# Kibana

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## [Is it possible to have one dashboard from two different Kibana servers?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-have-one-dashboard-from-two-different-kibana-servers/214858)

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**Author:** [@emad101](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/emad101)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2020, 3:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-have-one-dashboard-from-two-different-kibana-servers/214858 "2020-01-14T15:39:04Z")

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I have two different kibana servers and I wanted to know if it would be possible to create visualizations from both kibana servers into one dashboard for either server. Thank you in advance

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## [Time Filter behaving strangely](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/time-filter-behaving-strangely/214680)

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**Author:** [@sidhusaab](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sidhusaab)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/time-filter-behaving-strangely/214680 "2020-01-14T15:38:39Z")

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I have an index which contains data for the last 3 days (Jan 08 - Jan 10). I have a dashboard that shows different things from the index and it seems to only work if my time range is set to 7 days or more. If I set last …

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## [Efficient aggregation of counting nested field values](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/efficient-aggregation-of-counting-nested-field-values/214869)

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**Author:** [@Elaak](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Elaak)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/efficient-aggregation-of-counting-nested-field-values/214869 "2020-01-14T15:27:01Z")

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Like so many others I run into the well-known "too\_many\_buckets\_exception". I am creating a data table visualization which sorts my data over four different fields, and then finally does a count over a fifth field. A pi…

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## [Wrong data aggregation in a table](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wrong-data-aggregation-in-a-table/212033)

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**Author:** [@Anne\_Kim](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Anne_Kim)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2020, 2:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wrong-data-aggregation-in-a-table/212033 "2020-01-14T14:20:56Z")

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Hello, I've created a table, but the data in the table differ from the elastic. For example, for player\_id "750" there are 6 records from 2 different devices: However it's impossible because each player's id is uniq…

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## [Timelion extremities not showing](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-extremities-not-showing/214992)

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**Author:** [@Antoine2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Antoine2)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2020, 2:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-extremities-not-showing/214992 "2020-01-14T14:04:08Z")

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Timelion data is not showing properly. I feel it's an issue with UTC vs local timezone but it's not only that. I did change my local time zone to UTC without success. When selecting a 24 hours time range under the "abso…

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## [Count within field](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/count-within-field/214986)

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**Author:** [@anon42972578](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/anon42972578)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2020, 1:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/count-within-field/214986 "2020-01-14T13:41:12Z")

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Hello, i have documents with multiline fields in my.field and need to count the number of received filenames. example: document 1: my.field: { "filename": "test.json", "type" : "File"} document 2: my.field: { "file…

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## [Index Patterns management](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-patterns-management/214854)

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**Author:** [@Mauricio\_Borges](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mauricio_Borges)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2020, 1:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-patterns-management/214854 "2020-01-14T13:28:36Z")

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Hi Team! Where I can learn more about Index Pattern Management ? I'd like to know how I can group couple servers by indexes ( using Beats and ES ). For example: Server A, Server B and Server C ingest Logs into filebe…

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## [ML anomaly detection question](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ml-anomaly-detection-question/214090)

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**Author:** [@iamtheliquor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/iamtheliquor)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2020, 11:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ml-anomaly-detection-question/214090 "2020-01-14T11:43:36Z")

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Hello, We have a scenario whereby we have a number (hundreds) of remote servers on customer sites. Each server periodically (once an hour) runs a speed test and feeds these results back to Elasticsearch via Filebeat. Ea…

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## [Use item of field to plot chart](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-item-of-field-to-plot-chart/214826)

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**Author:** [@Tennis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tennis)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2020, 9:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-item-of-field-to-plot-chart/214826 "2020-01-14T09:49:48Z")

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My index data: Item: Book, count: 1, time: ... Item: Car, count: 2, time: ... Item: Car, count: 3, time: ... Item: Book, count: 5, time: ... Item: Cat, count: 2, time: ... Item: Car, count: 7, time: ... I want t…

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## [Possible to use custom dhparam?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/possible-to-use-custom-dhparam/214945)

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**Author:** [@asp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/asp)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2020, 8:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/possible-to-use-custom-dhparam/214945 "2020-01-14T08:15:24Z")

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Hi, can I use an individual dhparm file with kibana's tls? Do I need to append dhparam fragment to the cert, is there a parameter to load the dhparam file explicitly or will kibana just ignore custom dhparams? Thanks,…

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## [How can i create a time line](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-create-a-time-line/213982)

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**Author:** [@prasannarajan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/prasannarajan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2020, 6:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-create-a-time-line/213982 "2020-01-14T06:29:29Z")

