Add a way to view multiple search results in Discover at once

[alexfrancoeur]

We have a user who is interested in being able to view the results of multiple searches in Discover. Currently, they need to open a new browser window or tab to compare results. It would be great if there was a + icon to either add a tab internal to Kibana or another approach for viewing multiple results at the same time. We want to introduce similar functionality to Dashboards.

@AlonaNadler you may find this interesting.

[AlonaNadler]

Yes this is can be definitely useful, do you know if these searches are from different index patterns?

[Bargs]

We've seen this request before. I don't personally see the benefit. IMO in-app tabs almost always make the UI more confusing without actually adding any benefit over the native browser tabs. What benefits are they looking to gain?

[shaunmcgough]

In app tabs, or similar views you control, have a number of benefits. A number of discussions about tabs are ongoing here at Elastic.

1. Control: Tabs are fully controllable and customizable. They can be renamed, reordered, deleted, duplicated, made actionable, and contain alerts.
2. Independence: Tabs don't care about other browser apps, which eliminates confusion and makes our app more stable. In app tabs remove our reliance on Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, and other browser vendors for tab management.
3. Simplicity / The big picture: Tabs are just like pages. Imagine having a Powerpoint and each page is a browser tab! Tabs help users combine views into cohesive bundles.
4. Persistence: If you are working across sessions and other apps. For example moving from Discover to Lens to Dashboard with the same tabs (tab views) & logging in / out of Kibana.

[nmorum]

@alexfrancoeur @shaunmcgough is this item prioritized for any of the upcoming releases yet?

CC @fdartayre

[VijayDoshi]

One observation that is not "Implement Tabs" but accomplishes the some of the use case is to enable cmd + click on links in Discover and other places. Currently many links in Discover (like in the pop-over for fields) add a filter but don't let you command+click to open a new browser tab with that filter.

We are also in the very early stages of figuring out how to make "document level views" more portable. Once we have that this feature would potentially be unlocked. This is not on the short/medium term roadmap; however, the use case is interesting and we should include in the requirements for document level views across Kibana.

[nmorum]

@shaunmcgough checking to see if there is an update as we get ready for a QBR with customer next week when this item will come up for discussion.

[alexfrancoeur]

@VijayDoshi, I'm not sure if we have anything to share but I believe you're following up on these in Shaun's absence.

[kertal]

Closing this because it's not planned to be resolved in the foreseeable future. It will be tracked in our Icebox and will be re-opened if our priorities change. Feel free to re-open if you think it should be melted sooner.