# Kibana

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## [Kibana is not ready yet in 7.12.0 Error in description](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-is-not-ready-yet-in-7-12-0-error-in-description/274402)

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**Author:** [@LombardoAndrea195](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/LombardoAndrea195)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 4:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-is-not-ready-yet-in-7-12-0-error-in-description/274402 "2021-06-02T16:26:13Z")

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I've obtained this error after creating the visualization element according the following link How to bring Jupyter Notebook visualizations to Kibana dashboards for data science | Elastic Blog . I've installed kibana thr…

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## [Available Fields - Kibana - Parse data for dashboard built](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/available-fields-kibana-parse-data-for-dashboard-built/274674)

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**Author:** [@momo1104](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/momo1104)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 3:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/available-fields-kibana-parse-data-for-dashboard-built/274674 "2021-06-02T15:27:34Z")

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I've ingested ddos dataset from kaggle.com into kibana and it seems like not all the metadata available is useful for me to create a dashboard visualizing the ddos attacks. What am I missing? The config file as follows …

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## [Kibana custom plugins packaging](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-custom-plugins-packaging/274761)

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**Author:** [@pchakour](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pchakour)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 1:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-custom-plugins-packaging/274761 "2021-06-02T13:52:03Z")

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Hello :slight\_smile: I have a question about plugins packaging, hope someone can help me. I'm creating some custom plugins for Kibana and I want to create only one distribuable plugin to install all my plugins in once. …

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## [Kibana Navbar logo customization](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-navbar-logo-customization/274447)

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**Author:** [@Long\_Nguyen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Long_Nguyen)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 1:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-navbar-logo-customization/274447 "2021-06-02T13:27:46Z")

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I was trying to change the Navbar logo of Kibana using this guide Custom Logo Kibana 7.10.0 (guide) I'm wondering if my logo is larger, is there any way to modify the size of the flex box in order to show my logo more c…

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## [Kibana textbox instead of dropdown](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-textbox-instead-of-dropdown/274751)

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**Author:** [@Adrian3](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Adrian3)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 12:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-textbox-instead-of-dropdown/274751 "2021-06-02T12:44:31Z")

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To create a new Kibana visualization I select "Controls" from the "New Visualization" section: Viewing the "Controls" section: An option does not appear to exist to add a "text field" , all field types are dropdo…

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## [Supports Canvas Linechart the feature seriesAgg and Group this by Terms](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/supports-canvas-linechart-the-feature-seriesagg-and-group-this-by-terms/274650)

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**Author:** [@miri](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/miri)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 9:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/supports-canvas-linechart-the-feature-seriesagg-and-group-this-by-terms/274650 "2021-06-02T09:28:29Z")

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Is it possible to use in Canvas Linechart the Aggregation seriesAgg and Group this by Terms like available in normal TSVB Visualisation? Example: There are some servers sending status information to elasticsearch: …

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## [Best way to backup Kibana Dashboards](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-way-to-backup-kibana-dashboards/274718)

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**Author:** [@kibanaquery](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kibanaquery)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 9:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-way-to-backup-kibana-dashboards/274718 "2021-06-02T09:27:44Z")

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Hi, Just wondered what the current suggestion is to back up Dashboards, the indices seem straightforward but they dont include Dashboards? I'm looking for an automated way to get them backed up rather than anything too…

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## [Error in Kibana 7.12](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-in-kibana-7-12/274605)

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**Author:** [@LombardoAndrea195](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/LombardoAndrea195)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 9:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-in-kibana-7-12/274605 "2021-06-02T09:18:22Z")

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Hi all! I've a problem on kibana that is running on my local machine.I would like to create a simple dashboard with data but in order to obtian the single data value in time I use Altair and jupyter combination in order …

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## [Kibana Saved objects](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-saved-objects/274717)

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**Author:** [@RAM\_NATHAN](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/RAM_NATHAN)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 8:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-saved-objects/274717 "2021-06-02T08:53:24Z")

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Hi Currently Im using below to export dashbaords curl -X POST "localhost:5601/api/saved\_objects/\_export" -H 'kbn-xsrf: true' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d' { "type": "dashboard" }' \> /tmp/dashboard.ndjson 2\>…

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## [Kibana visualise](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-visualise/274529)

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**Author:** [@mostpha456](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mostpha456)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 8:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-visualise/274529 "2021-06-02T08:43:34Z")

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Hello, I am trying to create a visualization to represent the evolution of a field x in time so X axes timestamp and Y axes the field , but can't find how to represent it, for y axes there is only aggregations that ca…

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## [Kibana Speedometer](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-speedometer/274317)

