# Kibana

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## [Kibana Infra View Docker Container/Pods](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-infra-view-docker-container-pods/181936)

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**Author:** [@Rafal\_Radziejewski](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rafal_Radziejewski)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2019, 3:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-infra-view-docker-container-pods/181936 "2019-05-22T15:36:04Z")

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I have 2 problems firstly i am unable to see pods metrics in kubernetes tab in infra view. Second problem is that docker containers have really high cpu usage metrics which i believe cannot be true. Those strong bl…

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## [Kibana and reporting not working on big dataset](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-and-reporting-not-working-on-big-dataset/180881)

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**Author:** [@Mouglou](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mouglou)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2019, 3:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-and-reporting-not-working-on-big-dataset/180881 "2019-05-22T15:15:35Z")

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Hi all ! I have a question about Kibana, and the reporting option. In the "Discover" section, as we would like to export the result in a csv file, so we set the query, and 2 filters. The result is about 586.675 docuem…

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## [Reporting with X-Pack/Kibana 5.6 - Only One Page Generated](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reporting-with-x-pack-kibana-5-6-only-one-page-generated/182088)

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**Author:** [@Joe6](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Joe6)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2019, 11:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reporting-with-x-pack-kibana-5-6-only-one-page-generated/182088 "2019-05-22T11:22:12Z")

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Howdy. I recently installed x-pack across my Logstash-Elasticsearch-Kibana instances to utilize the Reporting module. Unfortunately when I generate the report of a saved query that is several dozen records I only get 1…

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## [Date range doesn't work](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-range-doesnt-work/181947)

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**Author:** [@imen\_mersani](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/imen_mersani)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2019, 8:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-range-doesnt-work/181947 "2019-05-22T08:31:39Z")

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Hi , I created a data table visualization . By changing the date range in the data table, the data in the data table doesn't change. I want the data table to show only data that is available for That time period select…

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## [Vega, barras apiladas con multiples backets](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/vega-barras-apiladas-con-multiples-backets/181639)

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**Author:** [@Katherinne\_Quintero](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Katherinne_Quintero)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2019, 12:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/vega-barras-apiladas-con-multiples-backets/181639 "2019-05-22T00:45:53Z")

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Hello I have problems to make a bar chart stacked, the data is with aggregations and the field that I need to stack is at the last level and I do not know how to obtain it. I tried to flatten the structure but it did n…

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## [Dashed static line in Timelion](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dashed-static-line-in-timelion/181864)

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**Author:** [@Gregoire\_Rouet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Gregoire_Rouet)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2019, 11:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dashed-static-line-in-timelion/181864 "2019-05-21T23:26:58Z")

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Hello, I'm trying to dash my static line on timelion. But I can't find any way to do so in the documentation. Thanks for the help!

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## [CONTROLS VISUALIZATION NOT ENABLE](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/controls-visualization-not-enable/171566)

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**Author:** [@nsferezh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nsferezh)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2019, 10:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/controls-visualization-not-enable/171566 "2019-05-21T22:44:31Z")

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WHY IS THE CONTROLS VISUALIZATION NOT AVAILABLE IN MY KIBANA VERSION 6.3.2 ? IT'S DISAPPEARED. Thanks for you help.

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## [Timelion & Unix Timestamp](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-unix-timestamp/177293)

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**Author:** [@Andy\_Barber](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Andy_Barber)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2019, 10:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-unix-timestamp/177293 "2019-05-21T22:44:10Z")

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Hi All, Firstly I am new to ELK and Kibana in general so I don't know what I don't know. I have some data where I have a unix timestamp that I would like to sue as the timefield in a timelion visual should timelion be ab…

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## [How does alphabetical sorting work in Kibana?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-does-alphabetical-sorting-work-in-kibana/182060)

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**Author:** [@nuketro0p3r](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nuketro0p3r)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2019, 9:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-does-alphabetical-sorting-work-in-kibana/182060 "2019-05-21T21:20:19Z")

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I'm trying to sort a heatmap X and Y based on alphabetical order. I expected it to work lexicographically for all series over all, but it seems like its sorting this on a bucket level This results is seemingly random o…

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## [Kibana Report header PDF date missing](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-report-header-pdf-date-missing/182048)

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**Author:** [@Joshua\_Fenton](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Joshua_Fenton)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2019, 9:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-report-header-pdf-date-missing/182048 "2019-05-21T21:01:40Z")

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It appears that in Kibana 7+ when creating a PDF of a dashboard the date range of the result set is now longer included in the header of the document. Previously, when a report was created the document header included t…

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## [Bar width in canvas chart](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bar-width-in-canvas-chart/181982)

