# Kibana **URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/c/elastic-stack/kibana/7.md?page=1082 [Latest](https://discuss.elastic.co/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discuss.elastic.co/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discuss.elastic.co/tags.md) **Page:** 1083 --- ## [Discover field names with spaces](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/discover-field-names-with-spaces/37467)
**Author:** [@flow](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/flow)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2016, 7:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/discover-field-names-with-spaces/37467 "2016-02-11T19:19:52Z")
I'd like to search only in a specific field, like myfield:searchterm. But in my case, the field name contains a space character my field:searchterm. This will search for my in the default field and for searchterm in the … --- ## [Turn off Kibana Plugin Cache](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/turn-off-kibana-plugin-cache/41521)
**Author:** [@lantern77](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lantern77)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2016, 7:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/turn-off-kibana-plugin-cache/41521 "2016-02-11T19:08:15Z")
Hello, I am currently working with a kibana 4.2.1 production environment and was wondering if there was anyway to disable kibana from caching plugins. Reason: Testing small modifications to currently existing plugins … --- ## [Tile Map not showing map - just blank background](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tile-map-not-showing-map-just-blank-background/40260)
**Author:** [@LeeSyd](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/LeeSyd)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2016, 6:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tile-map-not-showing-map-just-blank-background/40260 "2016-02-11T18:44:09Z")
I'm trying to create my first tile map and have setup Logstash to pass in GeoIP data. Lat, Long and Location fields are showing within the Elasticsearch documents and I created a Tile Map. I am getting the markers show… --- ## [Not display certain fields in Kibana Discover](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-display-certain-fields-in-kibana-discover/41522)
**Author:** [@yahoo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yahoo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-display-certain-fields-in-kibana-discover/41522 "2016-02-11T18:23:46Z")
I don't want to display the fields: host, message, path at the Discover part of Kibana. I went throught the forum and the suggestion was to use mutate at logstash and remove the fields. https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remov… --- ## [Different Kibana Environnement Views : Prohibit and allow Visualization according User authentication with reverse proxy ( Nginx )](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/different-kibana-environnement-views-prohibit-and-allow-visualization-according-user-authentication-with-reverse-proxy-nginx/39684)
**Author:** [@Diyal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Diyal)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2016, 3:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/different-kibana-environnement-views-prohibit-and-allow-visualization-according-user-authentication-with-reverse-proxy-nginx/39684 "2016-02-11T15:06:37Z")
Hi all, I am a Elasticsearch beginner user \[:slightly\_smiling:\] I use logstash to parse, and i send all data in my ElasticSearch database. Then I use Kibana to exploit them. So it's OK. My question is : How with re… --- ## [Timelion plugin requirements](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-plugin-requirements/41494)
**Author:** [@Tibor\_Schmidt](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tibor_Schmidt)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2016, 2:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-plugin-requirements/41494 "2016-02-11T14:53:49Z")
Hi, anybody knows if timelion works with kibana 4.1.4 and es 1.7? Thanks --- ## [Kibana dashboard](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-dashboard/41465)
**Author:** [@Anmol\_Garg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Anmol_Garg)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2016, 2:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-dashboard/41465 "2016-02-11T14:25:26Z")
What is the syntax for applying filters in Kibana dashboard? --- ## [Link from charts to logs](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/link-from-charts-to-logs/41462)
**Author:** [@elastic-fan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elastic-fan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2016, 9:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/link-from-charts-to-logs/41462 "2016-02-11T09:13:05Z")
hi, i have a dashboard which has pie chart showing counts of logs, is it possible to have them as the search query in in discover tab? i.e when i click the chart it should be opening the corresponding logs --- ## [Getting error while enabling SSL in Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-error-while-enabling-ssl-in-kibana/39768)
**Author:** [@RohanKumbhar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/RohanKumbhar)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2016, 5:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-error-while-enabling-ssl-in-kibana/39768 "2016-02-10T17:57:25Z")
Hi Team, I am getting error while configuring SSL in kibana. Steps that i have tried. 1. we are using Keytool to generate .key and .crt and public key we are getting from MS PKI. 2. after including .key and .cert int… --- ## [Basic math on numbers in elastic search](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/basic-math-on-numbers-in-elastic-search/40795)
**Author:** [@eric\_odell](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/eric_odell)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2016, 5:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/basic-math-on-numbers-in-elastic-search/40795 "2016-02-10T17:45:48Z")
Would like to do simple math on aggregations of documents, eg collectd disk plugin has free and used integer values and would like to calculate: % disk free: free/(used+free) derivitive of disk usage to predict when… --- ## [Kibana 3 datetime format](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-3-datetime-format/41365)
