# Kibana

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## [Logstash \> ES field convert issue](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-es-field-convert-issue/173158)

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**Author:** [@Rob\_Price](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rob_Price)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2019, 2:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-es-field-convert-issue/173158 "2019-03-20T14:28:22Z")

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I'm successfully importing SQL query data into ES via logstash - however, a numerical field is being processed as a string; so I have added a filter-mutate-convert into the pipeline to change the field to an integer; loo…

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## [Watcher mail body formatting](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-mail-body-formatting/172929)

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**Author:** [@Sumanth\_Varma](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sumanth_Varma)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2019, 11:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-mail-body-formatting/172929 "2019-03-20T11:50:16Z")

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I am trying to get the mail of Container which are down through mail with respective the pod name and the namespaces included. I wanted it to be table but not able to get same.I tried few things,by which i was able to ge…

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## [Where is canvas expression documentation?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-is-canvas-expression-documentation/172753)

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**Author:** [@jpazsedano](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jpazsedano)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2019, 11:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-is-canvas-expression-documentation/172753 "2019-03-20T11:04:36Z")

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Hi Well, my situation is simple. I've run into some trouble using Canvas expressions and in the docs all I've found is this: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/master/canvas-function-reference.html It's just a very…

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## [Kibana Connections growing exponentially](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-connections-growing-exponentially/172274)

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**Author:** [@davidv](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/davidv)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2019, 10:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-connections-growing-exponentially/172274 "2019-03-20T10:10:54Z")

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Hi, Kibana 6.2.3 I have an ES cluster with a single Kibana instance, the connections sockets seem to not close properly and are constantly growing: Checked logs - seems ok. timeout configuration is as default. The…

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## [X-pack Single metric job](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-single-metric-job/166669)

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**Author:** [@Sanriya\_Krimzn](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sanriya_Krimzn)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2019, 9:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-single-metric-job/166669 "2019-03-20T09:52:23Z")

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Hi, Anyone there? Can anyone explain whats the math behind calculation of actual value which is responsible for anomaly score calculation? I read the theory but I need to understand math/algorith behind it. Because I…

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## [Dashboard text wrapping doesn't work - Visualize table works](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dashboard-text-wrapping-doesnt-work-visualize-table-works/172941)

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**Author:** [@Chris\_Sarkkinen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Chris_Sarkkinen)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2019, 8:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dashboard-text-wrapping-doesnt-work-visualize-table-works/172941 "2019-03-20T08:34:17Z")

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Hi, I have a problem with kibana 6.5.4 text wrapping. When I click on Visualize - xxx table, text wrapping works correctly and puts my string text as follows. March 4th 2019 Insert same table to dashboard - wrapping…

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## [How to hide side navigation bar in Kibana 6.6 Dashboard?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-hide-side-navigation-bar-in-kibana-6-6-dashboard/172955)

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**Author:** [@sana1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sana1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2019, 5:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-hide-side-navigation-bar-in-kibana-6-6-dashboard/172955 "2019-03-20T05:55:46Z")

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I want to hide navigation bar in kibana 6 dashboard, please tell me the work flow to do it.

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## [Two fields](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/two-fields/171808)

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**Author:** [@Shahnaz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shahnaz)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2019, 9:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/two-fields/171808 "2019-03-19T21:35:14Z")

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How can I get division of two different fields? For example I want to get the following value and check if it is more than 95% is: Count(successful attempts)/count(attempts)\*100 If it is I want to show it in green ligh…

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## [Custom metric data visualisation](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-metric-data-visualisation/171627)

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**Author:** [@Stefano\_Bossi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Stefano_Bossi)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2019, 9:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-metric-data-visualisation/171627 "2019-03-19T21:23:57Z")

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Dear team, I have a problem I would like to discuss with you; let me explain. Data description I have an application which ingest data read from some sensors. The readings came in groups of 400 points (i.e. every time…

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## [Kibana 6.3.2 does not work on ipv6](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-3-2-does-not-work-on-ipv6/171731)

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**Author:** [@vara0855](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vara0855)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2019, 9:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-3-2-does-not-work-on-ipv6/171731 "2019-03-19T21:03:55Z")

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Kibana version: 6.3.2 OSS Elasticsearch version: 6.3.2 OSS Elasticsearch and kibana are located on the same hosts my properties on kibana.yml file: elasticsearch.url: "http://\[fd95:ff55:7fb8:f1e5:f816:3eff:feed:ce5b…

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## [Individual time filters for each visualization in same dashboard](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/individual-time-filters-for-each-visualization-in-same-dashboard/173049)

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**Author:** [@rohitjejurikar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rohitjejurikar)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2019, 8:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/individual-time-filters-for-each-visualization-in-same-dashboard/173049 "2019-03-19T20:38:36Z")

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I have a dashboard with 5 visualizations. If I apply time filter as Today in kibana then it is applied to all the visualizations in the dashboard. I want to show 30 days of data in one visualization whereas other visuali…