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**Author:** [@Borivoj\_Vlk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Borivoj_Vlk)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2019, 8:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bar-width-in-canvas-chart/181982 "2019-05-21T20:09:41Z")

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Hi all, this is a follow-up to my question Timeline bar chart in kibana. I'm creating a timeline bar chart. Since there is no direct way to do this in kibana/canvas I've used a workaround - plot a series of bars with f…

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## [Kibana not loading](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-loading/182079)

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**Author:** [@chandukreddi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chandukreddi)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2019, 7:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-loading/182079 "2019-05-21T19:37:13Z")

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hello Experts, Kiabna is not loading after restart, log says ready but page keep spinning. log prints: {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2019-05-21T18:05:07Z","tags":\["status","plugin:kibana@6.7.1","info"\],"pid":12158,"st…

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## [How to change the DASHBOARD background color to BLACK in kibana 7.0.1 version](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-the-dashboard-background-color-to-black-in-kibana-7-0-1-version/181926)

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**Author:** [@Karthik\_Kanna](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Karthik_Kanna)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2019, 5:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-the-dashboard-background-color-to-black-in-kibana-7-0-1-version/181926 "2019-05-21T17:14:26Z")

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Hi everyone, I am using the Kibana 7.0.1 and I want to change the dashboard background color to BLACK , but I cannot find this option on UI. Is there any way to do this ? Thanks!

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## [Dashboard customization](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dashboard-customization/181948)

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**Author:** [@imen\_mersani](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/imen_mersani)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dashboard-customization/181948 "2019-05-21T16:29:19Z")

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i want to customize data table header ,color etc... in kibana 7 by changing the source code for exemple in the same dashboard i have 2 data sets and every data set has a colour and a style and when i change the source …

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## [REGION MAP RANGE](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/region-map-range/181997)

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**Author:** [@Diego\_Gutierrez](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Diego_Gutierrez)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2019, 3:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/region-map-range/181997 "2019-05-21T15:14:06Z")

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Hi team! I've a consulting about the range on region map. I want to get a range from 0 to 100 for a KPI, but I can't set that range. Kibana set the default range and I don't know change it. I attach image: Thanks …

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## [Any way to configure Kibana as windows service like elasticsearch?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/any-way-to-configure-kibana-as-windows-service-like-elasticsearch/181736)

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**Author:** [@cheriemilk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cheriemilk)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2019, 3:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/any-way-to-configure-kibana-as-windows-service-like-elasticsearch/181736 "2019-05-21T15:01:36Z")

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Hi Team, Is there any way to configure kibana as windows serivce except nssm? I know that we can configure elastic search as windows service by elasticsearch-service.bat. is Kibana can do the same? I want kibana automa…

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## [Kibana not starting 7.0.1-1](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-starting-7-0-1-1/181882)

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**Author:** [@L8apex32](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/L8apex32)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2019, 2:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-starting-7-0-1-1/181882 "2019-05-21T14:42:00Z")

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We are trying to upgrade a v6.5 node to the latest (7.0.1-1). Elasticsearch upgraded fine, but Kibana won't start. Kibana was not installed on this node before. The Kibana logs repeat, showing Kibana is trying. The onl…

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## [Monitoring data not showing up in kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitoring-data-not-showing-up-in-kibana/181112)

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**Author:** [@Tanya\_Shah](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tanya_Shah)\
**Replies:** 33\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2019, 1:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitoring-data-not-showing-up-in-kibana/181112 "2019-05-21T13:09:40Z")

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Hi, I am trying to see the monitoring data in kibana for the indices I have in elasticsearch. No data is showing even after adding the relevant settings in elasticsearch.yml and kibana.yml. Please help . I will post …

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## [Kibana \[6.7.2\] How to customize left navigation bar?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-7-2-how-to-customize-left-navigation-bar/181643)

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**Author:** [@swood1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/swood1)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2019, 12:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-7-2-how-to-customize-left-navigation-bar/181643 "2019-05-21T12:33:01Z")

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I am trying to change the color of the left nav bar in kibana 6.7.2. I've opened up dev tools and found the class definition where the background color is applied. I've found the \_global\_nav.scss file where the css i…

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## [Doc count condition in json input advanced section Is it limitation in elastic search](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/doc-count-condition-in-json-input-advanced-section-is-it-limitation-in-elastic-search/181816)

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**Author:** [@TEJASWI\_CHUNDURI](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TEJASWI_CHUNDURI)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2019, 12:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/doc-count-condition-in-json-input-advanced-section-is-it-limitation-in-elastic-search/181816 "2019-05-20T12:54:36Z")

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1, Can i keep a condition of doc\_count in advanced section json input visualisation. 2, Can i sort them based on doc\_count in ascending or decreasing way as i have seen they are not regular order.

