-      
+jest.mock('../style_panel/standard_options/standard_options_panel', () => ({
+  StandardOptionsPanel: jest.fn(({ min, onMinChange, max, onMaxChange, unit, onUnitChange }) => (
+    
   )),
 }));
@@ -173,9 +183,9 @@ describe('MetricVisStyleControls', () => {
     expect(titleInput).toHaveValue('');
   });
 
-  it('renders unit panel', () => {
+  it('renders standard panel', () => {
     render(
);
-    expect(screen.getByTestId('mockMetricUnitPanel')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('mockStandardPanel')).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
   it('calls onStyleChange when unit is changed', () => {
diff --git a/src/plugins/explore/public/components/visualizations/metric/metric_vis_options.tsx b/src/plugins/explore/public/components/visualizations/metric/metric_vis_options.tsx
index adc72a084d71..da5070a551a1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/explore/public/components/visualizations/metric/metric_vis_options.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/explore/public/components/visualizations/metric/metric_vis_options.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import { StyleAccordion } from '../style_panel/style_accordion';
 import { AxesSelectPanel } from '../style_panel/axes/axes_selector';
 import { ValueCalculationSelector } from '../style_panel/value/value_calculation_selector';
 import { PercentageSelector } from '../style_panel/percentage/percentage_selector';
-import { UnitPanel } from '../style_panel/unit/unit_panel';
 import { ThresholdPanel } from '../style_panel/threshold/threshold_panel';
 import { StandardOptionsPanel } from '../style_panel/standard_options/standard_options_panel';
 
@@ -79,12 +78,6 @@ export const MetricVisStyleControls: React.FC
 = ({
               
             
           
-          
-             updateStyleOption('unitId', value)}
-            />
-          
           
              = ({
               max={styleOptions.max}
               onMinChange={(value) => updateStyleOption('min', value)}
               onMaxChange={(value) => updateStyleOption('max', value)}
+              unit={styleOptions.unitId}
+              onUnitChange={(value) => updateStyleOption('unitId', value)}
             />
           
           
diff --git a/src/plugins/explore/public/components/visualizations/rule_repository.ts b/src/plugins/explore/public/components/visualizations/rule_repository.ts
index 7ddb3c030603..1cce04a0f97e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/explore/public/components/visualizations/rule_repository.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/explore/public/components/visualizations/rule_repository.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ import { GaugeChartStyle } from './gauge/gauge_vis_config';
 import { LineChartStyle } from './line/line_vis_config';
 import { MetricChartStyle } from './metric/metric_vis_config';
 import { PieChartStyle } from './pie/pie_vis_config';
+import { BarGaugeChartStyle } from './bar_gauge/bar_gauge_vis_config';
 import { ScatterChartStyle } from './scatter/scatter_vis_config';
 import { HeatmapChartStyle } from './heatmap/heatmap_vis_config';
 import { StateTimeLineChartStyle } from './state_timeline/state_timeline_config';
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ import {
   createCategoricalStateTimeline,
   createSingleCategoricalStateTimeline,
 } from './state_timeline/to_expression';
+import { createBarGaugeSpec } from './bar_gauge/to_expression';
 
 type RuleMatchIndex = [number, number, number];
 
@@ -479,9 +481,10 @@ const oneMetricOneCateRule: VisualizationRule = {
     compare([1, 1, 0], [numerical.length, categorical.length, date.length]),
   chartTypes: [
     { ...CHART_METADATA.bar, priority: 100 },
-    { ...CHART_METADATA.pie, priority: 80 },
-    { ...CHART_METADATA.line, priority: 60 },
-    { ...CHART_METADATA.area, priority: 40 },
+    { ...CHART_METADATA.bar_gauge, priority: 80 },
+    { ...CHART_METADATA.pie, priority: 60 },
+    { ...CHART_METADATA.line, priority: 40 },
+    { ...CHART_METADATA.area, priority: 20 },
   ],
   toSpec: (
     transformedData,
@@ -493,6 +496,15 @@ const oneMetricOneCateRule: VisualizationRule = {
     axisColumnMappings
   ) => {
     switch (chartType) {
+      case 'bar_gauge':
+        return createBarGaugeSpec(
+          transformedData,
+          numericalColumns,
+          categoricalColumns,
+          dateColumns,
+          styleOptions as BarGaugeChartStyle,
+          axisColumnMappings
+        );
       case 'bar':
         return createBarSpec(
           transformedData,
diff --git a/src/plugins/explore/public/components/visualizations/style_panel/standard_options/standard_options_panel.tsx b/src/plugins/explore/public/components/visualizations/style_panel/standard_options/standard_options_panel.tsx
index 48470506a5e3..b960dcd95c93 100644
--- a/src/plugins/explore/public/components/visualizations/style_panel/standard_options/standard_options_panel.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/explore/public/components/visualizations/style_panel/standard_options/standard_options_panel.tsx
@@ -5,14 +5,19 @@
 
 import React from 'react';
 import { i18n } from '@osd/i18n';
+import { EuiFlexGroup, EuiFlexItem, EuiFormRow } from '@elastic/eui';
+
 import { MinMaxControls } from './min_max_control';
 import { StyleAccordion } from '../style_accordion';
+import { UnitPanel } from '../unit/unit_panel';
 
 export interface StandardOptionsPanelProps {
   min?: number;
   max?: number;
   onMinChange: (min: number | undefined) => void;
   onMaxChange: (max: number | undefined) => void;
+  unit?: string;
+  onUnitChange: (unit: string | undefined) => void;
 }
 
 export const StandardOptionsPanel = ({
@@ -20,6 +25,8 @@ export const StandardOptionsPanel = ({
   max,
   onMaxChange,
   onMinChange,
+  unit,
+  onUnitChange,
 }: StandardOptionsPanelProps) => {
   return (
     // TODO add unit panel to standardOptions panel
@@ -28,9 +35,17 @@ export const StandardOptionsPanel = ({
       accordionLabel={i18n.translate('explore.stylePanel.threshold', {
         defaultMessage: 'Standard options',
       })}
-      initialIsOpen={true}
+      initialIsOpen={false}
     >
-      
+      
+        
+          {' '}
+        
+
+        
+          
+        
+      
     
