# Kibana

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/c/elastic-stack/kibana/7.md?page=585

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## [Adding Canvas elements in Kibana Dashboard?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-canvas-elements-in-kibana-dashboard/205585)

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**Author:** [@Alizeh\_Asim](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alizeh_Asim)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2019, 3:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-canvas-elements-in-kibana-dashboard/205585 "2019-10-29T15:37:48Z")

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I've made a dashboard in Kibana but I want to add a grid of pictures which I've created in Canvas. Now I want to add that grid in dashboard. Is it possible to add canvas elements to the dashboard? Or can we somehow add t…

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## [If there a way to be able to access and view maps via kibana locally?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/if-there-a-way-to-be-able-to-access-and-view-maps-via-kibana-locally/205518)

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**Author:** [@Apollyon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Apollyon)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2019, 3:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/if-there-a-way-to-be-able-to-access-and-view-maps-via-kibana-locally/205518 "2019-10-29T15:09:12Z")

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hey, I am working my way through Kibana and when I come to the 'Maps' area on the console. There is a blank screen where I believe the imaged map should be. Am still able to edit/ ad parameters and am able to see the co…

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## [Setting https for Kibana with NGINX and a FQDN](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-https-for-kibana-with-nginx-and-a-fqdn/205010)

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**Author:** [@basavyr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/basavyr)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2019, 2:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-https-for-kibana-with-nginx-and-a-fqdn/205010 "2019-10-29T14:58:58Z")

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I have a Droplet on Digital Ocean which runs CentOS 7 and I run an ELK stack on it. I've also successfully configured an NGINX web server with a FQDN (got one from namecheap.com ) and I also have an SSL certificate manag…

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## [How to subtract 2 metrics and show the value as 3rd metrics?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-subtract-2-metrics-and-show-the-value-as-3rd-metrics/205136)

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**Author:** [@Sameer\_Panicker](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sameer_Panicker)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2019, 2:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-subtract-2-metrics-and-show-the-value-as-3rd-metrics/205136 "2019-10-29T14:26:10Z")

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I have 2 metrics showing my application disconnects. 1 is the total disconnects of my application and the 2nd is manual disconnects performed by users. The difference between the 2 is expected to be "System/Unknown Disco…

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## [Kibana automatically adjusting time](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-automatically-adjusting-time/205428)

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**Author:** [@Budi\_H](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Budi_H)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2019, 10:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-automatically-adjusting-time/205428 "2019-10-29T10:07:17Z")

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I have field named datetime and the type is date. Here's my mapping { "mappings" : { "properties" : { "datetime" : { "type" : "date", "format": "dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss.SSS"} } } } I'm in GMT+7, and Kibana always adds 7…

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## [Access elasticsearch query from Kibana Dashboard](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-elasticsearch-query-from-kibana-dashboard/204235)

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**Author:** [@Elaak](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Elaak)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2019, 8:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-elasticsearch-query-from-kibana-dashboard/204235 "2019-10-29T08:22:22Z")

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I have created a plugin created for Kibana 7.3.3 and want to access the elasticsearch query that I need in order to get the same set of data that is shown in my dashboard, including the time range. I found in the docume…

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## [Unable to open Kibana on chrome after upgrade from version 7.3.x to 7.4.0](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-open-kibana-on-chrome-after-upgrade-from-version-7-3-x-to-7-4-0/205041)

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**Author:** [@zulfiqar4891](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zulfiqar4891)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2019, 6:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-open-kibana-on-chrome-after-upgrade-from-version-7-3-x-to-7-4-0/205041 "2019-10-28T18:01:21Z")

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Hi There, I upgraded the whole ELK stack from 7.3.x to 7.4.0 yesterday. After upgrade, I am unable to open Kibana from the browser after authentication. It goes into a loop refreshing the page with errors all the time. …

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## [Java Needs](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-needs/205569)

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**Author:** [@Karthik\_Ramachandran](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Karthik_Ramachandran)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2019, 1:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-needs/205569 "2019-10-29T01:01:43Z")

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Does Kibana need JAVA/JDK/JVM? In 4.1 it was I believe, and don't think it requires now. Also, would there be any need of having Java in Kibana hosts for any plugin support/x-pack?

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## [How to or is there a way to get Dashboards on Kibana to rotate between other dashboards?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-or-is-there-a-way-to-get-dashboards-on-kibana-to-rotate-between-other-dashboards/205276)

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**Author:** [@Apollyon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Apollyon)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2019, 8:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-or-is-there-a-way-to-get-dashboards-on-kibana-to-rotate-between-other-dashboards/205276 "2019-10-28T20:25:44Z")

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Hey, Just a little question. Am on ELK 7.4.0. I am working with some dashboards within Kibana, have created a few of them. The list of dashboards are great but is there a possible way of getting, for example three dash…

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## [Visualisation for back-up jobs](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualisation-for-back-up-jobs/202715)

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**Author:** [@john.hoogeveen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/john.hoogeveen)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2019, 8:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualisation-for-back-up-jobs/202715 "2019-10-28T20:24:28Z")