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## [Restoring .kibana\_N indices into elasticsearch with an existing .kibana index](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restoring-kibana-n-indices-into-elasticsearch-with-an-existing-kibana-index/172775)

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**Author:** [@Phandora](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Phandora)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2019, 8:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restoring-kibana-n-indices-into-elasticsearch-with-an-existing-kibana-index/172775 "2019-03-19T20:27:41Z")

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Hi, I have been doing some testing to check how snapshots restore process works, but I’m facing some problems with .kibana index. I have elasticsearch 6.5.4 version and .kibana indices are ".kibana\_N" (incremental) type…

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## [Option List host.name not all values](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/option-list-host-name-not-all-values/171762)

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**Author:** [@jeckgit](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jeckgit)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2019, 7:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/option-list-host-name-not-all-values/171762 "2019-03-19T19:37:03Z")

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I don't get all the host names in the optionlist, which were sent via filebeat to elasticsearch. You will see what I mean in the Screenshots: In the second screen you can see, that there are obviously more than 3 h…

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## [The task maps\_telemetry "Maps-maps\_telemetry" is not cancellable](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-task-maps-telemetry-maps-maps-telemetry-is-not-cancellable/171584)

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**Author:** [@marastgoo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/marastgoo)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2019, 7:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-task-maps-telemetry-maps-maps-telemetry-is-not-cancellable/171584 "2019-03-19T19:32:20Z")

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I want to try 6.7 branch but kibana stucks warning :" The task maps\_telemetry "Maps-maps\_telemetry" is not cancellable." server log \[05:51:34.075\] \[warning\]\[reporting\] Generating a random key for xpack.reporting.en…

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## [Kibana intergration with all types of AWS Logs like (VPC flow Logs, Instances Logs, Cloudwatch logs, Cloud trail logs , systemlogs )](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-intergration-with-all-types-of-aws-logs-like-vpc-flow-logs-instances-logs-cloudwatch-logs-cloud-trail-logs-systemlogs/171615)

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**Author:** [@Shashank029](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shashank029)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2019, 7:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-intergration-with-all-types-of-aws-logs-like-vpc-flow-logs-instances-logs-cloudwatch-logs-cloud-trail-logs-systemlogs/171615 "2019-03-19T19:24:45Z")

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how to do Kibana intergration with all types of AWS Logs like (VPC flow Logs, Instances Logs, Cloudwatch logs, Cloud trail logs , systemlogs ). Thanks Shashank

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## [Saved "field" parameter is now invalid. Please select a new field. For syslog module in filebeat](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/saved-field-parameter-is-now-invalid-please-select-a-new-field-for-syslog-module-in-filebeat/172072)

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**Author:** [@Puneet\_Patwari](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Puneet_Patwari)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2019, 5:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/saved-field-parameter-is-now-invalid-please-select-a-new-field-for-syslog-module-in-filebeat/172072 "2019-03-19T17:48:20Z")

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I am using Dockerized Elastic (v 6.6.0) for my use and everything was working fine until I ran into this new problem. After looking at the same error in various forums I am yet to solve this issue. I am running Filebeat,…

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## [Kibana data directory](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-data-directory/168393)

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**Author:** [@stuartdsmith](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stuartdsmith)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2019, 4:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-data-directory/168393 "2019-03-19T16:51:02Z")

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I'd like to change our kibana data directory - which I understand can be achieved by setting path.data. This means kibana now looks for the keystore in this directory. However kibana-keystore.bat create still creates t…

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## [Reticulating Splines](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reticulating-splines/172376)

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**Author:** [@Meredith](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Meredith)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reticulating-splines/172376 "2019-03-19T14:55:13Z")

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I am not able to create an index pattern in my Kibana because it keeps saying it is Checking for Elasticsearch data/ Reticulating splines... I do not know if it is an issue of permissions. I tried to change my access pol…

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## [How to get the daily amount of logs in GB](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-the-daily-amount-of-logs-in-gb/172378)

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**Author:** [@npalanis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/npalanis)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2019, 2:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-the-daily-amount-of-logs-in-gb/172378 "2019-03-19T14:21:43Z")

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Hi there, I'm trying to get what GB amount of logs we get each day across each of the ELK datacenters? But on the kibana dashboard, I could see only the list of indices with minimal sizes in MB and KB. So could you pl…

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## [Kibana sporadically crashing and not automatically recovering even though the correct systemd UNIT file is in place](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-sporadically-crashing-and-not-automatically-recovering-even-though-the-correct-systemd-unit-file-is-in-place/172717)

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**Author:** [@thomas.heuberger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/thomas.heuberger)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2019, 1:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-sporadically-crashing-and-not-automatically-recovering-even-though-the-correct-systemd-unit-file-is-in-place/172717 "2019-03-19T13:19:16Z")