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**Author:** [@Rachitha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rachitha)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 8:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-speedometer/274317 "2021-06-02T08:29:27Z")

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Can we have a needle inside the Gauge pointing to the value? Is there any way to add the needle in the gauge. I am using the latest version now (i.e, Kibana 7.12.1)

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## [Kibana & Cloudfront conversion tracking](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-cloudfront-conversion-tracking/274492)

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**Author:** [@GCuccureddu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/GCuccureddu)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 7:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-cloudfront-conversion-tracking/274492 "2021-06-02T07:47:01Z")

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Hi community, I am new to Kibana and my perspective is from business/marketing expertise. We are using AWS Cloudfront website data and I would like to understand if Kibana can bring insight to typical funnels (how peop…

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## [Heatmap sorting working in Visualisation Editor but not in Dashboard](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/heatmap-sorting-working-in-visualisation-editor-but-not-in-dashboard/273814)

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**Author:** [@mkostros](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mkostros)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 7:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/heatmap-sorting-working-in-visualisation-editor-but-not-in-dashboard/273814 "2021-06-02T07:37:25Z")

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Hello We want to create event dashboard, which would shown, how many log events came in Day of Week and Hour of day. We have created dynamic fields for DayOfWeek and HourOfDay (number format). Which are then used in he…

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## [TSVB - visualizing the difference of two datasets](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tsvb-visualizing-the-difference-of-two-datasets/273922)

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**Author:** [@LL\_FED](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/LL_FED)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 7:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tsvb-visualizing-the-difference-of-two-datasets/273922 "2021-06-02T07:21:02Z")

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Hello Elastic-Community, I get data like this: Document 1: Data.name: Total pieces, Data.value: 60, timestamp: 12:00 Document 2: Data.name: Good pieces, Data.value: 58, timestamp: 12:00 Now I want to visualize …

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## [Unable to complete saved object migrations for the \[.kibana\] index. RequestAbortedError: The content length (823769731) is bigger than the maximum allowed string](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-complete-saved-object-migrations-for-the-kibana-index-requestabortederror-the-content-length-823769731-is-bigger-than-the-maximum-allowed-string/274408)

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**Author:** [@LombardoAndrea195](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/LombardoAndrea195)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 6:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-complete-saved-object-migrations-for-the-kibana-index-requestabortederror-the-content-length-823769731-is-bigger-than-the-maximum-allowed-string/274408 "2021-06-02T06:47:34Z")

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kibana | {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2021-05-29T18:16:24+00:00","tags":\["info","savedobjects-service"\],"pid":6,"message":"\[.kibana\_task\_manager\] Migration completed after 9330ms"} kibana | {"type":"lo…

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## [ILM Issue](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ilm-issue/274699)

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**Author:** [@Farid\_N](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Farid_N)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 5:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ilm-issue/274699 "2021-06-02T05:22:16Z")

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Hi I have defined a lifecycle policy and applied to an index template according to the bellow page: But unfortunately got the bellow error: Where is the problem? Thanks in advanve

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## [How to edit the type of an existing fiend in an index](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-edit-the-type-of-an-existing-fiend-in-an-index/274694)

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**Author:** [@sunoj\_vijayan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sunoj_vijayan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 4:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-edit-the-type-of-an-existing-fiend-in-an-index/274694 "2021-06-02T04:06:04Z")

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Is there any way to edit an existing type. I have a field "calculated\_weight" which is currently a string. I want it to be long so that i can calculate the sum. I tried this PUT /mm-logs-\* { "mappings": { "proper…

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## [Secure settings kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/secure-settings-kibana/274684)

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**Author:** [@mohamed\_el\_mannouti](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mohamed_el_mannouti)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 2:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/secure-settings-kibana/274684 "2021-06-02T02:44:31Z")

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How can I hide the password in kibana.yml

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## [Problem with SQL query when using RLIKE or LIKE function](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-sql-query-when-using-rlike-or-like-function/274689)

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**Author:** [@simran96](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/simran96)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2021, 11:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-sql-query-when-using-rlike-or-like-function/274689 "2021-06-01T23:48:27Z")

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Hi I'm trying to write a query where i want to search for a particular pattern but i'm getting errors. I have used the \\ escape as well but still its of no use. My query: curl -XPOST "http://xxxx/\_sql?format=csv" -H 'C…

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## [Watcher alert for matching multiple fields in same index](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-alert-for-matching-multiple-fields-in-same-index/273690)

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**Author:** [@Patr123](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Patr123)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2021, 9:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-alert-for-matching-multiple-fields-in-same-index/273690 "2021-06-01T21:17:32Z")

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Hello, I am trying to match multiple fields in a single index for my watcher alert and having some difficulties doing that. My watcher looks like: { "trigger": { "schedule": { "interval": "15m" } }, …

