# Kibana

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/c/elastic-stack/kibana/7.md?page=623

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## [Visualization should contain search bar where any search criteria should be entered](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualization-should-contain-search-bar-where-any-search-criteria-should-be-entered/194795)

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**Author:** [@swathi\_elastic](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/swathi_elastic)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 12, 2019, 7:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualization-should-contain-search-bar-where-any-search-criteria-should-be-entered/194795 "2019-08-12T07:20:21Z")

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Visualization should contain search bar where any search criteria should be entered in Kibana

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## [Problem with using kibana to link elsearch](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-using-kibana-to-link-elsearch/194598)

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**Author:** [@elsearch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elsearch)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2019, 5:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-using-kibana-to-link-elsearch/194598 "2019-08-10T05:59:37Z")

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the problem is \[error\]\[status\]\[plugin:xpack\_main@7.2.1\] Status changed from yellow to red - \[data\] Elasticsearch cluster did not respond with license information. when i use kibana to link with elsearch next the Elast…

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## [Stuck in "Kibana server is not ready yet" for last 24 hr kibana not loading](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/stuck-in-kibana-server-is-not-ready-yet-for-last-24-hr-kibana-not-loading/194702)

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**Author:** [@asad\_ali](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/asad_ali)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2019, 11:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/stuck-in-kibana-server-is-not-ready-yet-for-last-24-hr-kibana-not-loading/194702 "2019-08-10T11:04:15Z")

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I'm running ELK ver 7.1 with kibana.yml that looks like server.port: 5601 server.host: 0.0.0.0 elasticsearch.hosts: \["https://illumin8.inboxbiz.com:9200"\] elasticsearch.username: "elastic" elasticsearch.password: "…

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## [Kibana\[7.3\] load custom vector shape from http server](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-7-3-load-custom-vector-shape-from-http-server/194558)

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**Author:** [@Scorpion21](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Scorpion21)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2019, 5:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-7-3-load-custom-vector-shape-from-http-server/194558 "2019-08-10T05:24:33Z")

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Hi There, I am trying to add a few vector shape files in geojson format to Kibana (running on ubuntu 18.04) Here are what I did: 1- set up a http server for my geojson files using: python3 -m http.server 8080 2- set …

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## [timepicker:quickRanges ignored in Kibana 7.x?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timepicker-quickranges-ignored-in-kibana-7-x/194648)

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**Author:** [@Kickinsix](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kickinsix)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2019, 12:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timepicker-quickranges-ignored-in-kibana-7-x/194648 "2019-08-10T00:36:29Z")

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I'm running Kibana 7.2.0 and the new time picker dropdown is now missing the timepicker:quickRanges list. I would like to know (1) why is the quickRanges not visible anymore and (2) why have the setting if it's not used? …

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## [Kibana and elasticsearch status is active , i can access elasticsearch via browser but kibana is giving error](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-and-elasticsearch-status-is-active-i-can-access-elasticsearch-via-browser-but-kibana-is-giving-error/194197)

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**Author:** [@Ayush\_Verma](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ayush_Verma)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2019, 6:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-and-elasticsearch-status-is-active-i-can-access-elasticsearch-via-browser-but-kibana-is-giving-error/194197 "2019-08-09T18:47:09Z")

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I installed kibana and elasticsearch on google instance, elasticsearch is working fine. curl -X GET "10.128.0.26:9200/" { "name" : "node-1", "cluster\_name" : "ElasticsearchStaging", "cluster\_uuid" : "r-A1o-coQlWUWeo…

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## [Kibana Webservice Returns Blank Webpage?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-webservice-returns-blank-webpage/194527)

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**Author:** [@redapplesonly](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/redapplesonly)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2019, 5:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-webservice-returns-blank-webpage/194527 "2019-08-09T17:41:27Z")

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Hi all, I’ve recently brought up my first Kibana server, and it looks like the HTTP server is running but not actually sending any HTML…? The details: My Kibana is the Docker container version, and I spun it us using t…

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## [Canvas calculate % change day on day on the same metric](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/canvas-calculate-change-day-on-day-on-the-same-metric/194431)

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**Author:** [@samgs](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/samgs)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2019, 3:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/canvas-calculate-change-day-on-day-on-the-same-metric/194431 "2019-08-09T15:21:49Z")

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Hello, Im trying to workout if its possible to show % movement day on day, on canvas? For example, I have a sum of the number of page visits today and I want to compare if thats higher or lower than yesterday. Is this…

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## [HELP! Kibana Error Connecting to ES on Docker - Cannot Revive Connection](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-kibana-error-connecting-to-es-on-docker-cannot-revive-connection/194347)

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**Author:** [@iukea](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/iukea)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2019, 2:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-kibana-error-connecting-to-es-on-docker-cannot-revive-connection/194347 "2019-08-09T14:41:55Z")

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Hello, I keep on getting the following error {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2019-08-08T02:52:45Z","tags":\["warning","elasticsearch","admin"\],"pid":1,"message":"No living connections"} {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2019-08-0…

