# Kibana

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## [Hide hit count bar chart](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hide-hit-count-bar-chart/28120)

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**Author:** [@DK\_3](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DK_3)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 5:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hide-hit-count-bar-chart/28120 "2015-08-27T05:39:33Z")

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Is there any way to hide the Hit Count bar chart from the Kibana Discover page

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## [Colourful Kibana Tables?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/colourful-kibana-tables/28118)

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**Author:** [@michaellizhou](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/michaellizhou)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 5:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/colourful-kibana-tables/28118 "2015-08-27T05:14:39Z")

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I want to start adding some colors to the table section of discovery. That way I an easily differentiate where logs are coming from just by quick glances. Can someone help point me in the right direction? I am a decent w…

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## [Disabling sorting an indexed field](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disabling-sorting-an-indexed-field/28103)

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**Author:** [@simmel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/simmel)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 4:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disabling-sorting-an-indexed-field/28103 "2015-08-27T04:52:21Z")

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Is it possible to disable sorting on indexed fields in Kibana? I still want ES to index it but I don't want anyone to sort on it, because you know.. outOfMemory error ; ) If it doesn't exist, is it something that's pos…

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## [Kibana 4.1.1 pencil button not showing in indices page](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-4-1-1-pencil-button-not-showing-in-indices-page/28069)

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**Author:** [@Augustin\_Chen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Augustin_Chen)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 4:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-4-1-1-pencil-button-not-showing-in-indices-page/28069 "2015-08-27T04:31:05Z")

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I know field formatter is a new feature in kibana 4.1. I update the kibana from 4.0.2 to 4.1.1, but I don't see the pencil button in the indices page, so I am not able to format the field. Any ideas of it?

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## [Kibana customization](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-customization/28034)

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**Author:** [@rkazmin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rkazmin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 4:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-customization/28034 "2015-08-27T04:04:34Z")

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Hi all. My customer wanted to have alternative web interface for logstash/elasticsearch. At first glance, kibana does not allow customize yourself as I want. Anyway dashboard/visualizator not what I need. So far I see on…

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## [Kibana service running, but no response from browser?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-service-running-but-no-response-from-browser/28148)

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**Author:** [@dkraut](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dkraut)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 3:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-service-running-but-no-response-from-browser/28148 "2015-08-27T03:06:06Z")

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I've installed kibana before, but this time I cannot get any response from a browser? I see port 5601 listening via netstat and the firewall is disabled. I can get to ntopng via browser, which is running on port 3000, b…

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## [How to create chart/table of top n busiest periods by time interval period](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-chart-table-of-top-n-busiest-periods-by-time-interval-period/27742)

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**Author:** [@stevedearl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stevedearl)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2015, 8:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-chart-table-of-top-n-busiest-periods-by-time-interval-period/27742 "2015-08-25T20:51:45Z")

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Hi Guys, I'm still pretty new to Kibana so apologies in advance if this is obvious. I'm processing a set of Apache access logs and have no trouble with the histogram showing access requests over time. What I'd like t…

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## [User authentication in kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/user-authentication-in-kibana/28008)

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**Author:** [@bmbost](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bmbost)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2015, 12:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/user-authentication-in-kibana/28008 "2015-08-25T12:52:06Z")

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I know there is the shield product which provides high levels of security for the ELK suite. I do not need that level of security for the environment. Are there any other options which I could implement to provide some…

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## [Custom LABEL of Visualization](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-label-of-visualization/27923)

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**Author:** [@Jason\_Zheng](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jason_Zheng)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2015, 6:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-label-of-visualization/27923 "2015-08-25T06:39:09Z")

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Hi All, Is it possible custom label of visualization? I am using kibana 4.1 (I found an post, as the post said, it would be support in Kibana 4.1) , I cannot find out how to custom label in Kibana Thanks Jason

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## [Multiple instances of Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-instances-of-kibana/27991)

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**Author:** [@camarasingham](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/camarasingham)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2015, 6:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-instances-of-kibana/27991 "2015-08-25T06:13:49Z")

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Is is possible to run multiple instances of kibana, as long as the internal kibana index is set to different values in config.js? I have just done some custom modifications to the kibana source and would like to deploy…

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## [Configurable Legends values in Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configurable-legends-values-in-kibana/27960)

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**Author:** [@tarunsapra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tarunsapra)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2015, 4:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configurable-legends-values-in-kibana/27960 "2015-08-25T04:09:21Z")

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Hi , Any way to implement this feature https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/2245 using some form of scripting solution in kibana 4.1 ?

