# Kibana

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## [Failed to decode ndjson new format with python](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-decode-ndjson-new-format-with-python/202881)

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**Author:** [@GitsBdr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/GitsBdr)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2019, 6:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-decode-ndjson-new-format-with-python/202881 "2019-10-10T06:00:51Z")

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Hi here, Thanks in advance for your time and help I can find on the web couple of examples using python scripts to "decode" data from the Kibana API with json Such as : dashboard = requests.get('http://' + hostname +…

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## [Metric and Gauge Shows Zero Only In TSVB](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metric-and-gauge-shows-zero-only-in-tsvb/202649)

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**Author:** [@Ramya\_Tanikanti](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ramya_Tanikanti)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2019, 3:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metric-and-gauge-shows-zero-only-in-tsvb/202649 "2019-10-10T03:40:35Z")

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In TSVB, the time series graph changes when I add metrics and aggregations in the Data Tab, but the Metric and Gauge does not change and remains 'Zero' only. Kindly Help!

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## [Is there a way to change the default security roles?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-to-change-the-default-security-roles/202749)

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**Author:** [@seanziee](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/seanziee)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2019, 12:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-to-change-the-default-security-roles/202749 "2019-10-10T00:04:18Z")

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I'm using the ODBC driver to connect Tableau to Elasticsearch and ran into this. Through trial and error, the user connected to the driver needs to have the manage role in order to pull in the "tables" from ES. I tried b…

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## [Kibana Unknown Field Type](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-unknown-field-type/202851)

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**Author:** [@Junebee](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Junebee)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2019, 11:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-unknown-field-type/202851 "2019-10-09T23:02:27Z")

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There is a field (\_path) in my Kibana Discovery tab which shows up as unknown type (?) yet it is listed in my dynamic template mapping as "keyword". Everything else in the template works great. The data in \_path is sim…

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## [Timelion and year on year calculations](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-and-year-on-year-calculations/202862)

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**Author:** [@lmckenna](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lmckenna)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2019, 10:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-and-year-on-year-calculations/202862 "2019-10-09T22:55:26Z")

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Hi, i'm new to Kibana, and looking to do some year on year trends using timelion. However I can't find any info on how to go about this. For example I want to track 'this year purchases' vs. last year purchases', and the…

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## [3 Node Sankey Diagram](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/3-node-sankey-diagram/202896)

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**Author:** [@wwalker](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wwalker)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2019, 10:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/3-node-sankey-diagram/202896 "2019-10-09T22:34:38Z")

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Anybody have a Vega framework or example that would create a 3 (or more) node Sankey diagram? I have the example code from the blog for two nodes but I can't figure out how to fully adapt it to 3 nodes. I've managed to…

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## [Max/min aggregation on timelion produces random roundings](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/max-min-aggregation-on-timelion-produces-random-roundings/202689)

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**Author:** [@bloodhound123](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bloodhound123)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2019, 8:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/max-min-aggregation-on-timelion-produces-random-roundings/202689 "2019-10-09T20:19:32Z")

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Hi, I am using timelion to retrieve and max and min "Time" values from subbuckets that I am creating. To keep it simple I am creating buckets with 2 log entries in it. When I compute the min/max of a "number" field the…

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## [Kibana process automatically respawns when killed](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-process-automatically-respawns-when-killed/202826)

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**Author:** [@Dan\_Healy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dan_Healy)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2019, 6:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-process-automatically-respawns-when-killed/202826 "2019-10-09T18:40:03Z")

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I have a fresh clean install of CentOS 7, ES 7.4 and Kibana 7.4. I have disabled SELinux and firewalld for now. I installed ES and Kibana according to the guide (https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/7.4/install.html). …

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## [How to enable expressions in kibana\[7.3.1\] for scripted fields](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-enable-expressions-in-kibana-7-3-1-for-scripted-fields/202873)

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**Author:** [@nfpappas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nfpappas)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2019, 5:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-enable-expressions-in-kibana-7-3-1-for-scripted-fields/202873 "2019-10-09T17:34:42Z")

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I was trying to setup a scripted field in kibana. I wanted to use the expression language ( as shown in this video from elastic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhmpDtS7g28) but I only have an option for painless. Is th…

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## [Problem accessing Kibana through the browser](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-accessing-kibana-through-the-browser/202201)

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**Author:** [@abuit01](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/abuit01)\
**Replies:** 49\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2019, 4:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-accessing-kibana-through-the-browser/202201 "2019-10-09T16:42:22Z")

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I have a centOS server on which I installed wazuh, elasticsearch and kibana. I want to access the previous services through a windows operating system but when I try to enter the server through port 5601 there is no acc…

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## [Simple Watcher Webhook](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simple-watcher-webhook/201471)

