# Kibana

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## [Certificate format for Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/certificate-format-for-kibana/246329)

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**Author:** [@ManuelF](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ManuelF)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2020, 12:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/certificate-format-for-kibana/246329 "2020-08-26T12:35:49Z")

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Hi, Note: Running ELK 7.9 I am trying to configure TLS in Kibana to try out the Alerts beta feature. By following the official documentation, the bin/elasticsearch-certutil csr tool will generate a cert in PEM format, …

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## [Kibana issue with PEM format](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-issue-with-pem-format/246356)

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**Author:** [@ManuelF](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ManuelF)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2020, 12:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-issue-with-pem-format/246356 "2020-08-26T12:34:30Z")

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\*Running ELK 7.9 Apparently Kibana is not being able to read/parse certificate/key files in PEM format. These file where generated via /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch-certutil csr , so it should work like a c…

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## [Accessing Query Object within my code](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/accessing-query-object-within-my-code/246296)

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**Author:** [@Paul\_Gege](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Paul_Gege)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2020, 11:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/accessing-query-object-within-my-code/246296 "2020-08-26T11:42:56Z")

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Hi all, I'm just wondering if there's a way for me to grab the current query that's been run on a dashboard or visualization, and use it within a plugin that i'm developing. Thanks, Paul

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## [Kibana doesn't show .keyword field under fields dropdown](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-doesnt-show-keyword-field-under-fields-dropdown/75104)

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**Author:** [@Piyush\_Diwan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Piyush_Diwan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2020, 10:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-doesnt-show-keyword-field-under-fields-dropdown/75104 "2020-08-26T10:24:33Z")

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I have an ES index generated by logstash that has the keyword field for all the properties, visible using ES API in kibana but on visualize page when I try to apply aggregation on Term, Field drop-down doesn't show any .…

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## [Kibana stuck in login loop](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-stuck-in-login-loop/246101)

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**Author:** [@ayushr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ayushr)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2020, 9:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-stuck-in-login-loop/246101 "2020-08-26T09:00:35Z")

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Hi I am using Kibana version 7.5.2 which is linked to my elasticsearch instance. I have created a dashboard of visualizations on Kibana and have embedded the dashboard in a web page that I make available to the users of…

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## [Line chart performance degradation (7.9)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/line-chart-performance-degradation-7-9/246355)

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**Author:** [@Mads\_Jon\_Nielsen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mads_Jon_Nielsen)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2020, 6:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/line-chart-performance-degradation-7-9/246355 "2020-08-26T06:58:23Z")

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Have any one else experienced a massive javascript hit (6-7 seconds), when showing line chart visualization in the latest Kibana ? I'm pretty sure its some sort of of javascript bug. If I make the same visualization …

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## [Visualize: Scripted field and median aggregation](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualize-scripted-field-and-median-aggregation/246225)

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**Author:** [@boernd](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/boernd)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2020, 6:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualize-scripted-field-and-median-aggregation/246225 "2020-08-26T06:28:03Z")

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Hi, after upgrading Kibana to 7.8.1 (also tested with 7.9.0) from 7.5.2 some visualizations using the median aggregation on scripted fields seem broken as they do not display anything. I could reproduce this quite easil…

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## [How to compare and sum docs with different values](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-compare-and-sum-docs-with-different-values/246364)

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**Author:** [@Den1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Den1)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2020, 4:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-compare-and-sum-docs-with-different-values/246364 "2020-08-26T04:44:29Z")

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Hello, I have docs with such data: sessionState: Active statusBoolean: true statusInt:-1 timeStamp:Aug 26, 2020 @ 02:08:21.522 OR sessionState: Disconnected statusBoolean: false statusInt:1 timeStamp:Aug 26, 20…

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## [Authenticate to Kibana without Elasticsearch?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/authenticate-to-kibana-without-elasticsearch/245529)

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**Author:** [@AClerk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AClerk)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2020, 2:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/authenticate-to-kibana-without-elasticsearch/245529 "2020-08-26T02:12:21Z")

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Hi, Is it possible, somehow, to login/authenticate to Kibana with an external authentication method? So there will be no changes to the elastic node/yml and other configuration files. For example, authenticate to an a…

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## [Date in Filter not respecting Browser Timezone](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-in-filter-not-respecting-browser-timezone/246179)

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**Author:** [@oong](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/oong)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2020, 8:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-in-filter-not-respecting-browser-timezone/246179 "2020-08-25T20:59:15Z")

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We have our timestamps in our logs stored in UTC. When the logs are returned in queries, the times are shown converted based on the brower's timezone. This is great! However, when applying a date filter on the search …

