# Kibana

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## [Rename field name in saved search](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rename-field-name-in-saved-search/270205)

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**Author:** [@thenoobert](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/thenoobert)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2021, 11:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rename-field-name-in-saved-search/270205 "2021-04-15T11:37:20Z")

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Hi, I am currently trying to visualize a result based on saved search. However, the result field name is too distracting/displeasing so would like to rename it to something simple. I know this can be achieved through da…

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## [Better define Kibana Watchers for unavailable Pod](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/better-define-kibana-watchers-for-unavailable-pod/270213)

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**Author:** [@es-gabriele](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/es-gabriele)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2021, 10:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/better-define-kibana-watchers-for-unavailable-pod/270213 "2021-04-15T10:16:30Z")

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## [Session expiration](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/session-expiration/270131)

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**Author:** [@alaine](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alaine)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2021, 10:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/session-expiration/270131 "2021-04-15T10:21:59Z")

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Hi there, my team is responsible for a few clusters and the users are running into two different errors fairly frequently. At the moment we are focusing on two issues that seem to have similar causes. The first log entr…

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## [How to keep \`selected fields\` fixed](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-keep-selected-fields-fixed/269853)

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**Author:** [@its-ogawa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/its-ogawa)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2021, 8:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-keep-selected-fields-fixed/269853 "2021-04-15T08:15:50Z")

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When you check log items from Kibana, you can fix the items with selected fields. This setting is very useful, but it gets lost when you close your browser. Is there a way to keep this?

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## [Prevent dashboard from displaying data until value is specified in control?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/prevent-dashboard-from-displaying-data-until-value-is-specified-in-control/270195)

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**Author:** [@GrahamHannington](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/GrahamHannington)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2021, 7:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/prevent-dashboard-from-displaying-data-until-value-is-specified-in-control/270195 "2021-04-15T07:44:05Z")

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I have a control that selects "job name". I'd prefer for the dashboard to "wait" until the user has selected a value from that control. Is that possible in Kibana?

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## [Generate custom reports for each customer in Kibana Canvas](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/generate-custom-reports-for-each-customer-in-kibana-canvas/270148)

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**Author:** [@Eivind\_Vinsand](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Eivind_Vinsand)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2021, 4:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/generate-custom-reports-for-each-customer-in-kibana-canvas/270148 "2021-04-15T04:27:07Z")

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Hi! I have made a report in Kibana Canvas where I have calculated four metrics. Now I want to generate 100 versions of this report, one for each customer. This means I have to recalculate the metrics for each customer i…

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## [Customized Data Table in Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/customized-data-table-in-kibana/270122)

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**Author:** [@priya\_singh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/priya_singh)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2021, 4:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/customized-data-table-in-kibana/270122 "2021-04-15T04:20:49Z")

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HI Team , This is Priya here i am new to ELK , Please help me to create the cusomized data table as per my requirement . I have created the data table with lens via visualize library and tried to add the some code as …

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## [Multiple roots and Ambiguous error in vega tree layout](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-roots-and-ambiguous-error-in-vega-tree-layout/270132)

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**Author:** [@Ashvin\_Bhutekar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ashvin_Bhutekar)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 4:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-roots-and-ambiguous-error-in-vega-tree-layout/270132 "2021-04-14T16:51:45Z")

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I am creating vega tree flow using dynamic data from the index pattern. As I am using 'URL' and 'nexturl' field in the index pattern which gets repeated many times (One child referring to many parents). Tree layout is c…

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## [Kibana 7.12 Discover: Document JSON view displays nested values separately and unsorted](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-7-12-discover-document-json-view-displays-nested-values-separately-and-unsorted/270110)

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**Author:** [@sandbender](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sandbender)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 6:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-7-12-discover-document-json-view-displays-nested-values-separately-and-unsorted/270110 "2021-04-14T18:25:25Z")

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Hello, After upgrading to Kibana v7.12.0, in Discover, fields of documents displayed in JSON view are unsorted and not visibly collected in the objects they are stored in. That's a pain in the ass when trying to grasp t…

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## [Events Per Second Visualization](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/events-per-second-visualization/270129)

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**Author:** [@wwalker](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wwalker)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 5:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/events-per-second-visualization/270129 "2021-04-14T17:59:10Z")

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I'm trying to create a metric for events per second, but not really sure how to do it. I saw one example that seems to get close, but when I manually do the math, it's a little off. The visualization configuration belo…

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## [Unable to load more than 30000 fields into index pattern](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-load-more-than-30000-fields-into-index-pattern/270088)