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i need to visualize a bar chart and have time frame of created date and updated date. but my X-axis can only hold either created or updated.i need to create where both can be seen

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## [On kibana's display of super long fields](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/on-kibanas-display-of-super-long-fields/214701)

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**Author:** [@ahahaex](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ahahaex)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2020, 5:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/on-kibanas-display-of-super-long-fields/214701 "2020-01-14T05:23:28Z")

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When there are very long fields in the data，Kibana can't display data very well. So , I set truncated string: 100.Now kibana's discovery can display the abbreviated data normally. But when I want to view the detailed d…

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## [Metric formatting - 2 formats simultaneously](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metric-formatting-2-formats-simultaneously/214818)

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**Author:** [@WishTripES](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/WishTripES)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2020, 4:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metric-formatting-2-formats-simultaneously/214818 "2020-01-14T04:29:32Z")

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I'd like to format a metric in a kibana index pattern for use in a visual using 2 formats .divide(1000) AND '0.0\[0000\]' I've tried all kinds of chain combinations and nothing works. Is this possible?

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## [In kibana how to draw a graph which should give me average time given with 2 dates(start date & end date)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/in-kibana-how-to-draw-a-graph-which-should-give-me-average-time-given-with-2-dates-start-date-end-date/214861)

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**Author:** [@Amarsha\_N.G](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Amarsha_N.G)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2020, 4:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/in-kibana-how-to-draw-a-graph-which-should-give-me-average-time-given-with-2-dates-start-date-end-date/214861 "2020-01-14T04:24:20Z")

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I am having 2 date field one is PR open date other isPR closed date in my ES \_source with PR num, project name, etc. Now In kibana I want to draw a graph which should give me average time to close a PR. how to achieve …

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## [Canvas plugin development](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/canvas-plugin-development/214875)

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**Author:** [@luis.montecatine](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/luis.montecatine)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2020, 8:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/canvas-plugin-development/214875 "2020-01-13T20:28:58Z")

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Hello, Kibana version: 7.3.1 I'm trying to develop a simple canvas plugins that can contains a html button or something similar. I have followed this post: And the basic plugin works, but I can't make It works when …

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## [Timelion offsetting data by two days when using bucket 1d](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-offsetting-data-by-two-days-when-using-bucket-1d/214608)

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**Author:** [@viena](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/viena)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2020, 5:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-offsetting-data-by-two-days-when-using-bucket-1d/214608 "2020-01-13T17:54:08Z")

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Hello, We are having the same issue as discussed in topics and Both topics are closed and I do not see any solutions. Kibana version 7.3.0 Please, is there anybody with a solution or a hint about what could be the…

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## [Default\_field setting](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-field-setting/214311)

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**Author:** [@Matt\_McGovern](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Matt_McGovern)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2020, 4:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-field-setting/214311 "2020-01-13T16:21:05Z")

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Is there any way to set a default field for an index, such that when a user types an expression in kibana discover, the query will be to that default field and not every field in the index? I'm looking all over the docu…

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## [Percentage Metric outside of Visual Builder](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/percentage-metric-outside-of-visual-builder/214484)

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**Author:** [@SpinDORK](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/SpinDORK)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/percentage-metric-outside-of-visual-builder/214484 "2020-01-13T15:27:14Z")

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Hi, Will we ever get an easy to use Percentage tool for the Metric Visualisation and not simply the Visualisation Builder as this does not accurately show data over multiple years as we can only select the most recent d…

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## [Alerts and passing additional detail in message body](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alerts-and-passing-additional-detail-in-message-body/214857)

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**Author:** [@Michael\_Schellhouse](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Michael_Schellhouse)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alerts-and-passing-additional-detail-in-message-body/214857 "2020-01-13T15:00:10Z")

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Currently have alerts setup based on extraction query. I have used aggregation to get summary counts by two fields. I would like to output the agg results in the body of the alert message. problem is, message will onl…

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## [Access for Kibana -\>Share -\> CSV Report -\> Generate CSV](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-for-kibana-share-csv-report-generate-csv/214840)

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**Author:** [@ginu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ginu)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2020, 2:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-for-kibana-share-csv-report-generate-csv/214840 "2020-01-13T14:42:25Z")

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Hi I have a user with the role which can "read" and "write" access on an index. but when the user tries to Share the content of and index using Share -\> CSV Report -\> Generate CSV user get "Reporting error " \> For…

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## [Max size in option list for non string fields](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/max-size-in-option-list-for-non-string-fields/214804)