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## [Changing column name for search and visualization](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-column-name-for-search-and-visualization/27921)

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**Author:** [@rnigam](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rnigam)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2015, 4:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-column-name-for-search-and-visualization/27921 "2015-08-25T04:06:46Z")

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I have a nested JSON in my EMR that I am trying to visualize using kibana. Because of the nesting the field names are long (format word1.word2.word3.word4 .. upto word 8). I am trying to create a simple search query to s…

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## [Details about kibana code flow](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/details-about-kibana-code-flow/27973)

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**Author:** [@Priya\_G](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Priya_G)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2015, 4:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/details-about-kibana-code-flow/27973 "2015-08-25T04:03:22Z")

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I integrated shield with elasticsearch. Kibana is displaying all index list in discover page.though the logged in user is not having access to all index list.How kibana is retrieving all index from elasticsearch.Is it ge…

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## [Kibana 4.1 automatic axis scaling](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-4-1-automatic-axis-scaling/27860)

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**Author:** [@Fernando\_Gamboa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Fernando_Gamboa)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2015, 2:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-4-1-automatic-axis-scaling/27860 "2015-08-24T14:38:06Z")

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Hello, In kibana 4.0.2 I used to have a visualization that automatically scale the Y axis. Thus, when the number was 10^6 to #M or 10^12 #T. This functionality seemed not to be working in the same visualization ported…

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## [Elasticsearch kibana time issue](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-kibana-time-issue/27878)

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**Author:** [@achan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/achan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2015, 12:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-kibana-time-issue/27878 "2015-08-24T00:46:36Z")

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I am having strange problem with a time stamp field. the field is called tme. the document was loaded via logstash. I filtered the field doing the following. date { match =\> \["tme", "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss"\] …

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## [Create button does not work when trying to "Use event times to create index names"](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-button-does-not-work-when-trying-to-use-event-times-to-create-index-names/27781)

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**Author:** [@smcgilvray](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/smcgilvray)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 8:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-button-does-not-work-when-trying-to-use-event-times-to-create-index-names/27781 "2015-08-21T20:12:20Z")

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When I put the settings in the attached image and click create nothing happens. Does anyone know what this would be? Thank you, Sean McGilvray

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## [Kibana code](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-code/27747)

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**Author:** [@Anmol\_Gupta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Anmol_Gupta)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 4:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-code/27747 "2015-08-21T16:00:36Z")

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In Kibana when we choose particular visualization and index , how are the column name come to corresponding fields? Where can i find code of particular module?(how column comes in x and y axis)

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## [Courier Fetch](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/courier-fetch/27575)

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**Author:** [@Hornov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Hornov)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 3:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/courier-fetch/27575 "2015-08-21T15:16:13Z")

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Sometimes I meet the following warning : Courier Fetch: 1 of 90 shards failed. And when I look for in the elasticsearch log I find : No mapping found for ... in order to sort on However in all shards I've the mapping : "…

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## [Events with start and end date](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/events-with-start-and-end-date/27765)

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**Author:** [@joris\_renkens](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/joris_renkens)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 10:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/events-with-start-and-end-date/27765 "2015-08-21T10:04:08Z")

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Hi, I'm analyzing a series of events that have a start time and an end time. I would like to plot an area chart with time on the x axis and on the y axis the number of events that are ongoing at that moment (start \< x…

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## [How to change Kibana 4.1.1 Legend and Axis labels](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-kibana-4-1-1-legend-and-axis-labels/27744)

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**Author:** [@Sar82](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sar82)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 7:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-kibana-4-1-1-legend-and-axis-labels/27744 "2015-08-21T07:48:17Z")

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Hi, can anyone help me changing Kibana graph Legends. I want to change color and name of the Legend. Also I want to change names of X and Y axis labels. I am using Kibana 4.1.1.