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**Author:** [@gytaco](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gytaco)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2019, 4:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simple-watcher-webhook/201471 "2019-10-09T16:30:19Z")

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Hi Team I am using Elastic Hosted and trying to create a simple Watcher Webhook alert and I cannot find an example anywhere of using the kibana interface of a simple Webhook using the UI. Can anyone point me in the dire…

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## [Elasticsearch ca certificate not found when connecting via browser](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-ca-certificate-not-found-when-connecting-via-browser/202600)

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**Author:** [@cowensel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cowensel)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2019, 3:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-ca-certificate-not-found-when-connecting-via-browser/202600 "2019-10-09T15:40:41Z")

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I am currently trying to generate a certificate that will allow us to connect to kibana from a remote browser with the FQDN subdomain.domain.com. I am having trouble finding a way to for the browser to find the CA certif…

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## [Problems upload xml and json files in data visualizer](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problems-upload-xml-and-json-files-in-data-visualizer/202308)

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**Author:** [@alvarolopez](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alvarolopez)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2019, 3:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problems-upload-xml-and-json-files-in-data-visualizer/202308 "2019-10-09T15:15:14Z")

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Hi everyone. I am Alvaro, a telecomunication student who is working a litle bit with kibana in the cloud to learn more about elasticsearch. Now, I am trying to upload two diferent files (one is xml and the other is jso…

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## [Elasticsearch host](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-host/202736)

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**Author:** [@j888](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/j888)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2019, 1:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-host/202736 "2019-10-09T13:34:29Z")

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For an Elasticsearch cluster with 3 master only nodes and 2 data nodes, do I point elasticsearch.hosts in kibana.yml at the data nodes or the master only nodes (or both)?

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## [Help us improve the Elastic Stack by providing basic feature usage statistics? We will never share this data outside of Elastic](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-us-improve-the-elastic-stack-by-providing-basic-feature-usage-statistics-we-will-never-share-this-data-outside-of-elastic/202149)

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**Author:** [@carel.lubbe](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/carel.lubbe)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2019, 1:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-us-improve-the-elastic-stack-by-providing-basic-feature-usage-statistics-we-will-never-share-this-data-outside-of-elastic/202149 "2019-10-09T13:17:57Z")

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I have upgraded my system to the latest versions in the RedHat repos... since then i have the message "Help us improve the Elastic Stack by providing basic feature usage statistics? We will never share this data outside …

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## [Kibana Canvas - Support for Interactive features](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-canvas-support-for-interactive-features/202651)

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**Author:** [@sreed](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sreed)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2019, 12:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-canvas-support-for-interactive-features/202651 "2019-10-09T12:24:55Z")

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Does Canvas support interactivity through features like click-to-filter, drill-down, zoom, tooltips etc?

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## [Canvas time formats](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/canvas-time-formats/202123)

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**Author:** [@\_Louw](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/_Louw)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2019, 12:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/canvas-time-formats/202123 "2019-10-09T12:08:12Z")

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I'm having trouble with some time formats. The time, I collect from ES ("timetal") is in UTC+02, but when I try to format it to my local time, it seems to subtract 2 hours instead of adding them. My SQL query is as fol…

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## [Using JSON input of Kibana Visualizations as filters](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-json-input-of-kibana-visualizations-as-filters/202327)

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**Author:** [@Shan\_Chathusanda](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shan_Chathusanda)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2019, 11:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-json-input-of-kibana-visualizations-as-filters/202327 "2019-10-09T11:28:01Z")

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Hi all, I am very new to ELK stack and I have the following requirement. I need to create a vertical bar visualization with two metrics (assume metricA and metricB). I have a common condition (a string) which can divide…

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## [Kibana has in overview the old version of elasticsearch](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-has-in-overview-the-old-version-of-elasticsearch/201417)

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**Author:** [@manosmustang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/manosmustang)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2019, 9:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-has-in-overview-the-old-version-of-elasticsearch/201417 "2019-10-09T09:35:27Z")

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Hello, I updated Kibana and Elasticsearch from 7.3.1 to 7.3.2 but at Overview of the cluster I have I still see the old version (7.3.1) all the nodes in the cluster have the new version of elasticsearch. Kibana and el…

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## [Hide Kibana management tab for some users](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hide-kibana-management-tab-for-some-users/202687)

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**Author:** [@haythem](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/haythem)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2019, 8:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hide-kibana-management-tab-for-some-users/202687 "2019-10-09T08:29:22Z")

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Hi, Can any one please let me know, how to disable/hide the kibana Management tab for some users,i used the predefined role and it works but the kibana\_dashboard\_only\_user shows all the available spaces and i want to sh…

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## [Canvas - Graph legend position](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/canvas-graph-legend-position/201765)

