# Kibana

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## [Kibana RAM allocation](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-ram-allocation/265286)

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**Author:** [@Farid\_N](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Farid_N)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 2:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-ram-allocation/265286 "2021-02-24T14:05:19Z")

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Hi there Despite of 8G RAM, my Kibana uses only 1G of RAM... How can I allocate more RAM to Kibana? What should I write in kibana.yml to determine more RAM for Kibana?

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## [Kibana SAML iframe request canceled and redirect to the kibana page](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-saml-iframe-request-canceled-and-redirect-to-the-kibana-page/265315)

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**Author:** [@vapetri](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vapetri)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 2:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-saml-iframe-request-canceled-and-redirect-to-the-kibana-page/265315 "2021-02-24T14:03:16Z")

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Hi, I have an issue with a Kibana(v6.8) SAML integration with Oracle OAM stack. Kibana dashboards and visualizations are used as an iframe in another application. Now when I login also via SAML in that application I s…

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## [Kibana read role access](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-read-role-access/265337)

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**Author:** [@Jawed1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jawed1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 1:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-read-role-access/265337 "2021-02-24T13:33:56Z")

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Hello folks, I have setup EFK in aks but I am getting issue during set role in kibana dashboard. I have set cluster and index as a read permission but when I logon I can able to create dashboard, index pattern as same …

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## [Special character handlling in the alert message](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/special-character-handlling-in-the-alert-message/265285)

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**Author:** [@Piyush\_Gandhi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Piyush_Gandhi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 12:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/special-character-handlling-in-the-alert-message/265285 "2021-02-24T12:53:35Z")

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Hi, I would like to print the request made value in my alerting messaging, however, when I formed the alert message, I was getting the ASCII values in my alert message. Extraction query response: { "\_shards": { …

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## [Query related logs that contain a keyword](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-related-logs-that-contain-a-keyword/264529)

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**Author:** [@dandrejvv](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dandrejvv)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 12:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-related-logs-that-contain-a-keyword/264529 "2021-02-24T12:44:14Z")

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I have a need to query the logs in Elasticsearch through Kibana in a certain way that I will explain soon. I'll try my best to explain what I'm looking for and hopefully someone can tell me if it is possible via Kibana o…

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## [Kibana Error](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-error/265243)

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**Author:** [@ITchandj](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ITchandj)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 10:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-error/265243 "2021-02-24T10:32:44Z")

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Hello!!! please i have a follow Error in Kibana controls. i resolve it like but i have the same info.. how i can resolve it

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## [Elastic Cloud OIDC error](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-oidc-error/265200)

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**Author:** [@Basilis\_Ch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Basilis_Ch)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 8:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-oidc-error/265200 "2021-02-24T08:43:27Z")

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Using ES 7.10 7.10.1 and 7.10.2 in different clusters, I received below errors applying known working configs with Azure AD realm exposed via OIDC. \[instance-0000000009\] Received Token Response from OP with status \[UN…

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## [Index Pattern refresh](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-pattern-refresh/264760)

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**Author:** [@UniverseX](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/UniverseX)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 8:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-pattern-refresh/264760 "2021-02-24T08:05:36Z")

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It seems that with 7.11 release the Index Pattern refresh functionality has been replaced. However, I can't find anything in the manual, it seems still to be the old one where Refresh button was on the page. Could someon…

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## [Kibana doesn\`t start](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-doesn-t-start/265206)

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**Author:** [@Farid\_N](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Farid_N)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 7:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-doesn-t-start/265206 "2021-02-24T07:34:04Z")

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Hi I want to run a Kibana in my cluster but faced with a problem and can not run it. When I use service kibana start or systemctl start kibana , it seems to be ok and kibana is running and also the port 5601 is listen…

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## [Sum bucket of filters no longer works in kibana 7.11](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sum-bucket-of-filters-no-longer-works-in-kibana-7-11/265207)

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**Author:** [@Matthew\_Field](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Matthew_Field)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2021, 6:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sum-bucket-of-filters-no-longer-works-in-kibana-7-11/265207 "2021-02-23T18:28:40Z")

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Since upgrading to kibana 7.11 my sibling sum bucket aggregations no longer work. Following upgrade the visualisations that were previously working were all blank. I am trying now to recreate the same visualisations as…

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## [How to combine multilines to a single entry in kibana for a log](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-combine-multilines-to-a-single-entry-in-kibana-for-a-log/265165)

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**Author:** [@nikhilesh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nikhilesh)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2021, 4:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-combine-multilines-to-a-single-entry-in-kibana-for-a-log/265165 "2021-02-23T16:05:43Z")