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## [Recreation of Index Patterns, Lost Visualizations](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/recreation-of-index-patterns-lost-visualizations/245468)

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**Author:** [@chaitanya1127](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chaitanya1127)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2020, 8:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/recreation-of-index-patterns-lost-visualizations/245468 "2020-08-25T20:35:57Z")

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Hi, I found a lot of topics on this forum on this subject but I was not able to figure out how to solve the problem. I recreated index patterns as they got deleted. I do not see any visualizations or Dashboards which w…

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## [How to ship application logs from EC2 to Elastic Cloud](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-ship-application-logs-from-ec2-to-elastic-cloud/246339)

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**Author:** [@vabnix](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vabnix)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2020, 7:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-ship-application-logs-from-ec2-to-elastic-cloud/246339 "2020-08-25T19:35:14Z")

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hello All, We have an application package as a docker image and run on EC2 instance, EC2 is preconfigured to ship filebeat and metricbeat to AWS Elasticsearch. However, now that we are getting started with Elastic Cloud…

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## [Kibana Login page is not working](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-login-page-is-not-working/245551)

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**Author:** [@AKumar123](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AKumar123)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2020, 7:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-login-page-is-not-working/245551 "2020-08-25T19:13:14Z")

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I want to implement Kibana Login page ,I tried all the settings can any body help me.

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## [Error: called with an invalid endpoint: security.getToken](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-called-with-an-invalid-endpoint-security-gettoken/246194)

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**Author:** [@npm\_install](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/npm_install)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2020, 6:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-called-with-an-invalid-endpoint-security-gettoken/246194 "2020-08-25T18:26:38Z")

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I am creating a Kibana Plugin using the kibana plugin generator, and I have a route defined that is using the elasticsearch dataClient to get a token: context.core.elasticsearch.dataClient.callAsCurrentUser('security.ge…

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## [Calculate Difference between 2 Dates](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/calculate-difference-between-2-dates/246300)

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**Author:** [@hiba](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hiba)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2020, 6:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/calculate-difference-between-2-dates/246300 "2020-08-25T18:03:21Z")

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Hi All, it's possible to calculate the difference between two dates in a TSVB visualization! i use Kibana 7.7.0

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## [Adding additional data along with the visualization](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-additional-data-along-with-the-visualization/246226)

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**Author:** [@kjagadish36](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kjagadish36)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2020, 4:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-additional-data-along-with-the-visualization/246226 "2020-08-25T16:27:29Z")

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## [While spinning up elastic search on ec2 machines with warm nodes, kibana not yet ready message](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/while-spinning-up-elastic-search-on-ec2-machines-with-warm-nodes-kibana-not-yet-ready-message/246147)

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**Author:** [@souji](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/souji)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2020, 3:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/while-spinning-up-elastic-search-on-ec2-machines-with-warm-nodes-kibana-not-yet-ready-message/246147 "2020-08-25T15:28:22Z")

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Hi, I am new self hosted elastic search, for poc I started spinning the self hosted es with data nodes, client nodes set up worked fine. I added the warm nodes I am seeing message kibana not yet ready. Elasticsearch.ym…

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## [Permissions issue with \`Kibana\_admin\` role and OpenIDConnect provider](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/permissions-issue-with-kibana-admin-role-and-openidconnect-provider/246264)

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**Author:** [@Xavier\_Krantz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Xavier_Krantz)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2020, 3:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/permissions-issue-with-kibana-admin-role-and-openidconnect-provider/246264 "2020-08-25T15:10:42Z")

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Hi there, I am using ES Cloud and trying to setup "SSO" with OpenID Connect. I have managed to connect my IdentityProvider (GitHub) to ElasticSearch through Auth0 (Which does the translation to provide ES with OpenID J…

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## [Angular 2 or above version plugin for kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/angular-2-or-above-version-plugin-for-kibana/246128)

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**Author:** [@Nitheesh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nitheesh)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2020, 2:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/angular-2-or-above-version-plugin-for-kibana/246128 "2020-08-25T14:23:33Z")

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I am having an angular application that I need to add in kibana as a plugin. Is it possible to do it in kibana? I am able to create a plugin in react but not getting any useful link or documentation to create and add a …

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## [Drill Down Visualization](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/drill-down-visualization/245413)

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**Author:** [@adityaPsl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/adityaPsl)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2020, 12:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/drill-down-visualization/245413 "2020-08-25T12:54:21Z")

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Hello Team, I am looking for creating a drill down , where i will have a hierarchical data in json format. for example \> { \> "Name":"L1", \> "level1":\[ \> { \> "Name":"L2", \> "level2":\[ \>…

