# Kibana

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## [Kibana - no information about Logstash](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-no-information-about-logstash/204442)

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**Author:** [@Rysiu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rysiu)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2019, 2:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-no-information-about-logstash/204442 "2019-10-22T14:39:11Z")

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I have a little problem. Should I do something to make Kibana see Logstash? I don't see any information about Logstash in the Kibany web panel. Maybe I need to configure it additionally? Logstash is integrated with E…

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## [Unable to Visualize Certain Nested Fields](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-visualize-certain-nested-fields/204494)

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**Author:** [@planetracer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/planetracer)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2019, 2:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-visualize-certain-nested-fields/204494 "2019-10-22T14:37:29Z")

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I have the following nested data in my index: But when I try to visualize it, it doesn't find it: I was wondering if I was doing something wrong? Is there a way to fix this?

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## [Export PDF on 7.4.0 showing dashboard selected time range](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/export-pdf-on-7-4-0-showing-dashboard-selected-time-range/203737)

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**Author:** [@jall](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jall)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2019, 2:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/export-pdf-on-7-4-0-showing-dashboard-selected-time-range/203737 "2019-10-22T14:37:24Z")

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Hi, On a shared pdf, I need to show the time range of th dashboard at the time the pdf was generated. I was thinking on a markdown but haven't found the proper expression to include it. Hope you can help me out!

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## [Plot stacked series in Canvas from filebeat](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plot-stacked-series-in-canvas-from-filebeat/203612)

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**Author:** [@Dimitris\_S](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dimitris_S)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2019, 2:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plot-stacked-series-in-canvas-from-filebeat/203612 "2019-10-22T14:12:09Z")

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Hi there, I'm pushing data from a Raspberry Pi to Kibana via filebeat. Data are sent as UDP messages in a JSON format. One of the fields in JSON is called phys\_stats and contains three sub-fields which I would like to …

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## [Average Changes when Zoomed](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/average-changes-when-zoomed/204598)

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**Author:** [@cawoodm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cawoodm)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2019, 2:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/average-changes-when-zoomed/204598 "2019-10-22T14:09:15Z")

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We have some data which displays a low hourly average when viewed across say 30 days but when you zoom in to a few days the average jumps up which is wrong: I can't show a 20s average and then, when I zoom in show a 75s …

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## [Kibana not visualizing geoip in coordinate map](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-visualizing-geoip-in-coordinate-map/204635)

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**Author:** [@aimarjg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aimarjg)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2019, 1:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-visualizing-geoip-in-coordinate-map/204635 "2019-10-22T13:41:18Z")

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Hi, I'm having trouble visualizing my sysmon DNS logs with GeoIP resolved location on coordinate map in kibana. Following info is being added by geoip to each log entry: so it looks like longtitude and latitude is …

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## [Socket hang up error in Kibana v6.8.3](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/socket-hang-up-error-in-kibana-v6-8-3/203849)

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**Author:** [@tomeri](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tomeri)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2019, 1:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/socket-hang-up-error-in-kibana-v6-8-3/203849 "2019-10-22T13:14:20Z")

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Hi, I noticed the following error in Kibana logs for queries that are taking more than 2 minutes: {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2019-10-16T12:56:07Z","tags":\["error","elasticsearch","data"\],"pid":30353,"message":"Reques…

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## [Filter on scripted field not working in Kibana UI](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-on-scripted-field-not-working-in-kibana-ui/203823)

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**Author:** [@maarten](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/maarten)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2019, 9:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-on-scripted-field-not-working-in-kibana-ui/203823 "2019-10-22T09:55:52Z")

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Using version 6.4.2. I have created a dashboard which contains multiple normal fields and scripted fields. On scripted fields, filtering works correctly; Standard filter queries are automatically created: { "query": {…

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## [Add links in a vizualization](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/add-links-in-a-vizualization/204411)

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**Author:** [@HubertBonisseur](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/HubertBonisseur)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2019, 9:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/add-links-in-a-vizualization/204411 "2019-10-22T09:28:02Z")

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Hello, I wish to do a vizualization in this style : radial viz but I want the elements of the viz (the marks) to be a clickable link to a webpage. Is it possible to do so in a kibana vega vizualization ? I heard about …

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## [Kibana login page detail "authenticity\_token is not allowed" when enable SAML to login](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-login-page-detail-authenticity-token-is-not-allowed-when-enable-saml-to-login/203972)

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**Author:** [@rambo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rambo)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2019, 2:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-login-page-detail-authenticity-token-is-not-allowed-when-enable-saml-to-login/203972 "2019-10-21T14:14:02Z")

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Hi, I met an error after enable SSO function when I login kibana. The kibana login page detail below error message, I don't know how to fix it. {"statusCode":400,"error":"Bad Request","message":""utf8" is not allowed…

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## [Kibana/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers does not update for kibana version 7.2.0 completely](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-packages-kbn-plugin-helpers-does-not-update-for-kibana-version-7-2-0-completely/204389)

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**Author:** [@tony21177](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tony21177)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2019, 12:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-packages-kbn-plugin-helpers-does-not-update-for-kibana-version-7-2-0-completely/204389 "2019-10-22T00:19:46Z")

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Hi, I find the the plugin is generated to kibana/plugins/XXX folder. But the kibanaRoot path of kbn-plugin-helpers is false ( ../../kibana which should be ../../ ) Does it need to be updated on branch 7.2 ?

