# Kibana **URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/c/elastic-stack/kibana/7.md?page=533 [Latest](https://discuss.elastic.co/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discuss.elastic.co/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discuss.elastic.co/tags.md) **Page:** 534 --- ## [Fewer privilege in Index Management than monitor(c), view\_index\_metadata(i) and manage(i)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fewer-privilege-in-index-management-than-monitor-c-view-index-metadata-i-and-manage-i/220373)
**Author:** [@KTH](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/KTH)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2020, 6:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fewer-privilege-in-index-management-than-monitor-c-view-index-metadata-i-and-manage-i/220373 "2020-02-24T18:50:41Z")
Hi. I have set monitor role for Cluster privilege, then view\_index\_metadata and manage privilege for Indice. It works great. Now I would like to set it fewer privilege, so that manage-button at bottom right and "Edit S… --- ## [Communication between the plugins](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/communication-between-the-plugins/220369)
**Author:** [@vvvprabhakar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vvvprabhakar)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2020, 6:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/communication-between-the-plugins/220369 "2020-02-24T18:41:54Z")
Kibana version 6.1 we have default core plugin 'elasticsearch' I wrote my own plugin 'project-auth' here I have a userId which I encrypted it and set to cookie In every request of my elasticsearch I want this userId t… --- ## [Deleting Elastic search index deleted kibana idexes and dashboard](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-elastic-search-index-deleted-kibana-idexes-and-dashboard/220307)
**Author:** [@DG13](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DG13)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deleting-elastic-search-index-deleted-kibana-idexes-and-dashboard/220307 "2020-02-24T18:17:30Z")
Hi , Version - ELK 7.1.0 Cluster - Single node ELK cluster installed in AWS VM Issue - deleted the elastic search index deleted kibana index and dashboard I have used below command to delete elastic search index c… --- ## [Conditional math expression in TSVB](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/conditional-math-expression-in-tsvb/220703)
**Author:** [@tshayan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tshayan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2020, 5:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/conditional-math-expression-in-tsvb/220703 "2020-02-24T17:55:54Z")
Hello, I am just curious if it would be possible to write a conditional statement inside the expression editor of the TSVB Math aggregation. For instance, consider I have an aggregation in TSVB metric which calculates a… --- ## [How to link Kibana URL for log in Alert?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-link-kibana-url-for-log-in-alert/220432)
**Author:** [@gunjan\_prmr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gunjan_prmr)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2020, 5:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-link-kibana-url-for-log-in-alert/220432 "2020-02-24T17:19:42Z")
I have an alert where I am sending certain data from log in alert which is working as expected. What I want to do is, I also want to include URL in alert but not sure about one particular id. i.e. http://MY-URL.com/\_plu… --- ## [Kibana Maps Failed display Region](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-maps-failed-display-region/220571)
**Author:** [@umay\_fb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/umay_fb)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2020, 9:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-maps-failed-display-region/220571 "2020-02-24T09:44:16Z")
i had upload data with mapping like this.. { "mapping": { "\_meta": { "created\_by": "file-upload-plugin" }, "properties": { "address": { "type": "text", "fields": { "keyword": { "type": "keyword", "ignore\_abov… --- ## [Set Default Filter Field](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-default-filter-field/219353)
**Author:** [@rwr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rwr)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2020, 9:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-default-filter-field/219353 "2020-02-24T09:10:06Z")
Hi All is there any configuration for setting default filter field (pict 1) in kibana like in pict 2 ? --- ## [Tutorial Recommendations](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tutorial-recommendations/220457)
**Author:** [@sroseman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sroseman)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2020, 4:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tutorial-recommendations/220457 "2020-02-24T04:18:48Z")
Does anyone have any recommendations on tutorials to watch/read regarding understanding how to set up everything like Beats so that you can see the data in Kibana? I'm having a hard time understanding how to configure mo… --- ## [Plugin development for Canvas](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugin-development-for-canvas/220508)
**Author:** [@Tomasz\_Wrona](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tomasz_Wrona)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2020, 4:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugin-development-for-canvas/220508 "2020-02-24T04:14:15Z")
Hi there, now that 7.6.0 version of Kibana is out, i would like to ask if there is also a documentation and/or example of plugin development. My main focus is on Canvas and would like to use Sankey diagramm within Canva… --- ## [Format Histogram tick labels](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/format-histogram-tick-labels/220556)