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**Author:** [@Voula\_Mikr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Voula_Mikr)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2020, 2:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/max-size-in-option-list-for-non-string-fields/214804 "2020-01-13T14:21:07Z")

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Hi, I am trying to add a control in a control visualization where the field type is a non string (is an integer) so "Dynamic Options" is off and I have to insert the size. Is there any value ("all" for example) that…

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## [Can we display the creation indice date in Kibana?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-display-the-creation-indice-date-in-kibana/214808)

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**Author:** [@missthery](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/missthery)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2020, 11:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-display-the-creation-indice-date-in-kibana/214808 "2020-01-13T11:46:20Z")

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Hey here, I am a kibana end-user and I never use code. I have indices available that I can manage to create index pattern then smart data discovery, viz and dashboard. My question is how I can find the date when the ind…

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## [Can we update the messages on the same document based on unique field](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-update-the-messages-on-the-same-document-based-on-unique-field/214813)

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**Author:** [@anjilinga](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/anjilinga)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2020, 11:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-update-the-messages-on-the-same-document-based-on-unique-field/214813 "2020-01-13T11:38:53Z")

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If we have 3 messages coming for each city, can we update the messages on same document based on city. is it possible through logstash or any otherway ?

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## [KİBANA URL CHANGE NAME](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-url-change-name/213351)

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**Author:** [@mr\_searchng](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mr_searchng)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2020, 10:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-url-change-name/213351 "2020-01-13T10:52:25Z")

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Does anyone know if it is possible to change the 'kibana' text in Kibana URL to different name? We are using Kibana 6.3.0 version.

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## [Lucene query is giving error in canvas metric](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lucene-query-is-giving-error-in-canvas-metric/214624)

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**Author:** [@anjilinga](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/anjilinga)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2020, 9:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lucene-query-is-giving-error-in-canvas-metric/214624 "2020-01-13T09:42:21Z")

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when i tried to filter the documents from elastic search in canvas metric element giving an unexpected error. can some one please help here { "bool": { "filter": { "term": { "field1": "130402" }} } }

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## [Usage of Array in a Kibana Data Table : issue with Count behaving as a Unique Count](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/usage-of-array-in-a-kibana-data-table-issue-with-count-behaving-as-a-unique-count/214195)

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**Author:** [@DavidDupuy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidDupuy)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2020, 8:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/usage-of-array-in-a-kibana-data-table-issue-with-count-behaving-as-a-unique-count/214195 "2020-01-13T08:36:49Z")

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Hi, A am facing an issue when trying to visualise data coming from an array. For instance, my array 'Tableau\_test' contains ths below PUT /discuss\_test3/\_doc/1 { "Tableau\_test":\[ "Moto", "Voiture", "Voiture", "V…

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## [Embedding kibana dashboards in my web app that can be altered by various users](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/embedding-kibana-dashboards-in-my-web-app-that-can-be-altered-by-various-users/214761)

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**Author:** [@fenster25](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fenster25)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2020, 8:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/embedding-kibana-dashboards-in-my-web-app-that-can-be-altered-by-various-users/214761 "2020-01-13T08:24:40Z")

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I want to create a web app that would let users upload a json file and index it into elasticsearch and let them create custom kibana dashboards for themselves to visualize their org specific data. Can this be done using …

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## [Kibana - How to customize split Chart](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-how-to-customize-split-chart/214603)

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**Author:** [@steven.l](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/steven.l)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2020, 4:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-how-to-customize-split-chart/214603 "2020-01-13T04:08:16Z")

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I choose the Line Chart and use split chart function as following: I have four items and each item has its value scale as the y-axis. For example, the value of item\_1 is between 4~10, however, item\_2 is between 40~80. …

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## [Hacks in Kibana 7.5.1](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hacks-in-kibana-7-5-1/214598)

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**Author:** [@Aravinda\_Kolla](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Aravinda_Kolla)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2020, 3:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hacks-in-kibana-7-5-1/214598 "2020-01-13T03:28:40Z")

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Can I modify the visData object that a visualization renders using hacks ? How do hacks work? What kind of data objects does a hack handle?

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## [Creating metric visualization with sum of top10 hits](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-metric-visualization-with-sum-of-top10-hits/211139)

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**Author:** [@ahoffskov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ahoffskov)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2020, 9:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-metric-visualization-with-sum-of-top10-hits/211139 "2020-01-12T21:05:51Z")

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Hello all, new user of the ELK platform here. I'm importing results from a Nessus-scanner, which I then present on a dashboard in order for different departments to use as a "How are we doing in securing the environmen…

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