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## [Reporting pdf generation error](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reporting-pdf-generation-error/204535)

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**Author:** [@sushmamagesh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sushmamagesh)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2019, 9:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reporting-pdf-generation-error/204535 "2019-10-21T21:19:23Z")

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Hi - I am trying to generate a pdf report from Kibana7 and I am on Centos7. Error I am getting is - Unable to generate report Error: Error spawning Chromium browser: Error: socket hang up From kibana logs: {"type":"e…

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## [Ignoring 0 counts in Coordinate Map](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ignoring-0-counts-in-coordinate-map/204080)

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**Author:** [@IGChris](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/IGChris)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2019, 9:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ignoring-0-counts-in-coordinate-map/204080 "2019-10-21T21:15:14Z")

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I have several Coordinate Maps to try to identify certain things in my data, and I have these together in a dashboard. However, all the maps show the same areas, with all their ranges starting at 0, and this is making it…

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## [Whet is "use time filter" function in Kibana?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/whet-is-use-time-filter-function-in-kibana/204468)

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**Author:** [@deep2eye](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/deep2eye)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2019, 8:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/whet-is-use-time-filter-function-in-kibana/204468 "2019-10-21T20:53:04Z")

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Hello, I'm caleb. What is "kibana control" function in visualize? kibana -\> visualize -\> control -\> options tab -\> use time filter When activated, the expected items appear. The description of the function is not sho…

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## [Multi Customer/User View Separation](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multi-customer-user-view-separation/204351)

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**Author:** [@manuu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/manuu)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2019, 8:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multi-customer-user-view-separation/204351 "2019-10-21T20:11:25Z")

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Is is possible to use Elastic to channel the data of multiple customers/users into Logstash/Elasticsearch and be able to provide the customers/users with each their own view on only their data through Kibana? What we se…

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## [How to downgrade Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-downgrade-kibana/204401)

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**Author:** [@skyluke.1987](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/skyluke.1987)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2019, 4:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-downgrade-kibana/204401 "2019-10-21T16:15:25Z")

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Platform: Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS (xenial) How can I downgrade the current kibana (version 7.3.2) to a lower version (version 7.1.1) ? I do not have a backup of the previous version, is it possible to downgrade? Urgently n…

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## [Kibana server.host "0.0.0.0" hostname" must be a valid hostname](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-server-host-0-0-0-0-hostname-must-be-a-valid-hostname/204458)

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**Author:** [@Bharath\_venkat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bharath_venkat)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2019, 3:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-server-host-0-0-0-0-hostname-must-be-a-valid-hostname/204458 "2019-10-21T15:58:21Z")

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I am trying to create SAML SSO authentication and secure elk with TLS/SSL on kubernetes . Following the post. I got stuck while deploying kibana . Part of config file looks as below data: kibana.yml: | server.name: sa…

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## [Login to kibana with security enabled bypassing login form](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/login-to-kibana-with-security-enabled-bypassing-login-form/204248)

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**Author:** [@boubakr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/boubakr)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2019, 2:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/login-to-kibana-with-security-enabled-bypassing-login-form/204248 "2019-10-21T14:20:36Z")

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Is there a way to use something like digest access authentication (or base authentication, I know, it is an horrible way, but I said "like") to login to kibana bypassing the login form? I've a web application with authe…

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## [xpackDashboardMode](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/xpackdashboardmode/204450)

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**Author:** [@Matheu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Matheu)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2019, 1:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/xpackdashboardmode/204450 "2019-10-21T13:56:33Z")

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I am creating a custom dashboard only role, and need to configure adding this custom role to the "xpackDashboardMode" setting. Can anyone give me help in how I can do this, I cannot find how to set this from the kibana.y…

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## [Kibana connecting to IPs not FQDN](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-connecting-to-ips-not-fqdn/204205)

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**Author:** [@tpetersen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tpetersen)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2019, 1:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-connecting-to-ips-not-fqdn/204205 "2019-10-21T13:26:14Z")

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Hey there, Setting up some security on a test cluster here and it is driving me a bit nuts. I can see in my kibana log that it is doing this Line 1359: {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2019-10-18T10:01:31Z","tags":\["error…