**Author:** [@ranitg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ranitg)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2020, 2:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/format-histogram-tick-labels/220556 "2020-02-23T14:20:06Z")
Hi, I am trying to format the x-axis tick labels. I have a histogram that counts documents according to hour of day (0 to 23). On the visualization I want the x-axis ticks to be 0:00, 1:00 ... 23:00. How can I achieve t… --- ## [Link to an image file in Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/link-to-an-image-file-in-kibana/220034)
**Author:** [@J.K](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/J.K)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2020, 1:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/link-to-an-image-file-in-kibana/220034 "2020-02-23T13:29:08Z")
In Kibana Index Patterns there is a field that contains a link to an image. The image is saved on my local machine, so to open the image in the chrome explorer I have to put the url: "file://thePath/fileName.png". In … --- ## [How to use maxbucket of serial difference in kibana?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-maxbucket-of-serial-difference-in-kibana/220495)
**Author:** [@anjilinga](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/anjilinga)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-maxbucket-of-serial-difference-in-kibana/220495 "2020-02-22T15:19:47Z")
I have the daily data with cumilative value, i want to do view the graph for the maximum in the week wise. in kiban vertical bar visulization, i have the option like serial diff of max bucket, but i have to use the max … --- ## [All @timestamp are in UCT time](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/all-timestamp-are-in-uct-time/220449)
**Author:** [@jwalls](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jwalls)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2020, 10:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/all-timestamp-are-in-uct-time/220449 "2020-02-21T22:56:58Z")
I have set in "advanced settings" under kibana to use US/Central time, yet all my timestamp fields are still showing UCT time. Does this require a restart of Kibana to go in effect or does it need to be changed at the ES… --- ## [Adding a link to dashboard](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-a-link-to-dashboard/220409)
**Author:** [@Monah\_Baki](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Monah_Baki)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2020, 9:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-a-link-to-dashboard/220409 "2020-02-21T21:09:18Z")
Hi all, I am new to Kibana, and I cloned the "Beats" link in Kibana's dashboard, and was wandering how to have the new link displayed in the Dashboard. Thanks Monah --- ## [Maps not able to read fetch geoip coordinates](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/maps-not-able-to-read-fetch-geoip-coordinates/220445)
**Author:** [@saiteja](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/saiteja)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2020, 7:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/maps-not-able-to-read-fetch-geoip-coordinates/220445 "2020-02-21T19:41:54Z")
Hello i am using grok pattern to get ip from logs for maps it is not able to fetch values my index pattern is not showing in maps. grok { match =\> \[ "message", "%{IP:clientip} %{USER:ident} %{DATA:auth} \\\[%{HTTPDATE… --- ## [How to access \_resource in context?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-access-resource-in-context/219284)
**Author:** [@gunjan\_prmr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gunjan_prmr)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2020, 6:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-access-resource-in-context/219284 "2020-02-21T18:03:31Z")
I have set up alert in Kibana for slack notification which works fine. I can access my trigger name by {{ ctx.trigger.name }} I want to access \_source but I don't see that in ctx. How can I access that? Detailed In… --- ## [Failed load Suricata Dashboard](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-load-suricata-dashboard/219960)
**Author:** [@fgonzalez](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fgonzalez)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-load-suricata-dashboard/219960 "2020-02-21T15:42:05Z")
Good afternoon, I leave this post because in my ELK 7.6 I get the error you see below when loading the Meerkat Dashboard (the one that comes in the Stack) some idea of where the problem can go. Thank you very much for … --- ## [.keyword after every field](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/keyword-after-every-field/220395)
**Author:** [@DeepakBishi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DeepakBishi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/keyword-after-every-field/220395 "2020-02-21T15:40:32Z")
Hi, When i am creating any visualization, there the field is appearing as field.keyword I just want the field name . How to do that. Thanks in Advance. --- ## [Kibana heap size](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-heap-size/219988)
**Author:** [@Aleksandra\_Minko](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Aleksandra_Minko)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-heap-size/219988 "2020-02-21T15:01:18Z")
Hi, How can i increase the heap size memory for Kibana. I'm using the version 7.6. I tried : export NODE\_OPTIONS=--max-old-space-size=8000. It didn't work. Anyone could help me on this. Thanks ! Aleksandra --- ## [Change color-label names](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-color-label-names/220181)
**Author:** [@johnkary](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/johnkary)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2020, 1:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-color-label-names/220181 "2020-02-21T13:54:18Z")
Hi to all the great team! I have an index with 2 docs where i store active / inactive systems (one doc for 'active' and the other doc for 'inactive'). This index is refreshed every 10 minutes with new values of active /… --- ## [Hiding Dashboards in Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hiding-dashboards-in-kibana/220302)