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So, from time to time Kibana sporadically crashes and the service is not automatically restarted, even though the correct systemd UNIT file is in place. :~$ cat kibana.service \[Unit\] Description=Kibana StartLimitInterva…

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## [Install Kibana plugin in a cluster environment](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-kibana-plugin-in-a-cluster-environment/172951)

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**Author:** [@skydancer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/skydancer)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2019, 11:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-kibana-plugin-in-a-cluster-environment/172951 "2019-03-19T11:30:30Z")

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I have an ELK cluster with two Kibana instances running on server1 and server2, with a HAProxy in front of those, so Kibana is available to users at https://elk\_cluster.org/ If I want to install a Kibana plugin to be av…

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## [Dashboards restrictions to users](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dashboards-restrictions-to-users/172144)

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**Author:** [@Gauti](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Gauti)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2019, 8:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dashboards-restrictions-to-users/172144 "2019-03-19T08:01:31Z")

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Hi, WE are having multiple customer data flowing into elasticsearch and we do have different dashboards for different customer, i have few questions on this situation, Is there a way to restrict customer1 to view onl…

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## [Aggregation as Filter](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aggregation-as-filter/170679)

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**Author:** [@karnamonkster](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/karnamonkster)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2019, 5:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aggregation-as-filter/170679 "2019-03-19T05:49:45Z")

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Hi, My setup : Elasticsearch & Kibana - v6.4.3 I have data with following fields with following format @timestamp - date device\_no - string device\_type - string consumption - float Now i need to find out in a give…

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## [How to open the discover for a special index(only know name) by a url](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-open-the-discover-for-a-special-index-only-know-name-by-a-url/171894)

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**Author:** [@whoami](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/whoami)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2019, 2:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-open-the-discover-for-a-special-index-only-know-name-by-a-url/171894 "2019-03-19T02:47:05Z")

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I wanna open the discover for a special index(only know name) by a url but kibana now use indexPattern.id instead of indexPattern.title as appstate in url, so we cannot do that now? id is not human friendly you know. I …

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## [Curl gets Kibana is not ready](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curl-gets-kibana-is-not-ready/172808)

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**Author:** [@UnitFactory](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/UnitFactory)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2019, 8:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curl-gets-kibana-is-not-ready/172808 "2019-03-18T20:51:57Z")

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Hi, when i run a curl command: curl -XGET 'localhost:5601' i get the answer 'Kibana server is not ready yet' curl -XGET 'localhost:9200/\_cat/indices?v response me: health status index uuid pri…

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## [Migration/ Conversion Tool](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/migration-conversion-tool/172826)

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**Author:** [@Raghavv](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Raghavv)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2019, 6:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/migration-conversion-tool/172826 "2019-03-18T18:39:54Z")

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Good Morning All, We are looking at migrating our existing Splunk Eco-system to Elastic Stack. The current Splunk eco-system has about 200 dashboards that are setup. Questions: Is there a mechanism(migration/conversi…

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## [Kibana - Visualize - Controls Option List - Date Sorting](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-visualize-controls-option-list-date-sorting/172842)

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**Author:** [@tezkrishna](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tezkrishna)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2019, 6:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-visualize-controls-option-list-date-sorting/172842 "2019-03-18T18:02:37Z")

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Hi, We are using Elastic 6.6 and Kibana 6.6. We indexed files into ES using bulk upload, and the data has a date field. We defined the mapping as date and also as keyword for the date field. When we try to visualize u…

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## [X-pack data masking](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-data-masking/172824)

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**Author:** [@Fabio-sama](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Fabio-sama)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2019, 4:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-data-masking/172824 "2019-03-18T16:56:27Z")

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Hi there! I'd like to show the values of a field only if it is equal to a certain value, otherwise an alias must be shown. This must work on a per-user basis. It means: I have a field car\_maker that can be equal to "B…

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## ["10 digest() iterations reached. Aborting!" for an index with 20K fields](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/10-digest-iterations-reached-aborting-for-an-index-with-20k-fields/170046)

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**Author:** [@sgarg7](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sgarg7)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2019, 4:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/10-digest-iterations-reached-aborting-for-an-index-with-20k-fields/170046 "2019-03-18T16:15:32Z")

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I'm using Kibana 6 with ES 6.3. I have an index with ~20K fields. When using this index, Kibana is very slow to respond and I get the following error quite frequently when trying to use visualizations. Has anyone else…

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## [Kibana Dashboard issue \[Metricbeat System\] Host overview](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-dashboard-issue-metricbeat-system-host-overview/172795)

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**Author:** [@frankfoti](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/frankfoti)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2019, 3:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-dashboard-issue-metricbeat-system-host-overview/172795 "2019-03-18T15:37:38Z")

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We are seeing an issue with the built in Kibana 6.6 Dashboard "\[Metricbeat System\] Host overview" Disk Usage sometimes shows 0% zero percent. Although data is showing in the bar graph. Changing the time range sometime…

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