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## [Creating visualization type in kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-visualization-type-in-kibana/194409)

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**Author:** [@Satyaki\_Sengupta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Satyaki_Sengupta)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2019, 2:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-visualization-type-in-kibana/194409 "2019-08-09T14:29:46Z")

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hi , Suppose we have four fields in a elk index. Example -\> id(01), service\_name(xyz),duration(61,369). Duration field is in milliseconds . Now we have to create a visualization out of it in such a why where duration …

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## [Kibana visualization - Specify fields returned from query in a panel](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-visualization-specify-fields-returned-from-query-in-a-panel/194556)

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**Author:** [@rplus](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rplus)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2019, 2:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-visualization-specify-fields-returned-from-query-in-a-panel/194556 "2019-08-09T14:14:31Z")

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Hi, I am pretty new to ELK but I've managed to setup a full stack and now just recently begun playing around with some visualization. This is my current dashboard: My question is this: In the "FailedLogon" panel is t…

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## [8.0 Upgrade Assistant cannot reindex](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/8-0-upgrade-assistant-cannot-reindex/193947)

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**Author:** [@Sommerdal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sommerdal)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2019, 11:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/8-0-upgrade-assistant-cannot-reindex/193947 "2019-08-09T11:57:39Z")

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After updating ES and Kibana to 7.3.0 I have been trying to reindex old indices (v6..3.0) to new format using the Upgrade Assistant. I succeded with a few and the I started at whole bunch (20) reindex processes. Unfort…

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## [Kibana field has only timestamps](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-field-has-only-timestamps/194565)

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**Author:** [@per\_82](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/per_82)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2019, 11:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-field-has-only-timestamps/194565 "2019-08-09T11:45:32Z")

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There were many fields before the ELK stack was reinstalled, but only timestamp after the reinstallation. I need the message field, is there a workaround?

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## [If statements within a visualisation](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/if-statements-within-a-visualisation/194570)

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**Author:** [@Darren\_Whitfield](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Darren_Whitfield)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2019, 9:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/if-statements-within-a-visualisation/194570 "2019-08-09T09:13:18Z")

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Hi, Im pretty new to kibana and wanting some advice on a visualisation i am creating. I am creating a basic Pie chard with a count of a field in my data structure (whitepaperNameParent). I want to add some extra comple…

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## [Invisible Elastic UI Expression](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/invisible-elastic-ui-expression/194235)

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**Author:** [@dkelsen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dkelsen)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2019, 9:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/invisible-elastic-ui-expression/194235 "2019-08-09T09:04:23Z")

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Hi there, I was creating a plugin for Kibana 7.0.1 and now have to make it compatible with 6.5.4 (in the development environment). Strangely enough, the EuiExpression components from Elastic UI are invisible. However, …

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## [How many users can be created in kibana? do you have limit?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-many-users-can-be-created-in-kibana-do-you-have-limit/194435)

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**Author:** [@shadu88](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shadu88)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2019, 8:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-many-users-can-be-created-in-kibana-do-you-have-limit/194435 "2019-08-09T08:59:05Z")

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Hi There, How many users can be created in kibana? do you have limit? if so what s the ideal number which does not hit dashboard performance. Thank you!!!

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## [How to get applied filters](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-applied-filters/194002)

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**Author:** [@parosio](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/parosio)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2019, 8:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-applied-filters/194002 "2019-08-09T08:45:54Z")

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Hello, currently running on 6.7 (x-pack license type: basic). I wish it could be possible to know which are current filters applied to an embedded dashbord (same question as in: get filters and events ). The underly…

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## [Kibana error after using key ca certs instead of plaintext password](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-error-after-using-key-ca-certs-instead-of-plaintext-password/193991)

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**Author:** [@akshay\_singh2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/akshay_singh2)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2019, 7:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-error-after-using-key-ca-certs-instead-of-plaintext-password/193991 "2019-08-09T07:29:09Z")

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Hello Team, I have recently implemented certs and keys for Kibana (ELK 6.8.0) instead of username and password, but getting, but getting missing authentication token. Details logs are as: log \[10:50:19.005\] \[info\]\[…

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## [Retrieving sub string from message](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/retrieving-sub-string-from-message/193263)

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**Author:** [@Harshavardhan\_Reddy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Harshavardhan_Reddy)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2019, 6:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/retrieving-sub-string-from-message/193263 "2019-08-09T06:57:04Z")

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Message : DIR\* completeFile: /user/spark/applicationHistory/.07aeece0-2474-4a9e-a4f3-a6f511d47000 is closed by DFSClient\_NONMAPREDUCE\_1865763448\_1 so , i want to fetch DFSClient\_NONMAPREDUCE\_1865763448\_1 (this is sub …

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## [Displaying the Dashboards as per RBAC in Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/displaying-the-dashboards-as-per-rbac-in-kibana/194278)

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**Author:** [@mruthyu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mruthyu)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2019, 6:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/displaying-the-dashboards-as-per-rbac-in-kibana/194278 "2019-08-09T06:01:18Z")

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Is it possible to have the Kibana dashboards visible as per the user roles? i.e display only those dashboards which user is entitled for.