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**Author:** [@cesarlino](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cesarlino)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2019, 7:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/canvas-graph-legend-position/201765 "2019-10-09T07:45:07Z")

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Hi, When I create a visualization there is an option of move leave the legend on the side or at the bottom. Any option selected would take the legend out of the graph area. However, the same does not happen when I creat…

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## [Histogram Some labels were hidden due to size constraints](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/histogram-some-labels-were-hidden-due-to-size-constraints/202540)

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**Author:** [@lvlt](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lvlt)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2019, 7:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/histogram-some-labels-were-hidden-due-to-size-constraints/202540 "2019-10-09T07:28:09Z")

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Hi, I new to Kibana, and i'm trying to get a CPY histogram from few machines. I'm using MetricBeat to collect data and Kibana to visualise them :slight\_smile: But i don't really understand this message : This visuali…

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## [Group by field and remove a complete group if it contains a certain value in a second field](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/group-by-field-and-remove-a-complete-group-if-it-contains-a-certain-value-in-a-second-field/202772)

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**Author:** [@Jo\_Hoffmann](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jo_Hoffmann)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2019, 6:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/group-by-field-and-remove-a-complete-group-if-it-contains-a-certain-value-in-a-second-field/202772 "2019-10-09T06:48:49Z")

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Hello there, we are testing some Kibana usecases and of course I got some problems I'm not able to solve right now. We are logging printed documents and their lifetime in json format. Each application ( 5 overall) the …

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## [TypeError: settings is not a function](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/typeerror-settings-is-not-a-function/202650)

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**Author:** [@stefws](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stefws)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2019, 6:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/typeerror-settings-is-not-a-function/202650 "2019-10-09T06:05:30Z")

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Wonder what may cause this when attempting to launch kibana 6.8.3 after patching up from kibana 5.6 { "type": "log", "@timestamp": "2019-10-08T10:35:57Z", "tags": \[ "fatal", "root" \], "pid": 17519, "…

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## [Kibana7.4 does not start](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana7-4-does-not-start/202642)

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**Author:** [@kba](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kba)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2019, 2:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana7-4-does-not-start/202642 "2019-10-09T02:02:08Z")

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Hi Kibana web page do not open,while process is active after systemctl restart. ■What I want to realize Confirm the data acquired with elasticsearch with kibana on another server ■Status ・elasticsearch server is alr…

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## [Renaming Discover Table Headers](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/renaming-discover-table-headers/202719)

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**Author:** [@Kenneth\_M\_Kolano](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kenneth_M_Kolano)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2019, 10:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/renaming-discover-table-headers/202719 "2019-10-08T22:48:32Z")

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It seems in recent revisions of Kibana table headers on Discover tables are no longer populated when the "renderComplete" events fire. They formerly were, and we had been using script to clean up table headers in our da…

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## [Percentage numberals.js format patterns](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/percentage-numberals-js-format-patterns/202595)

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**Author:** [@jlim0930](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jlim0930)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2019, 8:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/percentage-numberals-js-format-patterns/202595 "2019-10-08T20:12:08Z")

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I have metricbeats configured with vsphere to send in datastore usage and my percentages are off by a factor of 1000. I am looking at the edit in the index pattern for numberals.js format pattern but cant fingure out wh…

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## [Export/import dashboard](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/export-import-dashboard/202594)

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**Author:** [@SirJune](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/SirJune)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2019, 7:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/export-import-dashboard/202594 "2019-10-08T19:35:00Z")

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I am trying to move a dashboard from the default space to another. following this blog (https://www.elastic.co/blog/how-to-migrate-to-kibana-spaces) \[root@vm21:/etc/kibana \] $ curl -k -u elastic:somepassword https://vm…

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## [Visualizing a ratio of two aggregations on the Y axis](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualizing-a-ratio-of-two-aggregations-on-the-y-axis/201874)

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**Author:** [@anikacool.3](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/anikacool.3)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2019, 5:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualizing-a-ratio-of-two-aggregations-on-the-y-axis/201874 "2019-10-08T17:24:58Z")

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I'd like to plot a graph where the X-axis is the timeseries and the Y axis is a ratio of two certain field values (In my case, this is the "availability" metric which is defined as sum(response\_code = OK)/sum(response\_c…

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## [Kibana Setting multiple elasticsearch.hosts over marathon template](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-setting-multiple-elasticsearch-hosts-over-marathon-template/202662)

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**Author:** [@Merlin\_Nunez](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Merlin_Nunez)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2019, 3:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-setting-multiple-elasticsearch-hosts-over-marathon-template/202662 "2019-10-08T15:41:57Z")

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Hi All, I´m currently running ELK in a dockerized environment, and I use marathon/mesos to manage it. Up until now I was running a single node cluster but it is obviously not fit for production. So, my goal is to set up…

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