# Kibana

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## [Filter kibana charts based on field values](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-kibana-charts-based-on-field-values/819)

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**Author:** [@sunilactivity](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sunilactivity)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2015, 9:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-kibana-charts-based-on-field-values/819 "2015-05-18T09:27:05Z")

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I am using kibana 4.0 and elastic search 1.5 I want to exclude a certain set of documents from appearing in my chart if it has a particular field set. eg. This is my set of document. {"Name": "windows2008", "Domain":…

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## [Having problems in filtering for a chart created with multiple document types](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/having-problems-in-filtering-for-a-chart-created-with-multiple-document-types/678)

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**Author:** [@Nimit\_Shah](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nimit_Shah)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2015, 8:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/having-problems-in-filtering-for-a-chart-created-with-multiple-document-types/678 "2015-05-18T08:52:59Z")

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In elastic search I have documents of two different types (a&b). Now I create a chart where the aggregation on Y axis is based on a common term of both the types and the sub-aggregation of the bar chart is done via a fi…

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## [How to create an advanced kibana dashboard using a script](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-an-advanced-kibana-dashboard-using-a-script/742)

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**Author:** [@Aymen\_Zaghouani](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Aymen_Zaghouani)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2015, 11:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-an-advanced-kibana-dashboard-using-a-script/742 "2015-05-15T23:31:33Z")

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Hello, I want to create my own panel and then integrate it in kibana, whereas i'm a super beginner, and i don't know how can i start ! I am new to develop script and I need more tutorials.Please, can you help me? I am lo…

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## [Kibana i see Indices and fields but cannot Visualize - Please HELP](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-i-see-indices-and-fields-but-cannot-visualize-please-help/748)

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**Author:** [@gitvegas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gitvegas)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2015, 10:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-i-see-indices-and-fields-but-cannot-visualize-please-help/748 "2015-05-15T22:36:10Z")

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This is really basic. I curled the sample bank data to elasticsearch. On Kibana i see under Indices bank and on visualize all the fields (example age, balance etc) on LEFT but cannot see charts on RIGHT. Always says No R…

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## [Distinct count in kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/distinct-count-in-kibana/755)

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**Author:** [@sanju1323](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sanju1323)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2015, 2:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/distinct-count-in-kibana/755 "2015-05-15T14:24:58Z")

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Hi, I have a serious problem with distinct count of two fields. patientID - "1" doctor - "sanjay" test - "x" patientID - "2" doctor - "sanjay" test - "x" patientID - "1" doctor - "sanjay" test - "y" patientID…

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## [Accessing Kibana via SSH tunnel](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/accessing-kibana-via-ssh-tunnel/496)

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**Author:** [@Flavio\_Coelho](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Flavio_Coelho)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2015, 1:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/accessing-kibana-via-ssh-tunnel/496 "2015-05-15T13:51:35Z")

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I am trying to acces kibana from a remote machine through an SSH tunnel: $ ssh -f user@elastichost -L 5601:elastichost:5601 -N My remote browser just times out waiting for a response. Is there a reason why this s…

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## [How to take "average count on a field" as a metric?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-take-average-count-on-a-field-as-a-metric/601)

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**Author:** [@huangyg11](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/huangyg11)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2015, 5:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-take-average-count-on-a-field-as-a-metric/601 "2015-05-15T05:53:37Z")

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My records look like this: ( uri, uniqid) Each records represents one database visit in a specific request on the uri. For example: (/home, 1) (/home, 1) (/home, 2) means A request on /home , and visit twice on …

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## [Extract/export Kibana charts to embed/inport them somewhere else](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/extract-export-kibana-charts-to-embed-inport-them-somewhere-else/716)

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**Author:** [@lgs](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lgs)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2015, 3:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/extract-export-kibana-charts-to-embed-inport-them-somewhere-else/716 "2015-05-15T03:41:23Z")

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Is there a convenient way of snapshotting Kibana charts in static svg/png/jpg formats or CSS/javascript widgets eventually, to display or embed them within other application views outside Kibana?