**Author:** [@derp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/derp)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2016, 2:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-3-datetime-format/41365 "2016-02-10T14:22:35Z")
Would someone mind clarifying this basic question? Using Kibana 3 I have the timestamp returned from the API as 2016-02-07T04:00:54.090Z It looks like a standard ISO 8601 date format except the .090 is throwing me off… --- ## [Unable to create dashboards using "ip-x.x.x.x" String](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-dashboards-using-ip-x-x-x-x-string/41363)
**Author:** [@SureshSala](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/SureshSala)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2016, 2:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-dashboards-using-ip-x-x-x-x-string/41363 "2016-02-10T14:20:35Z")
I have field hostname -- \> which look's like this "ip-1.2.3.4" When I try to create a dashboard its seperating the hostname into multiple field. I think its because of analyzed field. I have convert it back to not\_analyz… --- ## [Getting Kibana's geo hash with geo\_point type to work](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-kibanas-geo-hash-with-geo-point-type-to-work/41243)
**Author:** [@shat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shat)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2016, 5:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-kibanas-geo-hash-with-geo-point-type-to-work/41243 "2016-02-10T05:32:39Z")
I posted an issue on Github, forgetting all about the discussion forums here. issue outlined on github logstash 2.2.0 kibana 4.4.0 elasticsearch 2.2.x copy / paste from github I have the following mapping applie… --- ## [Kibana markdown not parsing parentheses properly](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-markdown-not-parsing-parentheses-properly/40916)
**Author:** [@treehouse](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/treehouse)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2016, 5:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-markdown-not-parsing-parentheses-properly/40916 "2016-02-10T05:05:06Z")
Hi all I reallize Kibana is using the github flavor of markdown. Even still, I'm noticing an inconsistency in creating links, when the urls contain nested parentheses. Kibana markdown widget parses the url up to the fi… --- ## [Some imported fields showing in discover but not in indices](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/some-imported-fields-showing-in-discover-but-not-in-indices/41340)
**Author:** [@Wolls013](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Wolls013)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2016, 2:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/some-imported-fields-showing-in-discover-but-not-in-indices/41340 "2016-02-10T02:55:46Z")
Hi Everyone, I'm pretty new to ELK so maybe im missing something simple. When I import data from our Microsoft Sql DB all fields that are auto-generated by our DB (they all contain preceding double underscores) show up … --- ## [Using environment variables in kibana.yml](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-environment-variables-in-kibana-yml/41307)
**Author:** [@ave19](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ave19)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2016, 11:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-environment-variables-in-kibana-yml/41307 "2016-02-09T23:20:19Z")
Hello all! I've done some looking around, but can't find the answer: Is it possible to use environment variables in kibana.yml to influence things like the logging.dest target? I've tried a couple things, but have ha… --- ## [Discover search gets more results than it should](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/discover-search-gets-more-results-than-it-should/41295)
**Author:** [@mc1392](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mc1392)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2016, 8:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/discover-search-gets-more-results-than-it-should/41295 "2016-02-09T20:18:30Z")
When I filter using the Discover tab, I cannot focus my data. If I want to search for 'Member Type A' in a particular field, I get results containing other Member Types in that field, like 'Member Type B', 'Member Typ… --- ## [Kibana 4 change discover settings (quick count)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-4-change-discover-settings-quick-count/41306)
**Author:** [@jonatanzafar59](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jonatanzafar59)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2016, 7:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-4-change-discover-settings-quick-count/41306 "2016-02-09T19:35:18Z")
Hi! In Kibana 4, when I heat discover I get a default quick count of 500 documents. How can this value be changed? --- ## [Kibana discards old records after ES restart](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-discards-old-records-after-es-restart/40940)
**Author:** [@zahid](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zahid)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2016, 5:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-discards-old-records-after-es-restart/40940 "2016-02-09T17:25:09Z")
Hi, i m a newbie working with kibana and elasticseach and i need some help \[:slightly\_smiling:\] i allready searched about my problem but i couldnt figure out how to solve this. @warkolm adviced me to write my own thread \[… --- ## [Bar Chart Color Change Issues - Terms: Order](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bar-chart-color-change-issues-terms-order/41301)
**Author:** [@chsotr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chsotr)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2016, 5:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bar-chart-color-change-issues-terms-order/41301 "2016-02-09T17:14:39Z")
I did notice that some of our charts are changing colors when I click on the edit button from the a Dashboard page. For some reason a search by terms is not keep the same pattern of colors for each term that comes with … --- ## [Time filter not displaying](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/time-filter-not-displaying/41195)