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**Author:** [@TomasK](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TomasK)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 3:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-load-more-than-30000-fields-into-index-pattern/270088 "2021-04-14T15:02:48Z")

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Hi everybody! I have index pattern let's say myindex\_\* which includes many other indexes like: myindex\_client1\_\* myindex\_client2\_\* myindex\_client3\_\* myindex\_client4\_\* etc... the indexes like myindex\_clientN\_\* have ab…

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## [Keyword Field Generation](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/keyword-field-generation/269724)

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**Author:** [@LED](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/LED)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 2:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/keyword-field-generation/269724 "2021-04-14T14:04:31Z")

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Hi All, I have setup two identical ELK Stacks (in theory) for Dev and Test. We have Metricbeat shipping data into their respective clusters. In our Test environment I've noticed that ".keyword" is being added to the maj…

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## [Change the labels on Pie in Canvas](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-the-labels-on-pie-in-canvas/269458)

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**Author:** [@EduardoM](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/EduardoM)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 1:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-the-labels-on-pie-in-canvas/269458 "2021-04-14T13:52:05Z")

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How can I change the labels on Pie in Cavas. and I want to have "car" and "bus" instead of 1 and 2. I should change this's : filters | essql query="SELECT SUM(Produced) AS Production,typ FROM \\"data\*\\" WHERE QUE…

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## [Cannot create index in elastic search kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-create-index-in-elastic-search-kibana/270017)

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**Author:** [@Shoto\_Todoroki](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shoto_Todoroki)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 1:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-create-index-in-elastic-search-kibana/270017 "2021-04-14T13:33:17Z")

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Hello, i am new to elastic search. I followed this below link to get started with elastic search https://www.elastic.co/blog/aftershock-therapy-with-elasticsearch-and-csv-data-import But while creating the index, i am …

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## [Canvas Time Filter When Adding Kibana Objects](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/canvas-time-filter-when-adding-kibana-objects/269971)

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**Author:** [@azulgrana](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/azulgrana)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 1:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/canvas-time-filter-when-adding-kibana-objects/269971 "2021-04-14T13:29:03Z")

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Hi there, I have a Canvas with a time filter and I'm looking into adding some existing Kibana objects into my new Canvas. I see that each of the Kibana objects I add into my Canvas has line similar to this ... savedVis…

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## [Filter last result in Kibana table](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-last-result-in-kibana-table/269995)

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**Author:** [@artobstrel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/artobstrel)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 1:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-last-result-in-kibana-table/269995 "2021-04-14T13:16:06Z")

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I have the following data: With "Top Hit" aggregations I can get the latest result of each event: How can I filter Data Table results to get events with the last result is "failed"? Samples under the spoilerThis i…

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## [Ingestion doc to index template](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ingestion-doc-to-index-template/270093)

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**Author:** [@accateo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/accateo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 10:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ingestion-doc-to-index-template/270093 "2021-04-14T10:21:50Z")

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Hi, I've created a index template in Kibana: { "properties": { "date": { "type": "date" }, "formatDate": { "type": "text" }, "temp": { "type":…

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## [Filter on array of object](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-on-array-of-object/270004)

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**Author:** [@My-project-repositor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/My-project-repositor)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 10:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-on-array-of-object/270004 "2021-04-14T10:16:39Z")

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I have a documents with many nested fields and array of objects inside them. So when I perform search, how can I get only the matching object inside the array of object, not the entire document? { "name": "Olivia", …

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## [Create visualizations based on Kibana saved objects, including tags?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-visualizations-based-on-kibana-saved-objects-including-tags/270073)

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**Author:** [@GrahamHannington](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/GrahamHannington)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 10:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-visualizations-based-on-kibana-saved-objects-including-tags/270073 "2021-04-14T10:14:13Z")

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I'm creating dashboards in Kibana 7.11.2 for multiple types of event from a single application. In the data I'm working with, the event types are characterized by different values of a field named tableName. While there …

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## [Kibana-comments-app-plugin](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-comments-app-plugin/269049)

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**Author:** [@uusername](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/uusername)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 10:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-comments-app-plugin/269049 "2021-04-14T10:06:49Z")

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@gwintzer hello, Very thanks for developed the plugin. I wondering whether I able to install this plugin in Kibana, kibana-7.11.2-windows-x86\_64? I keep getting the installation failure (when install locally ) with th…

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## [Issue with loading 4-5 kibana dashboards on the page using Iframe](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-with-loading-4-5-kibana-dashboards-on-the-page-using-iframe/269685)