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## [Vis plugin development - Getting custom visualization to save editor parameters](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/vis-plugin-development-getting-custom-visualization-to-save-editor-parameters/193880)

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**Author:** [@esantonicolvin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/esantonicolvin)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2019, 8:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/vis-plugin-development-getting-custom-visualization-to-save-editor-parameters/193880 "2019-08-08T20:43:19Z")

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Hi, I'm developing a custom visualization for Kibana using the base visualization type. For part of my visualization, I have an options template HTML file with sliders and checkboxes that are used to set some vis.params…

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## [Nodes fail to list](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nodes-fail-to-list/194462)

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**Author:** [@o1o1o11o1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/o1o1o11o1)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2019, 4:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nodes-fail-to-list/194462 "2019-08-08T16:53:50Z")

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I have Kibana 7.1 and after adding 10 more ES data nodes for a total of 30, the monitoring nodes tab is not listing any nodes. Any ideas as to what might have happened. Listing nodes using the ES API works fine.

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## [Compare data from multiple rows](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/compare-data-from-multiple-rows/194252)

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**Author:** [@krattan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/krattan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2019, 4:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/compare-data-from-multiple-rows/194252 "2019-08-08T16:52:32Z")

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is it possible in kibana scripted fields to compare data from multiple rows. I have two search results 1. message = "abs" timestamp="hh.mm.ss" source="xyz" 2. message = "bsa" timestamp="hh.mm.ss" source="xyz" source …

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## [Getting to discovery from dashboard](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-to-discovery-from-dashboard/193324)

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**Author:** [@skf](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/skf)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2019, 4:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-to-discovery-from-dashboard/193324 "2019-08-08T16:01:15Z")

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I have a saved search on the Kibana Discovery page. Based on that search I've created a bar chart visualization. In the visualization there is a "Linked to Saved Search". The visualization is used in a Dashboard. Now, t…

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## [Convert fields of datatype text to int or float in Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/convert-fields-of-datatype-text-to-int-or-float-in-kibana/194324)

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**Author:** [@dundundundun](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dundundundun)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2019, 3:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/convert-fields-of-datatype-text-to-int-or-float-in-kibana/194324 "2019-08-08T15:48:11Z")

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Is there a way to convert fields ingested as datatype text to an integer or float in Kibana? It would be cool to be able to convert datatypes real time when creating a visual

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## [Kibana \[6.8\] - How do I build Kibana from source and include a custom plugin with the build?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-8-how-do-i-build-kibana-from-source-and-include-a-custom-plugin-with-the-build/194042)

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**Author:** [@mamuv](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mamuv)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-8-how-do-i-build-kibana-from-source-and-include-a-custom-plugin-with-the-build/194042 "2019-08-08T15:29:42Z")

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I have currently built a custom plugin for kibana using the generate\_plugin script. I had to modify the links in the package.json because I didn't call my root folder kibana when pulling the code down from github, howeve…

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## [Displaying @datetime in UTC format from Elasticsearch database rollup using Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/displaying-datetime-in-utc-format-from-elasticsearch-database-rollup-using-kibana/194289)

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**Author:** [@EricJohnson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/EricJohnson)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/displaying-datetime-in-utc-format-from-elasticsearch-database-rollup-using-kibana/194289 "2019-08-08T15:29:34Z")

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Greetings! We are using Elasticsearch rollups of metricbeat data using Kibana. Instead of @datetime we would like to see the date in UTC. I cannot find an option to do this in Kibana. We just need to convert the field "@…

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## [Nested object visualization](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nested-object-visualization/192377)

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**Author:** [@theo1991](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/theo1991)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2019, 3:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nested-object-visualization/192377 "2019-08-08T15:21:48Z")

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Hello, Is it possible to select a nested object to visualize in Kibana ? I want to select the first field in this nested object. Here is my filter : grok : u'rules': \\\[(?\<\[@metadata\]\[rules\]\>\[^\\\]\]+)\\\] ruby : rules =…

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## [How to use Kibana as an end-user](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-kibana-as-an-end-user/194301)

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**Author:** [@seth.yes](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/seth.yes)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2019, 2:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-kibana-as-an-end-user/194301 "2019-08-08T14:33:10Z")

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I am needing to link end-users to an instructional How-To guide on using already-built Kibana dashboards. All the instructional videos and How-To's I'm finding are regarding how to build dashboards - are there any that …

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## [Custom vector maps with accents](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-vector-maps-with-accents/194075)

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**Author:** [@Alder](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alder)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2019, 2:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-vector-maps-with-accents/194075 "2019-08-08T14:05:26Z")

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Hello everyone, I was able to configure my custom vector map with Brazilian cities. I have an index that one of the fields is the city and I was able to make a join between the index field and the custom vector map. B…

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