**Author:** [@Ned](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ned)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2016, 2:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/time-filter-not-displaying/41195 "2016-02-09T14:27:09Z")
Hey guys, I'm an ELK Stack noob. My company is running it in 3 different environments. Versions: Kibana 4.1.1, Elasticsearch 1.7.1, Logstash 1.4.2. For whatever reason the Dev environment has stopped displaying in the … --- ## [Compare Kibana data with a static list?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/compare-kibana-data-with-a-static-list/41191)
**Author:** [@gildor7](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gildor7)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2016, 9:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/compare-kibana-data-with-a-static-list/41191 "2016-02-09T09:08:21Z")
Hello, is it possible to compare data displayed in Kibana with a static list? Let me explain what I need: I'm reading the data of login to the servers via syslog, and I want to create a dashboard that shows me the logins… --- ## [Is it possible to restrict the header in kibana?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-restrict-the-header-in-kibana/40818)
**Author:** [@Ganesh2303](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ganesh2303)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2016, 6:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-restrict-the-header-in-kibana/40818 "2016-02-09T06:01:14Z")
Hi, In my previous work i never used shield to protect my kibana. But now i'm using shield concept to protect the kibana by using two type of username and role. I have two credential, one is admin and another is user. B… --- ## [Change the default toggle behavior of Kibana viewlets](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-the-default-toggle-behavior-of-kibana-viewlets/41144)
**Author:** [@bharath\_meka](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bharath_meka)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2016, 3:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-the-default-toggle-behavior-of-kibana-viewlets/41144 "2016-02-09T03:07:42Z")
Hi, In one of our dashboards I see that the Query section at the top is toggled open when the dashboard is initially loaded. Can we change this behavior so that it is closed when the dashboard is loaded. Regards, Bha… --- ## [Kibana 3.x version compatibility with elasticsearch 2.x](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-3-x-version-compatibility-with-elasticsearch-2-x/36162)
**Author:** [@tejus](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tejus)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2016, 1:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-3-x-version-compatibility-with-elasticsearch-2-x/36162 "2016-02-09T01:17:36Z")
can some one tell me which version of kibana 3.x works with elasticsearch 2.x. elastic doc page says that kibana 3 is compatible with es 1.x and above. what is the above limit??? --- ## [Handling of large fields (strings or attachments) in Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/handling-of-large-fields-strings-or-attachments-in-kibana/41228)
**Author:** [@Alexander\_Sheredin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alexander_Sheredin)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2016, 10:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/handling-of-large-fields-strings-or-attachments-in-kibana/41228 "2016-02-08T22:08:22Z")
Hello, I am trying to use Kibana 4 to browse my index. The index contains just few douments, but the documents have huge string fields which are not supposed to be searchable but need to be stored (index is set to "no" f… --- ## [Kibana dashboard not updating with auto refresh button](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-dashboard-not-updating-with-auto-refresh-button/41060)
**Author:** [@abinay](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/abinay)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2016, 10:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-dashboard-not-updating-with-auto-refresh-button/41060 "2016-02-08T22:06:34Z")
Hii I am using the ELK stack . I have a frontend with some buttons that have the URL of the dashboards of my Kibana . The auto refresh button used to work fine when i was exploring kibana meaning it used to update my das… --- ## [Kibana discover histogram not showing documents](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-discover-histogram-not-showing-documents/41076)
**Author:** [@Brandon\_Metcalf](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Brandon_Metcalf)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2016, 9:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-discover-histogram-not-showing-documents/41076 "2016-02-08T21:54:29Z")
I am using the AWS Elasticsearch service that has Kibana 4.0.3 installed. However, when I search in the Discover tab, I get hits, but nothing shows up in the histogram graph. I have attached two screenshots with the se… --- ## [Efficicent way to use \_timestamp in visualization](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/efficicent-way-to-use--timestamp-in-visualization/40817)
**Author:** [@Jamunavathy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jamunavathy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2016, 9:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/efficicent-way-to-use--timestamp-in-visualization/40817 "2016-02-08T21:47:52Z")
Hi, My log looks like this Wed Feb 12 13:42:43 2014 invalid context Wed Feb 12 14:00:34 2014 message not found Wed Feb 12 14:01:11 2014 bad address Fri Feb 14 15:06:50 2014 invalid context I want to view the error mess… --- ## [Problems with line chart using supplied Y axis value](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problems-with-line-chart-using-supplied-y-axis-value/40875)
**Author:** [@mc1392](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mc1392)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2016, 9:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problems-with-line-chart-using-supplied-y-axis-value/40875 "2016-02-08T21:39:38Z")
In Kibana 4.2.1, I have data loaded like so: \*\* Member Type |Count |@timestamp\*\* Member Type A | 234 | 2016-01-28 Member Type B | 345 | 2016-01-28 Member Type C | 187 | 2016-01-28 I don't understa… [Previous page](https://discuss.elastic.co/c/elastic-stack/kibana/7.md?page=1081) [Next page](https://discuss.elastic.co/c/elastic-stack/kibana/7.md?page=1083)