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Expand Up @@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ In this step, you can choose from the following visualization types:
- [Table](#table)
- [Big Number](#big-number)
- [Markdown](#markdown)
- [Details](#details)

### Area Chart / Bar (Time Series) / Line Chart

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![Markdown widget. =700x](./img/widget-builder-markdown-visualization.png)

### Details

Details widgets display a rendered view of a single event that matches your filter criteria. Instead of showing aggregated data, a details widget shows the actual content of an event, making it useful for keeping a specific example visible on your dashboard. Currently, details widgets are only available for the [spans](#spans) dataset.
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suggestion: Instead of showing aggregated data, the Details Widget


For example, if you filter for a specific database query using `span.op:db`, the widget will display a rendered example of a matching span, including the database query itself and the line of code that triggered it. This gives your team immediate context without having to navigate into the event details.

![Markdown widget. =700x](./img/widget-builder-details-visualization.png)

## Columns

The option to set columns is only available for [table visualizations](/product/dashboards/widget-builder/#table).
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