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Hi Team, Below is the log file , I need to achieve the below scenario's please help me on this. Scenario 1: Right now, I was getting the logs in the Kibana dashboard as below. I want all the multiline in the logs shou…

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## [Visualize the sum of differences of timestamps](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualize-the-sum-of-differences-of-timestamps/264708)

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**Author:** [@darefilz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/darefilz)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2021, 3:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualize-the-sum-of-differences-of-timestamps/264708 "2021-02-23T15:22:27Z")

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We want to visualize the amount of time a user spend on our websites. Let's say each user action on such a website has a timestamp (@timestamp) and the name of the site (page) and the users name (user). So we term-aggre…

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## [Kibana Watcher and Reporting](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-watcher-and-reporting/264752)

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**Author:** [@vishakh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vishakh)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-watcher-and-reporting/264752 "2021-02-23T14:37:59Z")

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Currently, I'm running 7.10 stack I did create a visualization with tabular data having two columns. Now, I'm looking to create an alert/watcher for every 30mins that would run and send-out report in tabular format (sa…

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## [Heatmap - There are too many series defined](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/heatmap-there-are-too-many-series-defined/263265)

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**Author:** [@jamie0691](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jamie0691)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2021, 11:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/heatmap-there-are-too-many-series-defined/263265 "2021-02-23T11:22:09Z")

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Trying to create a heatmap and get the error - There are too many series defined. Having look on the GitHub this was fixed under https://github.com/elastic/kibana/pull/39578, I am running version 7.1.1 and the setting un…

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## [Filter document with not null value in Kibana Discover. Should I use "exist", but it still return me docs with empty field](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-document-with-not-null-value-in-kibana-discover-should-i-use-exist-but-it-still-return-me-docs-with-empty-field/265103)

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**Author:** [@qub123](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/qub123)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2021, 9:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-document-with-not-null-value-in-kibana-discover-should-i-use-exist-but-it-still-return-me-docs-with-empty-field/265103 "2021-02-23T09:47:22Z")

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Hi, I am trying to filter out field without "null/empty" value in Kibana, but when I try to use operator exist. THen it still show me docs without any value. Just wondering is there a way to filter only see documents wi…

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## [Limiting the time range filter](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/limiting-the-time-range-filter/265162)

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**Author:** [@Amphagory](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Amphagory)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2021, 9:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/limiting-the-time-range-filter/265162 "2021-02-23T09:43:16Z")

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Issue: I have set up a visual with data histogram on the x-axis. From time to time, it returns an error saying too many buckets. Possible solutions: Limit the time range filter to say the last week? month? year? in …

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## [We cannot see the variables we want in the available field section](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/we-cannot-see-the-variables-we-want-in-the-available-field-section/265089)

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**Author:** [@eceguzeell](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/eceguzeell)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2021, 9:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/we-cannot-see-the-variables-we-want-in-the-available-field-section/265089 "2021-02-23T09:04:18Z")

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We cannot see the variables we want in the available field section. I can see the logs I want in the Discover section. But I cannot see all of these logs while designing graphics in the dashboard. E.g; The log example …

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## [How to config TLS/SSL on single node?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-config-tls-ssl-on-single-node/265064)

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**Author:** [@MABN](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MABN)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2021, 7:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-config-tls-ssl-on-single-node/265064 "2021-02-23T07:30:56Z")

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Hi I use ELK 7.10 single node ( all ELK are installed on one OS) How to config TLS/SSL on single node? Should I do that and is it necessary? It is important to mention I access kibana and elastic from remote computer…

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## [Problem with xpack maps app when configured document layer with remote index pattern](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-xpack-maps-app-when-configured-document-layer-with-remote-index-pattern/264426)

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**Author:** [@nrt.krishna](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nrt.krishna)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2021, 6:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-xpack-maps-app-when-configured-document-layer-with-remote-index-pattern/264426 "2021-02-23T06:05:32Z")

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I am trying to configure a document layer with an index pattern which is in remote cluster. I am getting below exception. Unable to fetch index settings for index pattern '\<clustername:indexpattern-name\>'. Ensure you ha…

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## [Kibana Plugin detect Dark Mode on New Platform](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-plugin-detect-dark-mode-on-new-platform/264924)

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**Author:** [@npm\_install](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/npm_install)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2021, 2:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-plugin-detect-dark-mode-on-new-platform/264924 "2021-02-23T02:03:52Z")

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Hi I have a Kibana Plugin that I have installed on my Kibana instance, but it is in light mode while the rest of the instance is in dark mode. I have tried to find information on retrieving the dark mode setting config,…

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## [How to watch the watchers?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-watch-the-watchers/265084)

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**Author:** [@anmmok](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/anmmok)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2021, 12:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-watch-the-watchers/265084 "2021-02-23T00:50:36Z")

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Is there a simple way to create a kind of dashboard or simple an index to track the execution history of the watchers as well as the watcher setup?

