] Improve handling of partial data in date histograms #103557
• [Lens] Improve field dropdown readability #103701
• [Lens] Expanded errors in editor are not scrollable and can't be copied to clipboard #104153
• [Lens] Can't set 0 decimal places on pie/donut/treemap chart types #104207
• [Lens] Typing into the dimension label input is not stable #104222
• [Lens] Improve Lens embeddable error handling #104395
• [Lens] "Save and return" action does not handle save failures, and instead loses changes #105850
• [Lens] Show edit/delete button while field stats are loading #106823
• [Lens] overflowing search phrase in the combobox of fields problem #106555
• [Lens] Make changing time intervals easier and with less effort/clicks  #70597
• [Lens] Add ability to copy field names #113154
• [Lens] Hide axis title by default on second metric drop #115213
• [Lens] Align axis name setting component #116412
• [Lens] Add animation for reodering color stops #117278
• [Lens/Discover] Don't block field popover controls when loading preview #117343
• [Lens] Move dimension editor form style from Column layout to row-based compressed layout #118391
• [Lens] Allow detaching date histogram field from global time range #118851
• [Lens] Add an option to hide a layer or a dimension #134315
• [Lens] Add confirmation modal for destructive layer actions #135253
• Disable Kibana Auto Form Submit #29356

Ideas and discussions

• Edit in place (in other solutions/apps)
• Drag within dimension group [Lens] Drag within dimension group to reorder #67226
• Drag from one dimension group to another [Lens] Drag from one dimension group to another to swap or suggest #51739
• Show aggregation order in dimension list [Lens] XY configuration for aggregation order #62385
• Improve data panel UX [Lens] [discuss] Improve data panel UX #39798
• Improve index pattern switch workflow [Lens] Show warning messages when switching to an index pattern with incompatible fields #42595
• Suggestions are not discoverable [Lens] Suggestions horizontal scrolling is not discoverable #52571
• Related fields [Lens] Introduce the concept of "related fields" to guide end-users #73152
• Improve data panel UX [Lens] [discuss] Improve data panel UX #39798
• Losing state when switching between charts [Lens] Allow partial config to be kept when switching from metric/table to Cartesian charts #54943
• Disallow some operations on some charts [Lens] Limit operation choices based on chart type #84111
• How will Lens get variables passed from the dashboard? [Lens] Investigate how Lens could allow variables to be passed in from the dashboard #89219
• Emphasize dragging/dropping in the same chart dimension will duplicate series [Lens] Emphasize dragging/dropping in the same chart dimension will duplicate series #100154
• [Lens] Pass the dashboard context forward to maps #104623
• [Seamless] More efficient authoring & exploration workflows between discover / lens / maps #104940
• [Lens] Support delay agg #108201
• [Lens] multi field top values supports drag drop #111745
• previous/next button zoom in/ zoom out for a more convenient data exploration #54103
• [Lens] Show visualization "skeleton" on empty/loading visualizations #121309
• [Lens] XY - Dragging a 2nd+ text field to workspace creates multi field #123414
• [Lens] collapsable layer panels #130723

[elasticmachine]

Pinging @elastic/kibana-app (Team:KibanaApp)

[timductive]

Closing old meta issues in favor of more granular, current meta issues