Sample Data Experience for New User with No Data in ES Cluster

[alexfrancoeur]

Once #17807 is complete, we'd like to make it very easy for a net new user to add sample data to Kibana if they're interested in doing so. We have discussed a splash screen available with multiple "sample data cards" but still need to work through some designs. Ideally, we'd like a user to have sample data in one or two clicks upon entering Kibana for the first time if there is absolutely no data in the cluster (excluding system indices)

cc: @snide @nreese

Related to #16473, #18787, #18808

[alexfrancoeur]

It would be great if we could add this to the sample data experience in 6.4 in order to improve the getting started experience for cloud users.

CC @uric @andrew-moldovan as I know there is a focus in improving this experience with kibana in general

[andrew-moldovan]

This would be fantastic to have from a Cloud perspective. We could link directly to this page whenever a new deployment is launched in the Cloud.

[AlonaNadler]

Moving the discussion from the sample data PR, this is great getting started experience, I think this screen should only be presented to a user the first time logging into Kibana (per user not per cluster), it might be tedious if users will see it every time they log in, especially if we direct them to the Kibana Home after they select I don't need help.
This means we will need a way to start the tour/sample data from Kibana home as well

[alexfrancoeur]

@snide @cchaos I believe we are planning to introduce this splash screen in 6.5. Are these the final designs?

cc: @formgeist. I believe (but am not certain) you were part of the original discussions here as well

[snide]

No. I think you just want two cards now.

1. One to lead to sample data (assume we'll have more in 6.5) -> Goes to sample data install page.
2. One to skip -> goes to homepage.

Likely we'll clean up the display / copy, but otherwise layout of cards and some titling as displayed in the screen above should be fine.

[chrisdavies]

@AlonaNadler indicated that we'd track a user's opt-out preference, which would mean this screen only shows up in x-pack. Is that what you're thinking, @alexfrancoeur? We could track that preference in other ways, but it'll be less robust (a cookie, so they see the screen again if they switch browsers, or only in memory, so they see the screen again if they refresh).

[alexfrancoeur]

@chrisdavies given that we offer sample data in OSS, I was thinking this screen would be available in OSS in order to guide users to sample data if they'd like. Though I'd certainly welcome a discussion around this. That being said, we are tracking a number of OSS components today in the telemetry data (count of visualizations, dashboards, etc.) so I don't think that'd be a problem. Has that changed with the new stats API?

[chrisdavies]

@alexfrancoeur the linked PR is placing this screen in OSS. The way we're handling the "don't show me this" scenario is on a per-browser basis via localStorage. It can also be turned off system-wide in the management screen's advanced settings. Does that seem reasonable? I can demo it to you if you want to have a look.

[alexfrancoeur]

@chrisdavies sorry for the delay here, traveling / customer on-sites the first half of this week. I'll check out this PR later this evening and provide some feedback. Your description sounds good, but I'd like to take it for a test drive if you don't mind. I'll get add feedback directly to the PR as soon as I can.

[alexfrancoeur]

Closed by #21353