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## [Radio-box selector to drive Histogram?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/radio-box-selector-to-drive-histogram/27773)

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**Author:** [@alancam73](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alancam73)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 5:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/radio-box-selector-to-drive-histogram/27773 "2015-08-21T05:29:32Z")

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hi folks, At present I have a Kibana dashboard with a Terms panel driving a Histogram graph output. However I'd like to be able to select multiple entries (like a radio box) so that multiple lines will show on the Hist…

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## [Metric aggregations: how to divide value and Courier of shard failed](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metric-aggregations-how-to-divide-value-and-courier-of-shard-failed/27630)

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**Author:** [@Jason\_Zheng](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jason_Zheng)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 3:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metric-aggregations-how-to-divide-value-and-courier-of-shard-failed/27630 "2015-08-21T03:44:41Z")

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Hi All, is it possible to divide some key vaule in Metric aggregations as following, I would like to divide 'ismb.miki.host.ram.usage" with an number in percentile I found an issue and follow that steps, and then cr…

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## [Force hide settings button from bar and disable save option in Kibana 4](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/force-hide-settings-button-from-bar-and-disable-save-option-in-kibana-4/27678)

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**Author:** [@Fernando\_Gamboa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Fernando_Gamboa)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 20, 2015, 8:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/force-hide-settings-button-from-bar-and-disable-save-option-in-kibana-4/27678 "2015-08-20T20:00:59Z")

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Hello, While using the Packetbeat demo I noticed that the settings option is not shown and the save button is partially disabled. How can I do this? All the best, Fernando

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## [How to create customized order in elasticsearch](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-customized-order-in-elasticsearch/27723)

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**Author:** [@vikas\_gopal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vikas_gopal)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 20, 2015, 1:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-customized-order-in-elasticsearch/27723 "2015-08-20T13:36:51Z")

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Hi Experts , I am preparing a pie chart in kibana 4 which shows device action . It could be "error", "Warning" and "info". Now what I want is to provide red color to "error", yellow to warning and green to info . I am …

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## [How to filter the uppercase fields in Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-filter-the-uppercase-fields-in-kibana/233)

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**Author:** [@rkhapre](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rkhapre)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [August 20, 2015, 1:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-filter-the-uppercase-fields-in-kibana/233 "2015-08-20T13:35:08Z")

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In my Discovery View i have following columns First Name Last Name Email Phone Now in "First Name" fields i have some records with uppercase and some with lowercase. How can i filter records in Discovery page with 1.…

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## [How to do a scatter plot? (Released in Kibana 4.1?)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-do-a-scatter-plot-released-in-kibana-4-1/27738)

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**Author:** [@bw99](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bw99)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 20, 2015, 10:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-do-a-scatter-plot-released-in-kibana-4-1/27738 "2015-08-20T10:16:48Z")

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How do I do a scatter plot in Kibana? The product description says I can: "To better understand large volumes of data, easily create bar charts, line and scatter plots, histograms, pie charts, and maps." https://www.el…

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## [Kibana graphing issue](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-graphing-issue/27651)

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**Author:** [@Sar82](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sar82)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 20, 2015, 10:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-graphing-issue/27651 "2015-08-20T10:03:30Z")

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I have network related statistical data. Using which I am calculating network load. Say for example (packet ip + packet op) per time unit. When I plot the graph in Kibana, on Y axis I see all aggregation functions like…

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## [Problem in Kibana 3.0.1 loading](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-in-kibana-3-0-1-loading/25605)

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**Author:** [@asgawali](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/asgawali)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 20, 2015, 9:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-in-kibana-3-0-1-loading/25605 "2015-08-20T09:43:07Z")

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Hi, I have installed Elasticsearch ,logstash and kibana in different aws linux boxes. My problem is when I hit kibana URL, the UI is gets loaded as basic html page. Can you help me out here? Please note that Kibana is …

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## [No logs in kibana after path.data changes](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-logs-in-kibana-after-path-data-changes/27729)

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**Author:** [@sunilmchaudhari](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sunilmchaudhari)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 20, 2015, 8:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-logs-in-kibana-after-path-data-changes/27729 "2015-08-20T08:24:25Z")

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Hello, I have changed path.data path in elasticsearch on all 3 nodes running on different hosts in the cluster. Since then, I am not able to see logs through Kibana. As soon as I started kibana, all indexes added in …

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## [Kibana and NodeJS](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-and-nodejs/27667)

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**Author:** [@sureshadapa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sureshadapa)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 20, 2015, 4:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-and-nodejs/27667 "2015-08-20T04:52:08Z")

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I thought the "~\\kibana-4.1.1-windows\\src\\bin\\kibana.bat" should be corrected. As highlighted below.I was able to start Kibana after that change. @echo off SETLOCAL set SCRIPT\_DIR=%~dp0 for %%I in ("%SCRIPT\_DIR%...…

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