Creating a Lens Metric That Conforms To a Length

[Motag8tor]

Describe the feature:
The ability to create an output that conforms to a specified length e.g.

000001
000050
060000
etc...

Describe a specific use case for the feature:
This sort of feature would help in instances that require quick visual feedback in dashboards, or to copy and paste values from one place to another easily whilst ensuring the length remains the same.

[elasticmachine]

Pinging @elastic/kibana-vis-editors @elastic/kibana-vis-editors-external (Team:VisEditors)

[bhavyarm]

@Motag8tor I am tagging the team here but we need more details. Can you please explain your use case and also let us know what is not possible with the current lens metric vis implementation? Thanks!

[Motag8tor]

As part of Elastic SIEM, I have a dashboard with a metric that states the number of logs with certain tags associated with them. When referencing this number in other areas, it is very useful for us to have them conform to a specified length. However, since it is not possible to display leading zeros, we must manually add them.
It would therefore be a very nice qol to add this as a feature.

[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