# Kibana **URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/c/elastic-stack/kibana/7.md?page=1015 [Latest](https://discuss.elastic.co/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discuss.elastic.co/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discuss.elastic.co/tags.md) **Page:** 1016 --- ## [appSwitcher error](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/appswitcher-error/67944)
**Author:** [@gubr123](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gubr123)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2016, 4:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/appswitcher-error/67944 "2016-12-05T16:53:43Z")
Hi. Am trying to install a plugin to kibana. Can see the appSwitcher, but when click on it nothing happens and a browser error occured: "TypeError: appSwitcher directive requires the "chrome" config-object" Using kiba… --- ## [Bouncing Kibana-\>Elasticsearch connection?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bouncing-kibana-elasticsearch-connection/65235)
**Author:** [@ZillaG](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ZillaG)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2016, 4:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bouncing-kibana-elasticsearch-connection/65235 "2016-12-05T16:30:37Z")
.4Kibana 4.5.4 ES v2.4.1 I have an AWS instance with Kibana and ES on it set up as a client node, and is part of a 3-node ES cluster. Kibana's connection bounces, that is, goes from green-\>red-\>gren.... and I see these… --- ## [Npm run elasticsearch: Fatal error: Cannot read property 'master' of undefined](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/npm-run-elasticsearch-fatal-error-cannot-read-property-master-of-undefined/67959)
**Author:** [@cstock89](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cstock89)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/npm-run-elasticsearch-fatal-error-cannot-read-property-master-of-undefined/67959 "2016-12-05T16:37:13Z")
Hi all, I am trying to build up a kibana development environment as described here and forked, then cloned the kibana repo. I´ve set up the development environment until it was failing at "npm run elasticsearch" step. … --- ## [Mapping a JSON fields](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapping-a-json-fields/67927)
**Author:** [@Guillaume\_Ayad](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Guillaume_Ayad)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2016, 4:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapping-a-json-fields/67927 "2016-12-05T16:09:59Z")
Hello, I found a JSON file and as I want to load its data in Kibana, I first need to set up a mapping for the fields in Elasticsearch, am I right ? { "number": 123, "contract\_name" : "Paris", "name": "nom station… --- ## [How to update installed version of kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-update-installed-version-of-kibana/67893)
**Author:** [@ven](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ven)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2016, 2:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-update-installed-version-of-kibana/67893 "2016-12-05T14:25:11Z")
Hi, I've deployed Kibana, but I'd like to make a few tweaks to it. The geo tile map has support for circle markers and heat maps, but I would like to add lines connecting the points, if possible (I'm new to Leaflet as w… --- ## [Unable to see my data in the Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-see-my-data-in-the-kibana/67267)
**Author:** [@ssasporta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ssasporta)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2016, 1:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-see-my-data-in-the-kibana/67267 "2016-12-05T13:36:42Z")
I have lot of data in the elasticsearch. I can see my index via the elasticsearch-head plugin, but I am not able to see that in the kibana. Maybe the kibana isn't connecting to my elasticsearch, or elastic search doesn… --- ## [Kibtool: manage your Kibana objects with CLI](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibtool-manage-your-kibana-objects-with-cli/66651)
**Author:** [@jpparis\_orange](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jpparis_orange)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2016, 5:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibtool-manage-your-kibana-objects-with-cli/66651 "2016-12-03T17:16:32Z")
I just published the first release of kibtool. If you are managing several Kibana instances (ie. development, preproduction and production) and if you are tired to export/import objects using the Kibana GUI, kibtool CL… --- ## [How to filter "unknown" fields](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-filter-unknown-fields/67866)
**Author:** [@YLombardi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/YLombardi)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2016, 8:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-filter-unknown-fields/67866 "2016-12-05T08:23:13Z")
I use ELK 5.0.1 + Filebeat 5.0.1. I configure Filebeat to send json logs to Elasticsearch. When I visualize the logs in Kibana, I have a lot of "unknown" field. I want to filter some of this field like I can do with th… --- ## [Kibana Own Plugin Development - Kibana/Courier not Available](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-own-plugin-development-kibana-courier-not-available/67585)
**Author:** [@PrabakarKaruppasamy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/PrabakarKaruppasamy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2016, 7:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-own-plugin-development-kibana-courier-not-available/67585 "2016-12-05T07:55:27Z")
Hi, I am developing new custom plugin for kibana. I am trying to create the plugin same as visualizations. After adding the module dependency kibana/courier into my app i am getting the following errors. Uncaught E… --- ## [Kibana 5, terms and aggregations](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-terms-and-aggregations/67744)
**Author:** [@nielsk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nielsk)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2016, 7:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-terms-and-aggregations/67744 "2016-12-05T07:10:57Z")
In Kibana 4 I had simple bar charts that showed on the X-Axis the time and on the Y-Axis I had a Split Bar, Sub Aggreation Terms, Field Hostname.raw and then it showed me the Top5 according to my saved search. In Kiban… --- ## [Error 404 on report](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-404-on-report/60052)
