# Kibana

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## [Unexpected token u in JSON at position 0](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unexpected-token-u-in-json-at-position-0/243346)

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**Author:** [@galvin1234](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/galvin1234)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unexpected-token-u-in-json-at-position-0/243346 "2020-07-31T14:25:49Z")

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before today everything was working perfectly, but now i started receiving below error. I am using Kibana 7.6.2 management ElasticIndex "number" : "7.6.2", SyntaxError: Unexpected token u in JSON at position 0 at JS…

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## [Scripted fields sort](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scripted-fields-sort/243306)

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**Author:** [@111369](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/111369)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scripted-fields-sort/243306 "2020-07-31T13:57:15Z")

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Hello, I've faced the following issue: I've created a script field which returns String type But when I try to make sorting on this field by the Kibana means there's an error "Error loading data \[script\_exceptio…

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## [Calculate a percent between 2 views](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/calculate-a-percent-between-2-views/240831)

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**Author:** [@Fred59](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Fred59)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2020, 1:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/calculate-a-percent-between-2-views/240831 "2020-07-31T13:50:26Z")

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Hello, I'm on Kibana 6.8.10 I have 2 visualizes in metric: 5 metrics count (top 5 customer who contact me with the number of calls 1 metric count (total of customer's calls) I want to show a percentage of the addit…

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## [Kibana 7.8 maps does not recognize logstash index](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-7-8-maps-does-not-recognize-logstash-index/243294)

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**Author:** [@smgh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/smgh)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2020, 1:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-7-8-maps-does-not-recognize-logstash-index/243294 "2020-07-31T13:06:37Z")

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I have setup ELK stack on Ubuntu. My logstash config ingest my firewall logs. I am using geoip which works fine to locate public IP addresses. "fw" index has been created in Kibana and I can see the events including geoi…

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## [Discover - ordering in text columns does not work](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/discover-ordering-in-text-columns-does-not-work/242073)

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**Author:** [@Moretti\_Edmar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Moretti_Edmar)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2020, 12:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/discover-ordering-in-text-columns-does-not-work/242073 "2020-07-31T12:50:29Z")

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The option to sort fields does not work for text types. Upon inspecting the requisition, I noticed that the field type is marked as a number and should be as text. This error did not occur in version 7.5. 7.7: erro 7…

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## [Percentage shows top of line graph](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/percentage-shows-top-of-line-graph/240096)

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**Author:** [@krille.com](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/krille.com)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2020, 12:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/percentage-shows-top-of-line-graph/240096 "2020-07-31T12:36:59Z")

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Is it possible to have the percentage lines showed over the Y-axis instead of the top of the graph? It look likes this now: Is it possible to have them like these lines instead?

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## [Is it possible to show old logs(previous year) in the ELK a visualization?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-show-old-logs-previous-year-in-the-elk-a-visualization/242747)

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**Author:** [@nikhilesh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nikhilesh)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2020, 12:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-show-old-logs-previous-year-in-the-elk-a-visualization/242747 "2020-07-31T12:36:11Z")

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Hi Team, Below is the log message that have captured to the ELK from the server , i have configured the filebeat on july 24th ,the below date July 24th is the time and in message we have a logs of the year 2018. My req…

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## [Issue with Kibana Time Filter-7.5.2](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-with-kibana-time-filter-7-5-2/241888)

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**Author:** [@Sanjana17](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sanjana17)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2020, 10:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-with-kibana-time-filter-7-5-2/241888 "2020-07-20T22:19:43Z")

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Hi, We have 2 servers set- one for Elasticsearch and the other for Kibana (ES version-7.5.1 and Kibana's version- 7.5.2 respectively). Both servers have their timezone set to IST. No filebeat or collector is being used …

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## [Is there any way to find the "xxx" that produces the most geo data？](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-any-way-to-find-the-xxx-that-produces-the-most-geo-data/243142)

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**Author:** [@wajika](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wajika)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2020, 1:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-any-way-to-find-the-xxx-that-produces-the-most-geo-data/243142 "2020-07-31T01:48:13Z")

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I did not find the visitor information for this location in Zhengzhou in the city list. I want to find out the "XX" serivce traffic information corresponding to geo\_localtion. serive.name geo\_localtion xxxx …

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## [Build a visualization based on gerenralization of data](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/build-a-visualization-based-on-gerenralization-of-data/243265)

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**Author:** [@Carlos\_Zottmann](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Carlos_Zottmann)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2020, 9:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/build-a-visualization-based-on-gerenralization-of-data/243265 "2020-07-30T21:45:09Z")

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Hi, Everyone! Sorry for the newbie question! I have data of an inventory of my virtual servers. So far it has been a piece of cake building a visualization of my servers grouped by Operating Systems, so I´ve got a nice…