**Author:** [@Saravana37](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Saravana37)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2020, 1:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hiding-dashboards-in-kibana/220302 "2020-02-21T13:29:50Z")
Hello All , I am aware that there is way that we can delete the dashboards which are not required . But i am looking for a way that how can we hide these dashboards ? Kindly help. --- ## [Dropdown list control limited to 10 inputs](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dropdown-list-control-limited-to-10-inputs/219944)
**Author:** [@Paulo64](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Paulo64)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2020, 1:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dropdown-list-control-limited-to-10-inputs/219944 "2020-02-21T13:28:52Z")
Hello, In Kibana 7.3, I use several control dropdowns that are chained together with parent control + dynamic options. The last one is set to dynamic options and returns usually more than 10 results. However, the disp… --- ## [Kibana gets wrong timezone from my browser](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-gets-wrong-timezone-from-my-browser/220207)
**Author:** [@juanarmentia](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/juanarmentia)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2020, 8:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-gets-wrong-timezone-from-my-browser/220207 "2020-02-21T08:24:50Z")
Hi, I have a deployment in Elastic Cloud (7.6) and Kibana doesn't get the correct timezone from by browser. I have to configure it to "Europe/Madrid" instead of "Browser", because if not, the dates I see are 1 hour out … --- ## [How to share components among Kibana plugins?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-share-components-among-kibana-plugins/219890)
**Author:** [@lvdiev](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lvdiev)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2020, 6:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-share-components-among-kibana-plugins/219890 "2020-02-21T06:24:00Z")
I'm create several Kibana plugins that reuse some components. How can I properly share the components among them? What I'm doing now is to create a blank plugin (no APIs and UI exports), let say "plugin\_commons". In "pl… --- ## [Kibana in kubernetes - persistence?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-in-kubernetes-persistence/220222)
**Author:** [@ceastman-ibm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ceastman-ibm)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2020, 6:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-in-kubernetes-persistence/220222 "2020-02-20T18:01:52Z")
How does Kibana persist its data (dashboards, etc.) in kubernetes? --- ## [Filter Ratio in TSVB to show Percentage](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-ratio-in-tsvb-to-show-percentage/219744)
**Author:** [@Ramya\_Tanikanti](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ramya_Tanikanti)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2020, 3:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-ratio-in-tsvb-to-show-percentage/219744 "2020-02-20T15:08:52Z")
I need to calculate the percentage for a null values present in a column w.r.t to unique ids present in another column and not based on record counts. I tried the percentage in Table and Pie chart but they are quiet mi… --- ## [Cross tabulation Visualization between two categorical columns where both column are in different indexes](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cross-tabulation-visualization-between-two-categorical-columns-where-both-column-are-in-different-indexes/219955)
**Author:** [@sarvendras](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sarvendras)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2020, 2:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cross-tabulation-visualization-between-two-categorical-columns-where-both-column-are-in-different-indexes/219955 "2020-02-20T14:41:44Z")
Hi All, Can we create cross tabultion visulaization(like stacked Vertical bar or stacked Pie Chart) between 2 categorical fields where both fields are in two different indexes having some common primary id. one index n… --- ## [Shards Failed on geoip](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shards-failed-on-geoip/220050)
**Author:** [@fastxl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fastxl)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2020, 2:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shards-failed-on-geoip/220050 "2020-02-20T14:28:32Z")
Have had ELK up and running now for a few days. All was working just fine. Today however and am getting the attached error and data isn't showing up in 2 panels. When I try to click on Show Details it's a dead link. H… --- ## [Virtualization - Change color similarity](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/virtualization-change-color-similarity/220185)
**Author:** [@JesperH](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JesperH)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2020, 1:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/virtualization-change-color-similarity/220185 "2020-02-20T13:46:22Z")
Hi, We're using Dashboards to visualize traffic hitting our servers on our different customers. We have limited this to 10 but we have issues with color similarity. Can this be changed somehow where they differ more … --- ## [Extra quote/parenthesis impedes typing](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/extra-quote-parenthesis-impedes-typing/218212)
**Author:** [@nashley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nashley)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2020, 1:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/extra-quote-parenthesis-impedes-typing/218212 "2020-02-20T13:38:48Z")
Apologies if this is the wrong place to post this. When typing queries into Kibana, it'll "helpfully" add a " or ) after a " or ( is typed. Is there any chance this could be configurable? I imagine that some people woul… [Previous page](https://discuss.elastic.co/c/elastic-stack/kibana/7.md?page=532) [Next page](https://discuss.elastic.co/c/elastic-stack/kibana/7.md?page=534)