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## [X of Y shards failed in 7.12](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-of-y-shards-failed-in-7-12/271052)

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**Author:** [@d4nnyx](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/d4nnyx)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-of-y-shards-failed-in-7-12/271052 "2021-06-01T20:27:42Z")

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Hello there, after upgrade Elastic Stack from 7.10 to 7.12 a lot of dasboards, visualization and searches in discover shows the error message X of Y shards failed. In most cases, reason is that the specific field is not…

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## [Setting for alerts in elk](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-for-alerts-in-elk/274199)

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**Author:** [@varunbsgaur](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/varunbsgaur)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2021, 7:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-for-alerts-in-elk/274199 "2021-06-01T19:05:32Z")

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In order to use alerts in ELK I followed the mentioned steps but always found some error while starting up the local elasticsearch and kibana servers. Kindly help me know where I went wrong . step 1 :creating certifica…

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## [Mustache Split String](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mustache-split-string/274347)

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**Author:** [@Dzious](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dzious)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2021, 7:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mustache-split-string/274347 "2021-06-01T19:01:43Z")

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Hi, I'm currently struggling with kibana alerting. I've made a Log threshold alert that's working fine but i would need, in my final document, to have values from context.group split in multiples fields (split char wou…

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## [A single log is getting divided into multiple logs in Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/a-single-log-is-getting-divided-into-multiple-logs-in-kibana/274161)

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**Author:** [@prajwalgmpp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/prajwalgmpp)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2021, 6:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/a-single-log-is-getting-divided-into-multiple-logs-in-kibana/274161 "2021-06-01T18:46:12Z")

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May 27, 2021 @ 12:06:33.318 {"log":{"timestamp":"2021-05-27 08:36:33,317","level":"INFO","transactionId":"","category":"InfoLogger","type":"trace","message":"\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* May 27, 2021 …

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## [Dashboards with non-uniform indexes in Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dashboards-with-non-uniform-indexes-in-kibana/274669)

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**Author:** [@obnkf](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/obnkf)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2021, 5:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dashboards-with-non-uniform-indexes-in-kibana/274669 "2021-06-01T17:52:35Z")

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Here's my problem: I have two indexes that share an ID field of the same name and type (source\_location), but no other fields: Index M contains the source's metadata (e.g. who created the source, digital signature info…

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## [Looking for documentation on plugin development](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/looking-for-documentation-on-plugin-development/274250)

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**Author:** [@mnickerson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mnickerson)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2021, 5:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/looking-for-documentation-on-plugin-development/274250 "2021-06-01T17:39:33Z")

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This is for Elasticsearch and Kibana 7.10.2 I'm currently trying to create a plugin in Kibana that will give a user a form, take the data from there as arguments to use in a transform. Then to create a vega visualizatio…

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## [Not able to configure Alerts in Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-configure-alerts-in-kibana/274533)

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**Author:** [@Akanksha\_Pandey](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Akanksha_Pandey)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2021, 5:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-configure-alerts-in-kibana/274533 "2021-06-01T17:00:22Z")

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Hi, I'm using a docker compose file for ELK setup and using the latest version (above 7) for kibana. Now I set the xpack.encryptedSavedObjects.encryptionKey parameter in the kibana.yml so that i can use the alert and a…

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## [Canvas maps section fullscreen](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/canvas-maps-section-fullscreen/274591)

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**Author:** [@accateo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/accateo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2021, 4:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/canvas-maps-section-fullscreen/274591 "2021-06-01T16:33:43Z")

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Hi, I added Maps in my canvas page but when I go in fullscreen mode the click on Maps doesn't work... If I return in "normal mode" the Maps works correctly... why? thanks

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## [Scripted Field EsError in Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scripted-field-eserror-in-kibana/274542)

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**Author:** [@opdelta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/opdelta)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2021, 3:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scripted-field-eserror-in-kibana/274542 "2021-06-01T15:38:18Z")

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Hey there, I have Apache logs imported in ES where the "request.keyword" field contains the path of the accessed document of a server. For example: "/category/path/to/requested/data/xml/file.xml" I want to sort in a da…

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## [Row encoding and autosize makes chart not appear](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/row-encoding-and-autosize-makes-chart-not-appear/274229)

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**Author:** [@es\_net](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/es_net)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2021, 10:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/row-encoding-and-autosize-makes-chart-not-appear/274229 "2021-06-01T10:39:12Z")

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Hi, I am attempting to make charts similar to Faceting a Plot into a Trellis Plot | Vega-Lite with multiple rows of charts, split using the row encoding. (The link above should go to the section titled ' Row Facet (with…

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