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**Author:** [@Srikanth\_V](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Srikanth_V)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 9:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-with-loading-4-5-kibana-dashboards-on-the-page-using-iframe/269685 "2021-04-14T09:56:26Z")

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Hi There. I am having an issue with the loading of kibana dashboards using an iframe on my application. I have 5 dashboards and it seems to be making multiple requests and multiple plugins for each dashboard to be shown…

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## [External UAA Authentication for session management and Kibana Authentication](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/external-uaa-authentication-for-session-management-and-kibana-authentication/269700)

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**Author:** [@Srinivas\_Alapati](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Srinivas_Alapati)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 9:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/external-uaa-authentication-for-session-management-and-kibana-authentication/269700 "2021-04-14T09:50:53Z")

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Hi! I have been using the iframe to load the kibana dasboard in our angular application. I have external UAA authentication in our web application for security. How can I use external UAA to be used in Kibana and communi…

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## [RegEx in Painless illegal expression](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/regex-in-painless-illegal-expression/270040)

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**Author:** [@jamesm1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jamesm1)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 8:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/regex-in-painless-illegal-expression/270040 "2021-04-14T08:34:41Z")

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Hello - I am using the Dev Tool for painless and i am trying to get a RegEx statement to work. The statement is : def path = "/v3/api/users/stuff./games"; if (path =~ /^\\/v3\\/api\\/users\\/(\[^\\/\]+)$/) { path = "bob"; …

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## [Vega tree layout error](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/vega-tree-layout-error/270077)

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**Author:** [@Ashvin\_Bhutekar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ashvin_Bhutekar)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 7:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/vega-tree-layout-error/270077 "2021-04-14T07:53:12Z")

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what is the reason behind this error "Infinite extent for field "depth": \[Infinity, -Infinity\]" in vega tree layout?

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## [ES data redundancy VS Kibana visualizations](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-data-redundancy-vs-kibana-visualizations/270022)

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**Author:** [@MartinKolar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MartinKolar)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 12:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-data-redundancy-vs-kibana-visualizations/270022 "2021-04-14T00:41:05Z")

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Hi everyone, I would love to hear some tips on how to avoid data redundancy in ES and Kibana. We are using ES and Kibana to collect and visualize videogame analytics. The game client indexes an "event" - a document with…

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## [Tenant](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tenant/269696)

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**Author:** [@Skander\_Harrabi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Skander_Harrabi)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 12:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tenant/269696 "2021-04-14T00:05:06Z")

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Hello guys, Can i change tenant from code ?? like is there any Api or something that allow me to change tenant from a function or anywhere Like i want do a button, and when i click on that button i want change to a spe…

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## [Kibana Add Data for Sophos XG](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-add-data-for-sophos-xg/270060)

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**Author:** [@bryonadams](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bryonadams)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2021, 9:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-add-data-for-sophos-xg/270060 "2021-04-13T21:07:01Z")

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Trying to understand how I get logging out of XG and into Kibana. I watched some of the videos and got Elasticsearch and Kibana running on a VM. The document for Beats seems to say I'd push syslog from my firewall or oth…

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## [Index is not showing to create index pattern](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-is-not-showing-to-create-index-pattern/269973)

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**Author:** [@padamrai](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/padamrai)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2021, 4:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-is-not-showing-to-create-index-pattern/269973 "2021-04-13T16:41:23Z")

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I have created index in kibana Dev Tools but it is not visible in stack Management to create its index pattern for analysis.

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## [Report Generation issue in from Kibana Visualize](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/report-generation-issue-in-from-kibana-visualize/269322)

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**Author:** [@jancodenew](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jancodenew)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2021, 3:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/report-generation-issue-in-from-kibana-visualize/269322 "2021-04-13T15:26:32Z")

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Hello, I want send the report with event count of each devices in last 24 hours by email. I have created new visualization by aggregating with src.ip feild. When i am downloading the report as PDF, full infromation is n…

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## [Generate report in Kibana results in 404](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/generate-report-in-kibana-results-in-404/269050)

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**Author:** [@eeijlar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/eeijlar)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2021, 2:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/generate-report-in-kibana-results-in-404/269050 "2021-04-13T14:00:22Z")

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If I generate a pdf report from Kibana web UI, using Share \> PDF Reports \> Generate PDF. Then I got to : Stack Management \> Reporting \> Download report The resulting report just has: ELK Stack version 7.11.2 The sa…

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