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Hello, I am struggling with finding a solution to visualize the back-up status of different backup-up applications into one single view. Basically we have several customers with different back-up applications that all …

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## [Kibana Keeps Restarting for no apparent reason](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-keeps-restarting-for-no-apparent-reason/205531)

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**Author:** [@Ghaith\_Haddad](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ghaith_Haddad)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2019, 8:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-keeps-restarting-for-no-apparent-reason/205531 "2019-10-28T20:19:55Z")

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I dont know what happened all of a sudden but Kibana keeps restarting then fails after the 3rd restart. there aren't any hints in the output logs that could show me why its failing to start: kibana.service - Kibana …

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## [How to create a dynamic url for kibana discover](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-a-dynamic-url-for-kibana-discover/204152)

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**Author:** [@rockyadi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rockyadi)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2019, 7:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-a-dynamic-url-for-kibana-discover/204152 "2019-10-28T19:58:04Z")

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Hi we have a daily report we publish in which we would like to provide a dynamic link (URL) to kibana with a dynamic search term string query say "Error Fetching, Shipping Details" and in a particular dynamic time frame…

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## [Versioning of ELK](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/versioning-of-elk/205352)

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**Author:** [@Ankit\_Sawant](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ankit_Sawant)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2019, 7:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/versioning-of-elk/205352 "2019-10-28T19:40:01Z")

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I am already using ELK 7.3.2 But kibana 7.4.x has added features of customized time range Do I have to switch entire ELK to 7.4.x or switching to kibana 7.4.x would do the job

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## [Why kibana tsvb metric display 100% as 0%](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-kibana-tsvb-metric-display-100-as-0/205473)

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**Author:** [@luis.montecatine](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/luis.montecatine)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2019, 7:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-kibana-tsvb-metric-display-100-as-0/205473 "2019-10-28T19:22:28Z")

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Hello, I'm working with tsvb metric. I'd like to display a ratio. I'm using ratio filter. I'd like to ask about why kibana shows a 0%, when It must show 100%. The numerator is a count with a filter, and the numerato…

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## [Timelion Chart Custom Label Issue](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-chart-custom-label-issue/204604)

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**Author:** [@j\_a\_griffiths](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/j_a_griffiths)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2019, 6:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-chart-custom-label-issue/204604 "2019-10-28T18:15:01Z")

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Hi - Im trying to define a TimeLion visualisation usint the following expression .es(corr,timefield=rt,split="DeviceVendor.keyword:10") This works but the labels show ion the chart are as follows q:corr \> DeviceVendo…

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## [AJAX Preflight Authentication for Kibana dashboard in an iframe](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ajax-preflight-authentication-for-kibana-dashboard-in-an-iframe/204267)

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**Author:** [@druffner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/druffner)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2019, 5:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ajax-preflight-authentication-for-kibana-dashboard-in-an-iframe/204267 "2019-10-28T17:45:03Z")

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Hey everyone, I am working on a webpage that will show my Kibana dashboard in an iframe, and I want to send a preflight AJAX request to login to the dashboard before setting the iframe's source. I have been following se…

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## [Divide 2 metrics in kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/divide-2-metrics-in-kibana/205378)

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**Author:** [@Mohammad\_Mousavi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mohammad_Mousavi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2019, 5:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/divide-2-metrics-in-kibana/205378 "2019-10-28T17:41:29Z")

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Hi. I have 2 metrics that shows unique count of users and total streamed time. I wanna have avg streamed time per client. How can I divide these 2 metrics ? some pipeline aggregation or script ? Thanx a lot

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## [Average bucket is not working](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/average-bucket-is-not-working/202928)

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**Author:** [@Yungyoung\_Ok](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Yungyoung_Ok)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2019, 5:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/average-bucket-is-not-working/202928 "2019-10-28T17:11:26Z")

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I use average bucket to calculate tps. First, Working case aggregation: average bucket bucket: date histogram, field: @timestamp, minimum interval: second metric: count this case, is ok. inspect: The calcula…

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## [Authentication of \[kibana\] was terminated by realm \[reserved\] - failed to authenticate user \[kibana\]](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/authentication-of-kibana-was-terminated-by-realm-reserved-failed-to-authenticate-user-kibana/205448)

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**Author:** [@arb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/arb)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2019, 2:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/authentication-of-kibana-was-terminated-by-realm-reserved-failed-to-authenticate-user-kibana/205448 "2019-10-28T14:24:03Z")

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I am having a problem with a clean installation of elastic & kibana (Basic). Steps so far: install Elasticsearch (7.4.1) install kibana (7.4.1) each works fine and can communicate to each other. Add the config…

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## [Write a visited dashboard in the kibana log](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/write-a-visited-dashboard-in-the-kibana-log/204679)

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**Author:** [@daniele.saccon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/daniele.saccon)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2019, 1:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/write-a-visited-dashboard-in-the-kibana-log/204679 "2019-10-28T13:59:15Z")