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## [Problem accured](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-accured/265115)

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**Author:** [@Sena\_O](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sena_O)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2021, 10:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-accured/265115 "2021-02-22T22:57:52Z")

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hello, i'm trying to open kibana but i always see the blank page. i dont know why it's happening. how can i solve the problem?

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## [How to switch between languages without changes in kibana.yml file?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-switch-between-languages-without-changes-in-kibana-yml-file/265099)

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**Author:** [@WhatsIsKibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/WhatsIsKibana)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2021, 10:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-switch-between-languages-without-changes-in-kibana-yml-file/265099 "2021-02-22T22:34:29Z")

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Hi, Is it possible to switch between languages in kibana on the fly? At this moment I need to change option i18n.locale in kibana.yml file and restart kibana every time when I want to change language, but it would be mu…

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## [CSP error after enabling xpack (Dark mode broken)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/csp-error-after-enabling-xpack-dark-mode-broken/264955)

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**Author:** [@dmitryyankowski](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dmitryyankowski)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2021, 10:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/csp-error-after-enabling-xpack-dark-mode-broken/264955 "2021-02-22T22:21:41Z")

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Current version: 7.11.1 Hi there, i've just enabled xpack.. and logged in and i'm seeing the following error in my console: Refused to execute inline script because it violates the following Content Security Policy dir…

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## [Kibana chart legend options](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-chart-legend-options/264926)

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**Author:** [@CJ\_Chang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/CJ_Chang)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2021, 7:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-chart-legend-options/264926 "2021-02-22T19:58:36Z")

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Is there a way to reduce the legend length?

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## [Pie chart visualization](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/pie-chart-visualization/265022)

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**Author:** [@saintjohn](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/saintjohn)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2021, 7:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/pie-chart-visualization/265022 "2021-02-22T19:50:20Z")

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Hi experts, I'm creating a pie chart as below(labels hidden) but struggling with the following 2 points. Could you please advise? The chart is sliced as descended in anticlockwise manner. I would like to order them…

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## [Kibana failing to install on centos6 or upgrading to kibana-7.11.1-1.x86\_64](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-failing-to-install-on-centos6-or-upgrading-to-kibana-7-11-1-1-x86-64/265110)

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**Author:** [@Bjen\_Shah](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bjen_Shah)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2021, 7:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-failing-to-install-on-centos6-or-upgrading-to-kibana-7-11-1-1-x86-64/265110 "2021-02-22T19:18:19Z")

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While I try to install on centos 7 is fine but on centos 6 I get all of these errors /usr/share/kibana/bin/../node/bin/node: /lib64/libc.so.6: versionGLIBC\_2.16' not found (required by /usr/share/kibana/bin/../node/…

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## [Kibana Fleet "Another broken 7.11.1 upgrade"](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-fleet-another-broken-7-11-1-upgrade/264628)

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**Author:** [@PublicName](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/PublicName)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2021, 5:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-fleet-another-broken-7-11-1-upgrade/264628 "2021-02-22T17:19:53Z")

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I'll be honest this is painful so far every upgrade from kibana 7.1 to 7.11.1 has resulting in something going wrong 1 prod cluster and 2 dev clusters. Seems I just have terrible luck. All index's have been default for m…

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## [Drill down visualization for json data that contains nested structure](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/drill-down-visualization-for-json-data-that-contains-nested-structure/264173)

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**Author:** [@kinnub](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kinnub)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2021, 4:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/drill-down-visualization-for-json-data-that-contains-nested-structure/264173 "2021-02-22T16:52:45Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Drill Down Visualization: I am looking for a solution and my use case is similar to the discussion (above link ). Could you please let me know if there is any solution/workaround for it? M…

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## [401 Unathorized when trying to call the Kibana API](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/401-unathorized-when-trying-to-call-the-kibana-api/263225)

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**Author:** [@rbjoergensen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rbjoergensen)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2021, 3:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/401-unathorized-when-trying-to-call-the-kibana-api/263225 "2021-02-22T15:35:48Z")

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I am trying to use a generated API key to export my workpads. However no matter what i do i end up getting a 401 unathorized back from Kibana. This happens even when i use the exact curl command from the documentation h…

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