**Author:** [@tatdat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tatdat)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2016, 8:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-404-on-report/60052 "2016-12-04T08:29:47Z")
Hi, I'm updated Elastic 2,4 , LS 2,4 , Kibana 4.6 and Installed Report into Kibana. But when i using report function in kibana, It's not working. Here is my error. --- ## [How to use Google Maps with Kibana 4.4.2](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-google-maps-with-kibana-4-4-2/67568)
**Author:** [@Miguel\_Bessa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Miguel_Bessa)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2016, 2:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-google-maps-with-kibana-4-4-2/67568 "2016-12-04T02:12:36Z")
Hello everyone, The version 4.4.2 of Kibana support tile map, but when I create a new visualization of this type a get an error: "As of July 11 2016, direct tile access has been discontinued". I think replace the Map… --- ## [Suggestions for presenting data](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/suggestions-for-presenting-data/67883)
**Author:** [@Cylindric](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Cylindric)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2016, 3:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/suggestions-for-presenting-data/67883 "2016-12-03T03:00:18Z")
I posted a question recently about cross-tabulation of data, and I thought rather than try and create what is in my head, I'd see if anyone can suggest a different way of presenting the data I need. So I have a bunch o… --- ## [Kibana 5.0.2 reset defaultIndex manually](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-0-2-reset-defaultindex-manually/67901)
**Author:** [@kaem2111](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kaem2111)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2016, 2:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-0-2-reset-defaultindex-manually/67901 "2016-12-03T14:54:49Z")
Hello, I am using kibana 5.0.2. I have accidentially removed default index pattern for logstash-\* and now I am not able to set it again using Management=\>Advanced settings, because Management unfortunaly requires valid … --- ## [Empty dashboard after migrating from 4.6 to 5](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/empty-dashboard-after-migrating-from-4-6-to-5/67854)
**Author:** [@Adrien\_Bigot](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Adrien_Bigot)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2016, 9:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/empty-dashboard-after-migrating-from-4-6-to-5/67854 "2016-12-03T09:09:16Z")
Hello, I try to migrate from my kibana 4.6 to Kibana 5. I've made a snapshot of my Elasticsearch 2.4.2 .kibana index and restore it into a new eleaticsearch 5.0.2 cluster. When I access the kibana dashboard, no data a… --- ## [Kibana 5.0.1 Reporting - Mangled Text in PDF Report](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-0-1-reporting-mangled-text-in-pdf-report/67864)
**Author:** [@mick66](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mick66)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2016, 2:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-0-1-reporting-mangled-text-in-pdf-report/67864 "2016-12-03T02:02:23Z")
Hi I have a dashboard running on Kibana 5.0.1 on RHEL 6 and when running the Reporting wizard and exporting to PDF any writing in the report is mangled as per the example below: I have read the pre-requisites and ha… --- ## [Kibana 4.4 how to "combine/join" queries?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-4-4-how-to-combine-join-queries/67761)
**Author:** [@teubreu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/teubreu)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2016, 1:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-4-4-how-to-combine-join-queries/67761 "2016-12-03T01:56:37Z")
Hello, I would like to know how to make a query and reused an already "saved search(es)". As an example, i had already defined 2 queries: query1: "known events" query2: "already\_resolved\_events" I wish to identi… --- ## [Control Number of Decimal Places in Kibana Metric Visualization?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/control-number-of-decimal-places-in-kibana-metric-visualization/67902)
**Author:** [@Maxwell\_Flanders](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Maxwell_Flanders)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2016, 11:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/control-number-of-decimal-places-in-kibana-metric-visualization/67902 "2016-12-02T23:27:12Z")
Is there a way to do this?? Some of our metrics are displaying numbers of unwieldy lengths and it would be really nice to trim that down. --- ## [\[SOLVED\] Can Kibana discover documents from an index alias name?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/solved-can-kibana-discover-documents-from-an-index-alias-name/67454)
**Author:** [@cbismuth](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cbismuth)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2016, 10:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/solved-can-kibana-discover-documents-from-an-index-alias-name/67454 "2016-12-02T22:09:47Z")
Hi, I've an index named logstash-1480234219918 and an alias named logstash-current pointing to it. The two URLs below return the same document: http://elasticsearch.cloudera:9200/logstash-1480234219918/sd-output/A… --- ## [Grouping based on multiple properties](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/grouping-based-on-multiple-properties/67818)
**Author:** [@Dennis\_Jakobsen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dennis_Jakobsen)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2016, 4:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/grouping-based-on-multiple-properties/67818 "2016-12-02T16:48:46Z")
I have an index of movies. The movies are sourced from different web sites and there are overlaps - for example Superman III is both sources from imdb and hulu. For each movie I have the title, and the name of the site… --- ## [Disable Kibana msearch?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-kibana-msearch/65348)