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Hi, Is it possible to log (for example in the stdout file) the visited dashboard? The purpose is to create a dashboard with the number of views for each dashboard. Can you help me? I use Kibana 5.4. Thanks Daniele

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## [How to change app/kibana in kibana 6.8 URL to different name like app/devCustom](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-app-kibana-in-kibana-6-8-url-to-different-name-like-app-devcustom/200870)

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**Author:** [@devesh37](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/devesh37)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2019, 11:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-app-kibana-in-kibana-6-8-url-to-different-name-like-app-devcustom/200870 "2019-10-28T11:21:50Z")

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I want to change the name of app/kibana in kibana app. I have tried to cahnge the title and id in kibana plugin of src/legacy/core\_plugin/kibana folder. but nothing got changed. Please help me with steps or idea of ch…

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## [Total function doesn't work in kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/total-function-doesnt-work-in-kibana/205339)

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**Author:** [@Mohammad\_Mousavi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mohammad_Mousavi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2019, 11:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/total-function-doesnt-work-in-kibana/205339 "2019-10-28T11:02:30Z")

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Hi, I have a table like this. I wanna have avg of streamed time of all clients, so I add another row with "Group other values in seperate bucket" I checked the avg but it doesn't create another column, What I'm doing …

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## [\[metrics:max\_buckets\] vs \[search.max\_buckets\]](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metrics-max-buckets-vs-search-max-buckets/202489)

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**Author:** [@peropero](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/peropero)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2019, 10:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metrics-max-buckets-vs-search-max-buckets/202489 "2019-10-28T10:40:37Z")

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● Question Is the upper limit for \[metrics: max\_buckets\] 1000? What is the difference between \[metrics: max\_buckets\] and \[search.max\_buckets\]? ● Background I am using kibana 7.2.0. The following error was displayed. …

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## [Timelion - Project number of documents out to the end of the month](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-project-number-of-documents-out-to-the-end-of-the-month/202578)

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**Author:** [@adahn](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/adahn)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2019, 9:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-project-number-of-documents-out-to-the-end-of-the-month/202578 "2019-10-28T09:35:19Z")

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Is there any method in Timelion to multiply the number of results in a partial bucket to estimate the monthly total? My .es query counts documents and then I use the drop down to set the interval to 1M. For the current m…

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## [Formatting fields... html, markdown](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/formatting-fields-html-markdown/204514)

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**Author:** [@elvarb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elvarb)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2019, 9:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/formatting-fields-html-markdown/204514 "2019-10-28T09:32:08Z")

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I have data in Elasticsearch where some fields are currently formatted as HTML. It contains simple things like P, A, B and I tags. These are fields that are never aggregated on but are sometimes displayed. Is there so…

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## [Kibana User/Client specific Dashboard](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-user-client-specific-dashboard/205357)

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**Author:** [@wizard](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wizard)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2019, 8:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-user-client-specific-dashboard/205357 "2019-10-28T08:15:51Z")

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How can I create an user specific dashboard, I have created 2 different dashboard and users: Dashboard:- "Dashboard no.1" & Dashboard no.2 User:- "User A" & "User B" "user A" can see dashboard no.1 but not no.2 and "…

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## [How calculate trend in data table visualization](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-calculate-trend-in-data-table-visualization/203007)

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**Author:** [@Oleg\_Lowen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Oleg_Lowen)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2019, 8:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-calculate-trend-in-data-table-visualization/203007 "2019-10-28T08:15:27Z")

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Hello, I'm executing thousands of tests on hourly basis in a CICD pipeline. Each Elasticsearch document is describing a test with fields (name, success, duration, etc). I'm trying to figure out, how to calculate a tren…

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## [Create percentage graph from a string](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-percentage-graph-from-a-string/205252)

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**Author:** [@David\_Crespillo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/David_Crespillo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2019, 7:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-percentage-graph-from-a-string/205252 "2019-10-28T07:45:37Z")

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Hi, I need to create a graph with porcentage from a search fields; these fields are string. I mean, I have a "Total Data" field and I make a search from "Total Data" that show me wich of these are "NOK". I need new gra…

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## [Kibana shows watcher config error if you dont enter an index](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-shows-watcher-config-error-if-you-dont-enter-an-index/205038)

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**Author:** [@Messias\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Messias_2)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2019, 6:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-shows-watcher-config-error-if-you-dont-enter-an-index/205038 "2019-10-28T06:41:13Z")

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Hi, I get an config error in kibana when I edit a watcher config where no index is entered , even if you use \_doc fields in transform / payload. kibana error: " Please address the errors in your form. Index name is …

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## [How to build a kibana pluggin](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-build-a-kibana-pluggin/205035)

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**Author:** [@jaytran](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jaytran)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2019, 3:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-build-a-kibana-pluggin/205035 "2019-10-28T03:10:51Z")

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hi all, I'm a new one with kinaba, I want to build a pluggin that collect data from ES and show result as a report on kibana pluggin. Please tell me know steps need to do? I tried to create "helloworld" kibana plugin f…

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