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## [Using Groovy as script language instead of Expression](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-groovy-as-script-language-instead-of-expression/661)

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**Author:** [@pollylaw](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pollylaw)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2015, 1:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-groovy-as-script-language-instead-of-expression/661 "2015-05-15T01:42:23Z")

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I am going to use scripted field to get week of year of a date at Kibana 4. I use Groovy to write the script. However, I find that the default lang of scripted field is expression. That is ,"lang":"expression". Is there…

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## [Embed Kibana graphics in enduser projects](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/embed-kibana-graphics-in-enduser-projects/482)

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**Author:** [@karussell](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/karussell)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 14, 2015, 9:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/embed-kibana-graphics-in-enduser-projects/482 "2015-05-14T21:43:44Z")

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Hi, I'm fairly new to kibana (but not to ElasticSearch) and always implemented charts myself. But as kibana looks really powerful I would like to 'export' certain charts to the dashboard of my customers. Is there a blo…

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## [How do i start .Kibana Index?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-start-kibana-index/697)

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**Author:** [@woosi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/woosi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 14, 2015, 4:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-start-kibana-index/697 "2015-05-14T16:48:06Z")

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While starting the kibana 4 instance, i am getting below error. Is there any configuration issue in Kibana or Elasticsearch ? {"@timestamp":"2015-05-14T15:20:25.035Z","level":"error","message":"IndexClosedException\[\[.k…

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## [Kibana 4.x Startup on Linux](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-4-x-startup-on-linux/670)

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**Author:** [@Ash\_Powell](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ash_Powell)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 14, 2015, 2:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-4-x-startup-on-linux/670 "2015-05-14T14:20:17Z")

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So Kibana 4.x is out now (yay) But it's an executable application (executed by running "bash /data/kibana/bin/kibana" in my case) I'm not a linux guy at heart, but there must be a way that we can get this to run at l…

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## [Kibana doesn't bind to port 5601](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-doesnt-bind-to-port-5601/673)

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**Author:** [@ChrisMark](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ChrisMark)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 14, 2015, 1:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-doesnt-bind-to-port-5601/673 "2015-05-14T13:35:21Z")

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Hi guys, i have met a problem while trying to launch a new ELK server. My problem is that kibana does't seem to bind to port 5601. See what i am seeing: ubuntu@logstashganglia:~$ sudo service kibana4 start \* Startin…

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## [Multiple index patterns per index](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-index-patterns-per-index/646)

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**Author:** [@kmrdiscuss](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kmrdiscuss)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2015, 8:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-index-patterns-per-index/646 "2015-05-13T20:49:27Z")

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Hi. I have two fields in my index of type date - observation\_dt and dateofbirth\_dt. I want to create two visualizations having observation\_dt and dateofbirth\_dt being the X-axis, yet it seems I can only create a single '…

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## [Creating an advanced kibana dashboard using a script](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-an-advanced-kibana-dashboard-using-a-script/634)

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**Author:** [@Aymen\_Zaghouani](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Aymen_Zaghouani)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2015, 3:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-an-advanced-kibana-dashboard-using-a-script/634 "2015-05-13T15:41:42Z")

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I want to create my own panel and then integrate it in kibana, whereas i'm a super beginner, and i don't know how can i start ! I am new to develop script and I need more tutorials.Please, can you help me? I am looking f…

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## [Not Enough Storage is available to complete this operation](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-enough-storage-is-available-to-complete-this-operation/541)

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**Author:** [@PeterF](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/PeterF)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2015, 2:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-enough-storage-is-available-to-complete-this-operation/541 "2015-05-13T14:39:49Z")

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Hello, I have a query - that works fine, linked to a visualization that works fine. When I put the visualization (area graph) into a dashboard - no problems. However, when I try to add the search to the visualisation…

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## [Starting Kibana as a RHEL service failing](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/starting-kibana-as-a-rhel-service-failing/557)

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**Author:** [@Pedalair](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pedalair)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2015, 10:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/starting-kibana-as-a-rhel-service-failing/557 "2015-05-13T10:42:51Z")

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Hi I have Kibana installed and running on RHEL6 and am connecting to an ES client node on the same machine. I have created an entry in /etc/init.d/ to start Kibana as a service (including a check to ensure ES is comm…

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## [How to change the existing query of the dashboard with a JSON?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-the-existing-query-of-the-dashboard-with-a-json/577)

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**Author:** [@Niko\_Lang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Niko_Lang)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 12, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-the-existing-query-of-the-dashboard-with-a-json/577 "2015-05-12T20:05:10Z")

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I want to load the query and filter values (avalable as JSON) as the current search. How to do it? Is there any function for that? (Kibana 3)

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## [Is it possible to use kibana 4 with tomcat?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-use-kibana-4-with-tomcat/502)

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**Author:** [@paul\_nibin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/paul_nibin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 11, 2015, 3:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-use-kibana-4-with-tomcat/502 "2015-05-11T15:45:25Z")

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I already saw a thread, https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/1628. where this is already discussed. In a comment, https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/1628#issuecomment-58611294, it was written like "I suggest …

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## [External URL links](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/external-url-links/452)

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**Author:** [@tba](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tba)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 11, 2015, 3:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/external-url-links/452 "2015-05-11T15:42:38Z")

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Hello, Can you please tell me if Kibana4 latest version (4.0.2) supports the following feature: When the value of a field contains an url, make it clickable Thanks!