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## [Create index patern from Kibana dev tools](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-index-patern-from-kibana-dev-tools/203611)

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**Author:** [@Jiri\_Safar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jiri_Safar)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2019, 1:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-index-patern-from-kibana-dev-tools/203611 "2019-10-21T13:15:45Z")

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Hi, We are using Kibana 7.4.0 and I would like to ask if is possible to create index patern in DEV TOOLS instead of manualy within GUI? Thanks

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## [Essql LIMIT selecting at random](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/essql-limit-selecting-at-random/202316)

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**Author:** [@\_Louw](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/_Louw)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2019, 1:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/essql-limit-selecting-at-random/202316 "2019-10-21T13:13:06Z")

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I am making a horisontal bar chart, and I only need the top 10 results of my data set. My code is as follows: SELECT role\_, COUNT(role\_) as role\_count FROM "\*canvas" GROUP BY role\_ ORDER BY role\_count DESC If I previ…

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## [Custom Tile Map (no geo data)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-tile-map-no-geo-data/203689)

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**Author:** [@eiksch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/eiksch)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2019, 1:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-tile-map-no-geo-data/203689 "2019-10-21T13:08:42Z")

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Hi, I have a tileset for a big ingame map (GTA V Example Map Interface) and I want to put it into Kibana. I created the layer and managed to make it display the images, but they are kinda screwed Screenshot Is it even …

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## [2 decimal point values in kibana 6.8.1](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/2-decimal-point-values-in-kibana-6-8-1/204437)

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**Author:** [@amanciao](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amanciao)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2019, 12:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/2-decimal-point-values-in-kibana-6-8-1/204437 "2019-10-21T12:47:04Z")

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I want to resticts the data that I have in my dashboard to only two decimal points. I am using kibana 6.8.1. Thanks in advance.

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## [Get the returning and unique users list in Dashboard metric](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-the-returning-and-unique-users-list-in-dashboard-metric/204443)

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**Author:** [@Prashant\_Kumar3](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Prashant_Kumar3)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2019, 11:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-the-returning-and-unique-users-list-in-dashboard-metric/204443 "2019-10-21T11:23:19Z")

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Hi, I have data in which user\_id field appears and what i want is to show in a metric on dashboard the number of users, Unique(user\_id appeared only once) and returning users(user\_id appeared more than once). Thanks …

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## [Kibana v5.6.9 - Multi Line Chart shows wrong y-axis count](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-v5-6-9-multi-line-chart-shows-wrong-y-axis-count/204174)

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**Author:** [@Nagarajan\_S](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nagarajan_S)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2019, 10:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-v5-6-9-multi-line-chart-shows-wrong-y-axis-count/204174 "2019-10-21T10:43:53Z")

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Could you please provide a reason for rendering wrong y-axis count. In the image, it is showing count value as 60 but in the y-axis, it is nearly 400. Can this be fixed?

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## [Visualize garbage-collection-stats with moving average](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualize-garbage-collection-stats-with-moving-average/203878)

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**Author:** [@rmy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rmy)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2019, 7:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualize-garbage-collection-stats-with-moving-average/203878 "2019-10-21T07:33:03Z")

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Hi. I have access to some simple jvm.gc-stats: |collectionTime|368177| |collectionCount|23869| I would like to create a timeline where i get, for a period - e.g 15 seconds, the number of counts done (deltaCount), the…

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## [Kibana 7.4 Traffic Light Plugin](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-7-4-traffic-light-plugin/204211)

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**Author:** [@ahmed.louati](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ahmed.louati)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2019, 7:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-7-4-traffic-light-plugin/204211 "2019-10-21T07:31:21Z")

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Hi Elastic, I was working with the traffic light plugin in kibana 6.2.4 version. For now I want to use kibana 7.4.0 version but it doesn't work. Is there a traffic light in kibana 7.4.0 version ??

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## [Region Map on Kibana Vega](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/region-map-on-kibana-vega/203242)

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**Author:** [@Ppdpjuju](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ppdpjuju)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2019, 7:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/region-map-on-kibana-vega/203242 "2019-10-21T07:30:38Z")

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Hello, I work on a map in Vega in Kibana (the map of kibana config=map), and I plot some positions with the projection:"projection". I wan't to add areas to show on the map, like timezones. Similar to the region map vi…

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## [How to use cat apis inside kibana 6.1](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-cat-apis-inside-kibana-6-1/203761)

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**Author:** [@vvvprabhakar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vvvprabhakar)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2019, 5:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-cat-apis-inside-kibana-6-1/203761 "2019-10-21T05:51:42Z")

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What module to import or what module to require . how can i use cat api's inside kibana plugin status plugin Or any example how to use it

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