[meta] Lens MVP (beta launch)

[wylieconlon]

Related to #31933

In the first milestone we are aiming for these features:

Editor frame

• Set up editor frame state handling [Lens] Set up editor frame state handling #36184

• Initialization routine
• Initializes current datasource
• Switches datasources and visualizations
• Renders datasource and visualization
• Builds expression out of parts

• Agnostic renderer component [Lens] Agnostic renderer component #36185

• Takes props and element
• Renders into container div
• Configurable mountpoint element

• Set up editor frame expression execution integration [Lens] Set up editor frame expression execution integration #36187

• Pulls in dependencies through old plugin and new plugin shim
• Executes them on changes
• Renders result into container

• Drag and drop handling [Lens] Drag and drop handling #36189

• Extend APIs where necessary
• Registers global context for drag and drop handling
• Add drag and drop for indexpattern datasource

• Integrate with Kibana frame [lens] Integrate filter bar and time range picker into Lens app #38833

• Use time filter
• Use filters

Index pattern datasource

• "Operation engine" [Lens] Indexpattern datasource operation engine #36191

• Suggest meaningful data tables on field drop
• Provide operations for value, terms, date_histogram, filter ratio and common metric aggregations

• Data panel [Lens] Data panel #36192

• Show selector for available index patterns
• Filter for fields
• Show fields of current index pattern
• Filter fields which can't be used in visualizations

• Dimension editors [Lens] Dimension editors #36193

• Provide dimension editors for value, terms date_histogram, filter ratio and common metric aggregations

• Fetch index pattern information [Lens] Fetch index pattern information #36194

• Pull required dependencies (saved object client via chrome) into indexpattern datasource
• Fetch necessary information on initialize and indexpattern switch

• Expression integration [Lens] Indexpattern datasource expression integration #36195

• Implement mapping from internal datasource state to esaggs expression function parameters
• Implement mapping from internal datasource state to esdocs expression function parameters
• Add expression function to normalize data table for consuming visualization

XY visualization

• Basic XY chart visualization extension [Lens] Basic XY chart visualization extension #36196

• Implement config panel for basic XY chart (x axis, y axis, split series, stacked, mode)
• Implement mapping from internal state to xy expression function
• Implement suggestion generation for suitable data tables

• XY chart expression renderer based on elastic-charts [Lens] XY chart expression renderer based on elastic-charts #36207

• Add expression function with parameters for x/y/split axis, stacking and display mode
• Implement renderer for this chart based on elastic-charts
• Register expression function in global expression registry

• Give users styling control [Lens] XY chart styling control #36208

• Toggle axis display
• Use existing index pattern formatters
• Choose color scheme from predefined

• Split series support [lens] Support split series in XY chart #38835

Additional visualizations and switching

• Single metric [lens] Create single metric visualization type #38836

• Implement renderer for single metric
• Implement suggestion ranking for single metric

• Pie chart [lens] Implement pie chart visualization #38837
  Depends on pie chart availability in the Elastic Charts

• Implement renderer for this chart based on elastic-charts
• Implement suggestion ranking for pie chart

• Data table [lens] Data table visualization type #38839
  Will use old EUI basic table (will not wait for the new table)

• Implement renderer for this chart based on basic table component
• Implement suggestion ranking for data table

• Ability to switch between vis types

Integration with Kibana

• Appears in Visualize grid [Lens] Appears in visualize grid #36209

• Text will use the name Lens and indicate that it can support multiple kinds of visualizations

• Persistence to saved objects [Lens] Persistance #36210

• Editor frame should save as you work
• URL should have parameter for saved object which will pass it in to the editor frame
• List of Saved Visualizations should include Lens

• Dashboard use [Lens] Dashboard embedding #36211

• Ability to embed Lens visualizations in dashboard

Other

• Telemetry
• Functional tests

Open questions

[elasticmachine]

Pinging @elastic/kibana-app