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## [Use cases where graphite should be use in addition or instead of ELK](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-cases-where-graphite-should-be-use-in-addition-or-instead-of-elk/445)

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**Author:** [@yehosef](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yehosef)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2015, 12:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-cases-where-graphite-should-be-use-in-addition-or-instead-of-elk/445 "2015-05-10T12:43:26Z")

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We are evaluating elasticsearch for logging and there are many use cases where it's a perfect match. The question is should we also consider something like graphite for simple metrics (number of logins, visitors, respon…

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## [Twitter, Tile Maps Geohash, field not available](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/twitter-tile-maps-geohash-field-not-available/431)

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**Author:** [@mayin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mayin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2015, 11:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/twitter-tile-maps-geohash-field-not-available/431 "2015-05-09T11:06:39Z")

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Using Twitter's Streaming API. Selecting Geohash Aggregation 'filters' all fields out but geoip.location which does not 'map' tweets for me. I think information needed lies in coordinates.coordinates but this does not …

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## [Numeric Field Value in y-axes in date histogram](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/numeric-field-value-in-y-axes-in-date-histogram/394)

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**Author:** [@ChrisMark](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ChrisMark)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2015, 3:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/numeric-field-value-in-y-axes-in-date-histogram/394 "2015-05-08T15:26:14Z")

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Hello everyone, i am trying to create a timeseries in which i want to show how a numeric value of a field goes through the time. This is my example: { type:novacompute @version:1 @timestamp:May 8th 2015, 14:24:43.588 f…

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## [\[Question\] No field could be selected when try to sum an aggregation in the visualization](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-no-field-could-be-selected-when-try-to-sum-an-aggregation-in-the-visualization/370)

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**Author:** [@Gwan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Gwan)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2015, 10:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-no-field-could-be-selected-when-try-to-sum-an-aggregation-in-the-visualization/370 "2015-05-08T10:34:09Z")

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Hi I'm new to Kibana. I follow the guidance and try to visualize a search, but meet some little problems. I got items like this: \[image\] I want to sum the "pos" section of all the items that have the same timestamp, howe…

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## [How to provide single Kibana link to multiple clients](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-provide-single-kibana-link-to-multiple-clients/278)

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**Author:** [@vikas\_gopal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vikas_gopal)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2015, 7:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-provide-single-kibana-link-to-multiple-clients/278 "2015-05-08T07:43:50Z")

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Hi Guys, I was wondering of it's possible to provide single kibana link to multiple clients . What i am planning is to create multiple indexes and restrict client to their respective index. So that everyone can open sa…

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## [Apache Phoenix with Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apache-phoenix-with-kibana/378)

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**Author:** [@vishnu667](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vishnu667)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2015, 7:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apache-phoenix-with-kibana/378 "2015-05-08T07:37:13Z")

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is it possible to integrate Apache Phoenix with Kibana for visualization ?

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## [Show images from URLs in data](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/show-images-from-urls-in-data/337)

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**Author:** [@rmoff](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rmoff)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 7, 2015, 10:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/show-images-from-urls-in-data/337 "2015-05-07T22:42:46Z")

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Is there a way to get Kibana to render images from a URL that it finds in the data? For example, twitter data includes images, it'd be cool to be able to render these within Kibana. thanks.

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## [Actual value VS threshold in Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/actual-value-vs-threshold-in-kibana/293)

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**Author:** [@assafm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/assafm)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2015, 1:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/actual-value-vs-threshold-in-kibana/293 "2015-05-06T13:50:26Z")

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Hi everyone, At our company we use ELK to store transaction data for a short period, mostly for monitoring. Instead of just seeing the actual values, we want to see the actual values VS some threshold. We're planning to …

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## [How does Kibana 4 integrate with Shield?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-does-kibana-4-integrate-with-shield/103)

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**Author:** [@shaunak](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shaunak)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2015, 11:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-does-kibana-4-integrate-with-shield/103 "2015-05-01T11:21:31Z")

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Authentication Kibana 4 uses HTTP Basic Authentication to authenticate to Elasticsearch with Shield. For convenience, Shield includes a default role with Kibana (http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/shield/current/\_sh…

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## [Can scripted fields be defined in K4 after the fact?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-scripted-fields-be-defined-in-k4-after-the-fact/66)

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**Author:** [@shaunak](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shaunak)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 30, 2015, 5:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-scripted-fields-be-defined-in-k4-after-the-fact/66 "2015-04-30T17:47:32Z")

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In theory, scripted fields could be used to define new fields post hoc. However, with the following caveats: Scripted fields are calculated at display time so there are performance implications. For example, somethin…

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