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## [How to visualise syslog reporting data deltas](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-visualise-syslog-reporting-data-deltas/242753)

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**Author:** [@nisaxena](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nisaxena)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2020, 9:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-visualise-syslog-reporting-data-deltas/242753 "2020-07-30T21:30:35Z")

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Hi There, I am new to ELK, so need suggestion on visualisation of rsyslog data. I am continuously ingesting rsyslog data from multiple rsyslog servers to my ELK stack. What I wish to have is, a view wherein I can have a…

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## [Is Kibana Space causing long time to load?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-kibana-space-causing-long-time-to-load/242931)

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**Author:** [@stongia](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stongia)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2020, 9:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-kibana-space-causing-long-time-to-load/242931 "2020-07-30T21:18:04Z")

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In our Kibana setup we are creating multiple space (8 to be specific) and adding dashboards to it. When we load those dashboard as embedded link in Iframe of our application, dashboard are taking long time to load. Want…

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## [Create a bar chart that shows the number of empty fields compared with the total number of records](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-a-bar-chart-that-shows-the-number-of-empty-fields-compared-with-the-total-number-of-records/243107)

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**Author:** [@dandcp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dandcp)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2020, 9:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-a-bar-chart-that-shows-the-number-of-empty-fields-compared-with-the-total-number-of-records/243107 "2020-07-30T21:15:48Z")

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I know I can do this using Vega, and I also am fairly confident I can solve this using scripted fields, but I'm curious if I'm doing this the wrong way and making something that should be really, really easy much harder. …

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## [New Platform - is it possible to use modules from the legacy platform?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/new-platform-is-it-possible-to-use-modules-from-the-legacy-platform/243208)

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**Author:** [@AndreaTosti](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AndreaTosti)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2020, 8:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/new-platform-is-it-possible-to-use-modules-from-the-legacy-platform/243208 "2020-07-30T20:33:57Z")

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I want to migrate my plugin to the new platform and I generated the skeleton using https://github.com/elastic/kibana/tree/master/packages/kbn-plugin-generator. I have encountered two anomalies: On 7.7.0, after inserti…

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## [Embed Dashboard on external web page with search](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/embed-dashboard-on-external-web-page-with-search/242972)

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**Author:** [@Jana](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jana)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2020, 8:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/embed-dashboard-on-external-web-page-with-search/242972 "2020-07-30T20:17:25Z")

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Hi, I want to embed a kibana dashboard on an external html page. To do this I took the dashboard as iframe code via 'Share' and created the following simple page: \<!doctype html\> \<html\> \<head\> \<meta charset="utf-…

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## [Preserve heights order of the rectangles when I use time based axis](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/preserve-heights-order-of-the-rectangles-when-i-use-time-based-axis/240115)

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**Author:** [@issaissa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/issaissa)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2020, 8:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/preserve-heights-order-of-the-rectangles-when-i-use-time-based-axis/240115 "2020-07-30T20:08:30Z")

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I am working on this project where I defined the following scales as follows: "scales": \[ { "name": "xtime", "type": "band", "range":"width", "round": true, "domain": {"data": "events…

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## [Kibana Calculate increase of Metric value](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-calculate-increase-of-metric-value/243179)

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**Author:** [@sout13](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sout13)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2020, 8:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-calculate-increase-of-metric-value/243179 "2020-07-30T20:01:20Z")

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Hello, I am just starting to use Elasticsearch and Kibana. Was able to get a cumulative matric into elasticsearch, but are struggling to visualize or get my head around visualizing the increase of the value for set time…

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## [Matching field with response](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/matching-field-with-response/243257)

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**Author:** [@Eknoor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Eknoor)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/matching-field-with-response/243257 "2020-07-30T19:55:19Z")

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Is there any way to get the field matched in response? Specifically any indication in response that with which field the query is matched?? Using elasticsearch 7.7.1

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## [Lots of empty fields in expanded document view](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lots-of-empty-fields-in-expanded-document-view/243271)

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**Author:** [@opoplawski](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/opoplawski)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lots-of-empty-fields-in-expanded-document-view/243271 "2020-07-30T19:49:20Z")

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This behavior seems fairly new with a recent kibana or other update - when looking at the expanded document for an item in the discover list I see lots of empty fields. Apparently these are “date\_time” fields that kib…

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## [Full Screen by default](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/full-screen-by-default/242942)

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**Author:** [@ManuelF](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ManuelF)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/full-screen-by-default/242942 "2020-07-30T16:36:59Z")

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Hi, Is there a way to set "Full screen" mode as default for a dashboard? The goal is that every time we call the dashboard, it will open in full screen mode, without having to click on the button. A way to obtain a sha…

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## [Metric not being visualising in Gauge graph](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metric-not-being-visualising-in-gauge-graph/241865)