   );
 };
diff --git a/src/plugins/explore/public/components/visualizations/style_panel/unit/unit_panel.tsx b/src/plugins/explore/public/components/visualizations/style_panel/unit/unit_panel.tsx
index 659b07e80d7f..5aa3ef151183 100644
--- a/src/plugins/explore/public/components/visualizations/style_panel/unit/unit_panel.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/explore/public/components/visualizations/style_panel/unit/unit_panel.tsx
@@ -106,32 +106,29 @@ export const UnitPanel = ({ unit, onUnitChange }: UnitPanelProps) => {
   }, [handleChangeUnit]);
 
   return (
-    
-      
-         setPopover(false)}
-          panelPaddingSize="none"
-          anchorPosition="downLeft"
-          hasArrow={false}
-        >
-          
-        
-      
-    
+       setPopover(false)}
+        panelPaddingSize="none"
+        anchorPosition="downLeft"
+        hasArrow={false}
+      >
+        
+      
+    
   );
 };
diff --git a/src/plugins/explore/public/components/visualizations/theme/default_colors.ts b/src/plugins/explore/public/components/visualizations/theme/default_colors.ts
index 3543ad508553..2a52b9bf59cc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/explore/public/components/visualizations/theme/default_colors.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/explore/public/components/visualizations/theme/default_colors.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export const getColors = () => {
         statusRed: '#DB0000',
         text: '#FFF',
         grid: '#27252C',
+        backgroundShade: '#27252C',
         categories: [
           '#7598FF',
           '#A669E2',
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ export const getColors = () => {
       statusRed: '#DB0000',
       text: '#313131',
       grid: '#F5F7FF',
+      backgroundShade: '#f1f1f1ff',
       categories: [
         '#5C7FFF',
         '#A669E2',
@@ -66,6 +68,7 @@ export const getColors = () => {
     statusRed: '#DB0000',
     text: euiThemeVars.euiTextColor,
     grid: euiThemeVars.euiColorChartLines,
+    backgroundShade: darkMode ? '#27252C' : '#f1f1f1ff',
     categories: euiPaletteColorBlind(),
   };
 };
diff --git a/src/plugins/explore/public/components/visualizations/utils/use_visualization_types.ts b/src/plugins/explore/public/components/visualizations/utils/use_visualization_types.ts
index 8bf98cf86770..6c9875dca170 100644
--- a/src/plugins/explore/public/components/visualizations/utils/use_visualization_types.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/explore/public/components/visualizations/utils/use_visualization_types.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import {
   StateTimeLineChartStyle,
   StateTimeLineChartStyleOptions,
 } from '../state_timeline/state_timeline_config';
+import { BarGaugeChartStyle, BarGaugeChartStyleOptions } from '../bar_gauge/bar_gauge_vis_config';
 
 export type ChartType =
   | 'line'
@@ -32,7 +33,8 @@ export type ChartType =
   | 'area'
   | 'table'
   | 'gauge'
-  | 'state_timeline';
+  | 'state_timeline'
+  | 'bar_gauge';
 
 export interface ChartStylesMapping {
   line: LineChartStyle;
@@ -45,6 +47,7 @@ export interface ChartStylesMapping {
   table: TableChartStyle;
   gauge: GaugeChartStyle;
   state_timeline: StateTimeLineChartStyle;
+  bar_gauge: BarGaugeChartStyle;
 }
 
 export type StyleOptions =
@@ -57,7 +60,8 @@ export type StyleOptions =
   | AreaChartStyleOptions
   | TableChartStyleOptions
   | GaugeChartStyleOptions
-  | StateTimeLineChartStyleOptions;
+  | StateTimeLineChartStyleOptions
+  | BarGaugeChartStyleOptions;
 
 export type ChartStyles = ChartStylesMapping[ChartType];
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/explore/public/components/visualizations/visualization_registry.ts b/src/plugins/explore/public/components/visualizations/visualization_registry.ts
index a96b020d80d4..cf9cda960f5a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/explore/public/components/visualizations/visualization_registry.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/explore/public/components/visualizations/visualization_registry.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import { ChartType } from './utils/use_visualization_types';
 import { getColumnsByAxesMapping } from './visualization_builder_utils';
 import { createGaugeConfig } from './gauge/gauge_vis_config';
 import { createStateTimelineConfig } from './state_timeline/state_timeline_config';
+import { createBarGaugeConfig } from './bar_gauge/bar_gauge_vis_config';
 
 /**
  * Registry for visualization rules and configurations.
@@ -169,6 +170,8 @@ export class VisualizationRegistry {
         return createGaugeConfig();
       case 'state_timeline':
         return createStateTimelineConfig();
+      case 'bar_gauge':
+        return createBarGaugeConfig();
       default:
         return;
     }