Tabs in Visual Explorer

Organize multiple queries into logical groups using tabs in Visual Explorer. Create separate tabs for different services, environments, or hypotheses, and switch between them without replacing your current queries.

Each tab can contain multiple charts, allowing you to do ad-hoc analysis or structure an investigation without losing your visuals or having to create or save separate dashboards.

What you need

To work with tabs in Visual Explorer, you need:

• Access to Explore → Visual Explorer
• Permission to create or modify Visual Explorer queries
• At least one configured query chart

Set up tabs in Visual Explorer

Tabs organize charts into separate investigation views within Visual Explorer.

When you open Visual Explorer, the page starts with a single tab containing one query. The default query displays all logs in a line chart, providing an immediate starting point for exploration.

You can modify the query, change the visualization, or add additional charts such as tables, bar charts, heatmaps, and area charts.

Tabs appear as labeled sections in the Visual Explorer workspace. Selecting a tab updates the visible set of charts without affecting queries configured in other tabs.

When to use tabs

Tabs help you structure investigations without losing query context. Instead of modifying a working query repeatedly, create separate tabs to compare scenarios.

Common investigation patterns include:

• Signal comparison — Separate logs, spans, and metrics into dedicated tabs
• Environment comparison — Create tabs for production, staging, and development
• Hypothesis testing — Run alternative queries in parallel without overwriting the original
• Time-based investigation — Analyze different time windows in separate tabs

Because each tab contains its own set of charts, you can maintain multiple investigative paths within a single Visual Explorer session.

Create a new tab

Create a tab to organize charts by investigation context.

1. Go to Explore → Visual Explorer.
2. Select Add new tab.
3. Add charts by creating new queries or duplicating existing ones.

The new tab appears next to existing tabs and contains its own set of charts and queries.

Add charts inside a tab

Each tab can contain several query charts that visualize different signals or aggregations.

1. Open the tab where you want to add a chart.
2. Select New Query in the query panel.
3. Configure the query using logs, spans, metrics, or DataPrime.
4. Select Suggest Visualizations to choose the desired visualization.

Visual Explorer supports up to 4 queries on the same page, allowing you to correlate signals side-by-side.

To learn more, see the Visual Explorer documentation.

Duplicate queries across tabs

Reuse existing queries to accelerate analysis.

1. Open the chart you want to reuse.
2. Select the More actions menu.
3. Select Duplicate query.
4. Adjust filters, aggregations, or visualization settings to compare scenarios.

Duplicating queries helps you test variations without rebuilding queries from scratch.

Manage tabs

Each tab includes a More actions menu that provides additional ways to manage your exploration workspace.

Available actions include:

• Rename — Change the tab name to reflect the investigation context
• Duplicate — Create a copy of the tab with the same charts and queries
• Send to custom dashboard — Save the charts from the tab as a new Custom Dashboard

When you send a tab to a custom dashboard, all charts from that tab are transferred into a new dashboard where they can be saved, shared, and edited like standard dashboard widgets.

Tabs persist automatically

Visual Explorer automatically preserves the state of each tab. No manual save action is required.

The following elements persist automatically:

• Queries and chart configurations
• Tab structure and names
• Selected visualizations
• Time range configured for each tab

You can close the browser tab, navigate to another Coralogix feature, or leave Visual Explorer entirely. When you return, the previously configured tabs and charts remain available in the same state.

Each tab also maintains its own time range selection. Changing the time range in one tab does not affect other tabs.

Limitations

• Visual Explorer supports up to four tabs per workspace
• Tabs cannot be shared directly with other teammates

To share charts with other users, export them to a Custom Dashboard using Send to custom dashboard.

Related links

• Visual Explorer overview
• Create Custom Dashboards