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**Author:** [@jimmyvalmer19](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jimmyvalmer19)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2020, 2:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metric-not-being-visualising-in-gauge-graph/241865 "2020-07-30T14:38:32Z")

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Hi there, I'm having issues in my gauge visualization. It does't react on the metrict at all - it stays at 0. I use stress feature to stress 2 cores of my CPU at max. This gives me 50% CPU usage at the moment, cause I …

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## [URL Reformatting in Kibana Visualization](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/url-reformatting-in-kibana-visualization/243236)

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**Author:** [@stellarwinds1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stellarwinds1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2020, 2:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/url-reformatting-in-kibana-visualization/243236 "2020-07-30T14:27:22Z")

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Hi, In our logs we have the API being captured as something like GET:/xxx/yyy/carts/c3ui34u/status and GET:/xxx/yyy/carts/3j32j4l/status etc. i.e. the specific cartID is part of the API. So, while doing the aggregations…

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## [Kibana not showing filter values in the add filter section on ubuntu server](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-showing-filter-values-in-the-add-filter-section-on-ubuntu-server/243201)

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**Author:** [@hemant\_472](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hemant_472)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2020, 1:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-showing-filter-values-in-the-add-filter-section-on-ubuntu-server/243201 "2020-07-30T13:48:18Z")

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I am not able to see the filter value in kibana when using it as a service on an ubuntu server like below - someone please suggest how i can see values in here, i tried refreshing m index as well

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## [How to create a default index pattern via python api](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-a-default-index-pattern-via-python-api/243085)

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**Author:** [@momora9809](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/momora9809)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2020, 11:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-a-default-index-pattern-via-python-api/243085 "2020-07-30T11:42:36Z")

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Hi, I saw How to create a default index pattern via kibana api that used Kibana API. I wanted to use python, but didn't know what uri should I use. header = { "kbn-xsrf": "true", 'Content-Type': 'application/j…

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## [Need help in listing syslog data (10000 +)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/need-help-in-listing-syslog-data-10000/242902)

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**Author:** [@nisaxena](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nisaxena)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2020, 10:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/need-help-in-listing-syslog-data-10000/242902 "2020-07-30T10:27:11Z")

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Hi There, I am new to ELK and need help. I am working on syslog data collected from all zonal rsyslog servers. Now I am putting some visualization to this data. there are around 10000+ unique hosts data collected everyd…

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## [Query a range of values in phrase](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-a-range-of-values-in-phrase/242621)

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**Author:** [@Sahithi\_Muddasani](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sahithi_Muddasani)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2020, 9:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-a-range-of-values-in-phrase/242621 "2020-07-30T09:22:33Z")

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Hi I already have a log in the message field as below Message:Info matched and sent Http/1.2 200(345). Message:Info mismatch http/1.2 404(21) The value 200 is the status , but I don't have it in a separate field. How…

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## [Painless matcher scripted field](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/painless-matcher-scripted-field/242522)

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**Author:** [@marrel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/marrel)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2020, 8:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/painless-matcher-scripted-field/242522 "2020-07-30T08:35:10Z")

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hello to everyone! I am trying to create a scripted field that will return some specific values from a field. This field contains a long string and I want to take some specific values which is the some\_text\_here. The v…

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## [Unable to import saved objects in Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-import-saved-objects-in-kibana/243020)

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**Author:** [@leo.hamon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leo.hamon)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2020, 7:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-import-saved-objects-in-kibana/243020 "2020-07-30T07:42:56Z")

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Hi all, I'm looking for some help to import saved objects on Kibana. I have about 75 visualizations and 10 dashboards on my computer and I want to export and import them in Kibana on a server. But when I drop my .ndjso…

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## [Dynamic lookup on Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dynamic-lookup-on-kibana/242524)

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**Author:** [@zfmoto](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zfmoto)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2020, 6:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dynamic-lookup-on-kibana/242524 "2020-07-30T06:13:47Z")

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Currently, I'm trying to associate a process ID from a log to the name of the process. For instance, if I ingest 5 files, all of which belong to the same device, the name of the process will have a different process ID. …

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## [I have loaded some logs onto Kibana through logstash but not able to visualize it. Please help](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-have-loaded-some-logs-onto-kibana-through-logstash-but-not-able-to-visualize-it-please-help/243127)

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**Author:** [@ishan.abhinit](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ishan.abhinit)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2020, 10:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-have-loaded-some-logs-onto-kibana-through-logstash-but-not-able-to-visualize-it-please-help/243127 "2020-07-29T22:51:30Z")

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I have loaded some logs onto Kibana through logstash but not able to visualize it. Please help. !\[image|690x255\](upload://iphkLDgNMjPf5ckQWnShHvvXJKW.png) When i click on the available field on the left pane, it does …

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