[Lens] view data in Discover without opening a new tab

[drewdaemon]

Describe the feature:
When you view Discover data in Lens, Kibana does it in the same window. Then, when you click "view data in discover" to go back, you get a new tab.

The navigation strategies should match so that it feels more seamless.

[elasticmachine]

Pinging @elastic/kibana-visualizations @elastic/kibana-visualizations-external (Team:Visualizations)

[stratoula]

I think that the reason that the team decided to do it like that back then is because it would make it easier for the user to have both Lens and Discover open, otherwise we should provide a way to go back to Lens. We can re-consider here,

[ninoslavmiskovic]

I agree with @drewdaemon here and thank you for the context @stratoula. Let us make it consistent. This way the user does not get lost.

Currently, if the user is clicking on "Visualize" on a field in Discover it opens in the same tab and the user can go back via the browser from Lens. The same goes for "open in lens" via the histogram. This flow is lost when the user goes from Explore data in Discover (in the top nav) and via the field list "Explore in Discover".

The proposal is that we open in the same tab when the user clicks on both "Explore data in Discover" in top nav and on "Explore in Discover" on the field list:

[dej611]

I think that the reason that the team decided to do it like that back then is because it would make it easier for the user to have both Lens and Discover open, otherwise we should provide a way to go back to Lens. We can re-consider here,

Yes, can confirm this. During the implementation there has been a discussion on the topic for this same reason.

I think the use case of Explore data in Discover is slightly different from the others, i.e. dashboard panel => discover, Lens field list => Discover.

The main concern here is to lose the analysis context, which might have required some time to setup.
So here some ideas:

• unless the visualization has been already saved, prompt the user to save the chart like a regular navigation action
• introduce the Back to Lens button in Discover which would preserve the Lens visualization state so the user can do back and forth at will

[stratoula]

Yes as Marco said it is a bit different. The url from the field list navigates to the same tab as it displays the field as a column on Discover. The top nav renders the visualizations columns so we should have a strategy of "not losing the viz" when going back.

[markov00]

In order to provide better transparency of priorities, issues that will not be prioritized within the next 24 months are being closed.

Tracking request in Lens general improvements ice box #184459