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## [Create Dashboard for 15 failed logon from AD in 10 Min](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-dashboard-for-15-failed-logon-from-ad-in-10-min/245877)

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**Author:** [@Majid\_Att](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Majid_Att)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2020, 12:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-dashboard-for-15-failed-logon-from-ad-in-10-min/245877 "2020-08-25T12:51:07Z")

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Hi Guys, we would like to enable Account Lockout in Active Directory with this policy: 15 failed logon in 10 Min will be lockout. Upfront we would like to simulate which user will be hit by this policy . we use Winlog…

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## [Kibana add custom Map](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-add-custom-map/246217)

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**Author:** [@Ayush\_Goyal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ayush_Goyal)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2020, 10:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-add-custom-map/246217 "2020-08-25T10:45:35Z")

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I want to add custom map which I create. I am using same format as provided in this link https://maps.elastic.co/ I can provide configuration as mentioned in this question. but where I have to save the json file for m…

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## [Visualizations on Dashboard going grey from time to time (all 2-5 seconds)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualizations-on-dashboard-going-grey-from-time-to-time-all-2-5-seconds/245869)

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**Author:** [@BoKu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/BoKu)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2020, 9:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualizations-on-dashboard-going-grey-from-time-to-time-all-2-5-seconds/245869 "2020-08-25T09:03:43Z")

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Hello, as mentoined in the Topic, since the update to 7.9.0 visualizations on a dashboard are going grey every few seconds. What is the reason for that behavior and what can i do about it? Thanks in advance! Boris

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## [Splitting a field value based on other field](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/splitting-a-field-value-based-on-other-field/244887)

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**Author:** [@subash](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/subash)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2020, 7:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/splitting-a-field-value-based-on-other-field/244887 "2020-08-25T07:37:19Z")

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I have an index having the below fields Time (every 5 minutes) MetricType Name (having values Inbound traffic , Outbound traffic) Metric Value (values for Inbound and Outbound traffic) I want to plot a Line graph havi…

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## [Is it possible to do per saved object access control?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-do-per-saved-object-access-control/246084)

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**Author:** [@Wang\_Hay\_Ng](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Wang_Hay_Ng)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2020, 1:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-do-per-saved-object-access-control/246084 "2020-08-25T01:35:18Z")

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i know we can do access control based on access to space, feature access/enabled of the space and by index access, but is there any way to restrict certain role/user access to certain saved object? say i have a project …

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## [Cannot logout from Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-logout-from-kibana/246202)

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**Author:** [@Solaris23](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Solaris23)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2020, 1:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-logout-from-kibana/246202 "2020-08-25T01:28:45Z")

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When I try to logout from a Kibana user account. The user login again. Even Kibana's official demo also has the same issue. https://demo.elastic.co/

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## [Fitting function in Visualization](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fitting-function-in-visualization/246152)

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**Author:** [@kvtang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kvtang)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2020, 12:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fitting-function-in-visualization/246152 "2020-08-25T00:54:09Z")

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Hi guys, Am I able to set the fitting function for a line graph (not the timelion but basic one)? Thank you.

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## ["Your query is taking a while" notification prompted too early on dashboard load](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/your-query-is-taking-a-while-notification-prompted-too-early-on-dashboard-load/246136)

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**Author:** [@Dennis1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dennis1)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/your-query-is-taking-a-while-notification-prompted-too-early-on-dashboard-load/246136 "2020-08-24T19:40:04Z")

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Hello, Whenever my dashboard has to reload, a little pop-up notification appears after about 5 seconds in the lower-right of the screen that informs me, "Your query is taking a while," and asks if I want to "Run beyond …

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## [Kibana \_find API does not work for multiple values](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-find-api-does-not-work-for-multiple-values/246032)

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**Author:** [@Redcxx](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Redcxx)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2020, 7:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-find-api-does-not-work-for-multiple-values/246032 "2020-08-24T19:08:19Z")

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Hi I sent the request as follows: URI: /\_plugin/kibana/api/saved\_objects/\_find?type=index-pattern&type=visualization&search=mps Headers: {kbn-xsrf: true} body: null But I receive: {"message":"The request signature we …

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## [How to build a custom plugin for Kibana v7.9.0?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-build-a-custom-plugin-for-kibana-v7-9-0/246060)

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**Author:** [@trex](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/trex)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2020, 7:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-build-a-custom-plugin-for-kibana-v7-9-0/246060 "2020-08-24T19:04:29Z")

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I generated a new plugin using Kibana scripts node scripts/generate\_plugin.js aplugin. How to build a distributable .zip package for it? The one that can be installed like this ./bin/kibana-plugin install file:///plugi…

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