**Author:** [@ebuildy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ebuildy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-kibana-msearch/65348 "2016-12-02T15:15:15Z")
We have a quite big dashboard, that make elasticsearch client node crash (running out of memory). I don't see the problem when I run the query one by one, so is there a way to tune the msearch from Kibana ? Maybe 3 by … --- ## [I moved from Kibana 4 to 5 and Kibana won't start](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-moved-from-kibana-4-to-5-and-kibana-wont-start/66980)
**Author:** [@pinesr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pinesr)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2016, 2:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-moved-from-kibana-4-to-5-and-kibana-wont-start/66980 "2016-12-02T14:55:20Z")
I am running on CentOS 7 I installed Kibana using the tar.gz file. I proceed to the bin directory and start kibana ./kibana It never starts. Logging reports: net.js:10 const cares = process.binding('cares\_wrap') Err… --- ## [How to visualize network bandwidth](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-visualize-network-bandwidth/28293)
**Author:** [@Keven\_Wang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Keven_Wang)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2016, 2:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-visualize-network-bandwidth/28293 "2016-12-02T14:19:46Z")
Hi all, I am using collectd and logstash to push network interface statistics to elastic search and want to visualize actual network bandwidth. The problem is the data sent to elastic search is cumulative data, like to… --- ## [Diferent value on Y axis depending on time interval](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/diferent-value-on-y-axis-depending-on-time-interval/67785)
**Author:** [@revolucio](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/revolucio)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2016, 7:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/diferent-value-on-y-axis-depending-on-time-interval/67785 "2016-12-02T07:16:41Z")
Hi I'm doing some experiments on Timelion and there is a behaviour that I don't understand. If I select the time interval in AUTO I see : So the Y axis has a limit at 20000. Instead if I select 1m I see: Now the … --- ## [Request Response handling in Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/request-response-handling-in-kibana/67757)
**Author:** [@PrabakarKaruppasamy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/PrabakarKaruppasamy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2016, 7:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/request-response-handling-in-kibana/67757 "2016-12-02T07:06:35Z")
Hello, I am trying to understand how the Kibana making request to elastic server and how the response is handled from elastic server to Kibana. I have go through the request.js, url.js,index.js but I can't able to g… --- ## [Trouble to add new index](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trouble-to-add-new-index/67725)
**Author:** [@ryota\_hnk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ryota_hnk)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2016, 6:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trouble-to-add-new-index/67725 "2016-12-02T06:32:30Z")
Hi ! I'm now setting kibana 5.0.1 for visualize nginx access log. But I'm in trouble, so please help. When I tried to define new index pattern from management menu, original field name was added strange word ".keyword"… --- ## [Change date format "visualize"](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-date-format-visualize/67731)
**Author:** [@emanuele](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/emanuele)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2016, 8:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-date-format-visualize/67731 "2016-12-01T20:22:55Z")
Hi, I have date term on index (YYYY-MM-DD). It's possible change date format "visualize" bars, line, ecc.. from "2014-07-01 01:00:00" to "01-07-2014" I have change settings (dateFormat : DD-MM-YYYY) but nothing... … --- ## [Kibana Client Talk to ES Directly?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-client-talk-to-es-directly/66658)
**Author:** [@yongtao](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yongtao)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2016, 7:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-client-talk-to-es-directly/66658 "2016-12-01T19:26:34Z")
Hi, Does Kibana client (the part that runs inside my browser) ever send queries directly to ES? Or it always go through Kibana server? I'm trying to decide if I need to expose ES endpoint to all my Kibana users or just… --- ## [Custom logs/error exceptions on client side to Kibana server](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-logs-error-exceptions-on-client-side-to-kibana-server/67610)
**Author:** [@Shubham\_Agrawal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shubham_Agrawal)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2016, 5:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-logs-error-exceptions-on-client-side-to-kibana-server/67610 "2016-12-01T17:47:41Z")
Hi, I basically want to logs some custom events, error exceptions on my kibana client and send them to the kibana server. What could be the possible ways in which i can achieve this ? PS: custom events include visiting a… --- ## [I can not view sensor data](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-can-not-view-sensor-data/67672)
**Author:** [@Diego\_Gomez](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Diego_Gomez)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2016, 5:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-can-not-view-sensor-data/67672 "2016-12-01T17:34:10Z")
Hi, I receive this logstash data but I do not know how to visualize them together, in the same vizulization. With the concrete data that gives me id\_secret:408425467 raw:noraw parser\_type:1 frame\_type:128 frame\_n… [Previous page](https://discuss.elastic.co/c/elastic-stack/kibana/7.md?page=1014) [Next page](https://discuss.elastic.co/c/elastic-stack/kibana/7.md?page=1016)