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## [Average system.cpu.system always near 100%](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/average-system-cpu-system-always-near-100/181775)

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**Author:** [@Arnolin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Arnolin)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2019, 8:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/average-system-cpu-system-always-near-100/181775 "2019-05-21T08:41:31Z")

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Hello, i don't know if it's supposed to work like that but i tried to visualize the cpu usage (system.cpu.system.pct) and the memory usage (system.memory.actual.used.pct) but in both graphs the value make a straight line…

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## [Kibana is not available from the Web Browser](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-is-not-available-from-the-web-browser/181365)

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**Author:** [@ChitraIyer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ChitraIyer)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2019, 7:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-is-not-available-from-the-web-browser/181365 "2019-05-21T07:50:09Z")

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{"statusCode":503,"error":"Service Unavailable","message":"Service Unavailable"}

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## [Kibana server is not ready](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-server-is-not-ready/181803)

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**Author:** [@abhishek\_Shetty](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/abhishek_Shetty)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2019, 5:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-server-is-not-ready/181803 "2019-05-21T05:05:24Z")

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Hi all, I have installed latest version of Elastic search and Kibana on red hat 7.6, both services are running but I am unable to connect to kibana from browser which is giving Kibana server is not ready yet. I saw erro…

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## [Timelion Metric max not showing](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-metric-max-not-showing/181498)

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**Author:** [@martin-displayr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/martin-displayr)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2019, 12:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-metric-max-not-showing/181498 "2019-05-21T00:24:12Z")

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For instance look at this. Sum shows up. Max doesn't (neither does min or avg).

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## [Kibana 5.6.3: Short Links Not Working](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-6-3-short-links-not-working/181845)

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**Author:** [@dawiro](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dawiro)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2019, 9:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-6-3-short-links-not-working/181845 "2019-05-20T21:05:12Z")

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Hi, Short urls have stopped working in our kibana. The setting which enables this is set as follows: state:storeInSessionStorage: true However, following a shared short link displays: Kibana did not load properly. Ch…

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## [Error importing sample data](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-importing-sample-data/181888)

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**Author:** [@Ambarish\_Chitnis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ambarish_Chitnis)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2019, 8:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-importing-sample-data/181888 "2019-05-20T20:13:07Z")

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I am loading the logs sample dataset into Kibana that is documented here - https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/tutorial-load-dataset.html. After creating the mapping provided in that document, I am getting th…

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## [Any way to parse string into JSON in Kibana?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/any-way-to-parse-string-into-json-in-kibana/181886)

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**Author:** [@NFhbar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/NFhbar)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2019, 7:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/any-way-to-parse-string-into-json-in-kibana/181886 "2019-05-20T19:56:30Z")

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I have a series of logs which contain a message field with a string value as seen in the image, line 46: Is there any way I can parse this field so I can access the info as message.service, message.info, etc?

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## [How can I share Kibana Dashboard to customers with time filter?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-share-kibana-dashboard-to-customers-with-time-filter/181851)

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**Author:** [@grad](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/grad)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2019, 7:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-share-kibana-dashboard-to-customers-with-time-filter/181851 "2019-05-20T19:47:52Z")

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Hi all!!! I would like to share my dashboards with my customers... but I can't find many customization options... When I embed the dashboard in HTML page after clicking SHARE --\> EMBED CODE --\> SAVED OBJECT the embedde…

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## [Data Storage for Kibana Plugin](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-storage-for-kibana-plugin/181831)

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**Author:** [@dkelsen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dkelsen)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2019, 7:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-storage-for-kibana-plugin/181831 "2019-05-20T19:35:17Z")

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Hi there, I was wondering whether Kibana offers any functionality regarding the storage of custom data objects (e.g. JSON) originating from a plugin that I'm creating. Kibana seems to have the Saved Objects API, but th…

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## [Using dashboards/import API on kibana 7 causes the Dashboards to show up with "No embeddable factory found for panel type" error](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-dashboards-import-api-on-kibana-7-causes-the-dashboards-to-show-up-with-no-embeddable-factory-found-for-panel-type-error/181812)

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**Author:** [@bniranjanbhat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bniranjanbhat)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2019, 7:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-dashboards-import-api-on-kibana-7-causes-the-dashboards-to-show-up-with-no-embeddable-factory-found-for-panel-type-error/181812 "2019-05-20T19:24:10Z")

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We use the dashboards/import API to import the kibana objects : dashboards, Visualizations , searches and indexes into Kibana index. This was working fine until version 6.4.3. We are trying to upgrade the stack to versi…

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