Split series gets stacked in dashboard

[matfiz]

Kibana version: 5.4.3

Elasticsearch version: 5.4.3

Server OS version: official docker installation @ Ubuntu 16.04

Browser version: Chrome 59.0.3071.115 (same bug observed in Firefox)

Browser OS version: Ubuntu 16.04

Original install method (e.g. download page, yum, from source, etc.): docker

Description of the problem including expected versus actual behavior:
In Visualize, I create a graph (agg: sum) with Metrics mode normal and two buckets: split chart and split series. The graph in Visualize shows properly with split bars, however in Dashboard it shows with stacked bars.

In other words, the dashboard does not read the setting in Metrics & Axes -> Metrics -> Mode=normal

Steps to reproduce:

1. Create a new visualization.
2. Add metrics of type sum
3. Add bucket of type split series, aggregation: terms
4. Add second bucket of type split series, aggregation: terms. The result will be a graph with splited bars:
   
5. Save the visualization and add it to the dashboard. Then the result will be a graph with stacked bars:
   

Errors in browser console (if relevant): no errors

[walkeran]

Kibana version: 5.4.3

Elasticsearch version: 5.4.3

Server OS version: CentOS release 6.8 (Final)

Browser version: Version 59.0.3071.86 (Official Build) (64-bit)

Browser OS version: Fedora release 24 (Twenty Four)

Original install method (e.g. download page, yum, from source, etc.): yum

Description of the problem including expected versus actual behavior:

I have an issue that seems related, but is actually manifesting as the opposite of the issue that @matfiz is experiencing. I noticed, after upgrading our ELK stack to 5.x, that bar graphs on dashboards that previously showed up as stacked were now showing up as grouped. When editing that visualization directly, it appears stacked as expected.

Expected result would be for the visualization's stacking method to appear the same between the two different "apps".

Dashboard:

Visualize:

[thomasneirynck]

hi @matfiz this is addressed in the most recent release, 5.5. #11958

There is unlikely going to be a patch release for 5.4, so is it possible for you to upgrade to 5.5?

Thanks,

[matfiz]

hi @thomasneirynck Indeed upgrading to 5.5 solves the issue, although I had to recreate the visualizations. The old visualizations still kept showing as stacked, ignoring the setting in Visualize plugin. This is a minor backward-compatibility issue which at least I can leave with ;-)