# Kibana

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## [Converting Timeticks value to Duration value](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/converting-timeticks-value-to-duration-value/351903)

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**Author:** [@erikg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/erikg)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2024, 11:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/converting-timeticks-value-to-duration-value/351903 "2024-01-26T23:34:13Z")

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Hello, I am polling snmp using Elastic's SNMP input. I am retrieving two values sysUptimeInstance : 2,029,071,549 ifLastChange: 2,026,800,920 These are time tick values or centiseconds (1/100th of a second). I want …

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## [Would like to search text and try to identify strings that could be a persons name](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/would-like-to-search-text-and-try-to-identify-strings-that-could-be-a-persons-name/351745)

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**Author:** [@warrengoldman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warrengoldman)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2024, 8:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/would-like-to-search-text-and-try-to-identify-strings-that-could-be-a-persons-name/351745 "2024-01-26T20:03:52Z")

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Example I have text like the following: Jeremy went to the ice cream shop with David and they met Sharee there. of the above Jeremy, David and Sharee are names. Is there a query I might be able to run that can identify…

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## [How to create an API Key with current user credentials?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-an-api-key-with-current-user-credentials/351876)

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**Author:** [@cyrildaniel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cyrildaniel)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2024, 12:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-an-api-key-with-current-user-credentials/351876 "2024-01-26T12:47:00Z")

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Hey, I would like to create an API Key on the ui/server side of my plugin without having to pass any credentials/authorization. I would like to create an API Key based on the credentials that user has input while loadin…

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## [Unable to Set UP TLS for Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-set-up-tls-for-kibana/351380)

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**Author:** [@audric\_w](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/audric_w)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2024, 2:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-set-up-tls-for-kibana/351380 "2024-01-26T02:19:27Z")

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Hi, I've encountered a problem when trying to disable TLSv1.1 for Kibana using the command below: server.ssl.supportedProtocols: "TLSv1.2" However, after adding that command, the Kibana cannot be started: Jan 19 03:3…

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## [Anonymous Viewer unable to see links panel](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/anonymous-viewer-unable-to-see-links-panel/351650)

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**Author:** [@A\_Sto](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/A_Sto)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2024, 5:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/anonymous-viewer-unable-to-see-links-panel/351650 "2024-01-25T17:18:16Z")

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I recently updated my dashboards with a links panel. I have anonymous viewing set up with read permissions on a subset of dashboards to enable users without explicit logins to view some basic dashboards. The links panels…

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## [Failing to match "53...\\n" with "\[0-9\]\[0-9\]\\\\.\\\\.\\\\.\\n?" in Discover filter. Help?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failing-to-match-53-n-with-0-9-0-9-n-in-discover-filter-help/351104)

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**Author:** [@timbav](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/timbav)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2024, 12:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failing-to-match-53-n-with-0-9-0-9-n-in-discover-filter-help/351104 "2024-01-25T12:02:35Z")

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I'm on v 7.10.0 of Kibana. My logs are line-based Json, and the JSON looks like this: {"dlog":{ ..., "line":"53...\\n", ...}, ...} Those dots are three . characters, not a unicode ellipsis: 0000000 , " l i…

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## [Whether Kibana inbuilt "viewer" role can be restricted only to view the Analytics feature for a user](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/whether-kibana-inbuilt-viewer-role-can-be-restricted-only-to-view-the-analytics-feature-for-a-user/351434)

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**Author:** [@Subrahmanyam\_Veerank](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Subrahmanyam_Veerank)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2024, 4:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/whether-kibana-inbuilt-viewer-role-can-be-restricted-only-to-view-the-analytics-feature-for-a-user/351434 "2024-01-25T04:30:53Z")

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I am working in default namespace and i want to create an user with viewer role. Whether Kibana inbuilt "viewer" role can be restricted only to view the Analytics feature of kibana for a user and i dont want to create a…

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## [Running an ESQL query periodally and output the result into an index](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-an-esql-query-periodally-and-output-the-result-into-an-index/351481)

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**Author:** [@lizozom](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lizozom)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [January 24, 2024, 8:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-an-esql-query-periodally-and-output-the-result-into-an-index/351481 "2024-01-24T20:52:38Z")

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I have built an ESQL query that calculates today's inventory of products. I want to run it daily and output the result into a different index. I thought of using Transforms, could I use an ESQL query there? If not, I …

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## [Kibana Heatmap - Filters Axis Side Effect](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-heatmap-filters-axis-side-effect/349398)

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**Author:** [@Ryan\_Berry1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ryan_Berry1)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 24, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-heatmap-filters-axis-side-effect/349398 "2024-01-24T18:41:58Z")

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Hello, My Kibana visualization has an unintended side effect. Some background: my heatmap shows red or green boxes based on the number of failed tests (\>= 1 failed test gives red box). The horizontal axis represents th…

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## [Kibana Missing Share Option Setup Guide Prevents Options From Displaying Potentially](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-missing-share-option-setup-guide-prevents-options-from-displaying-potentially/351657)

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**Author:** [@Ryan\_Downey](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ryan_Downey)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 24, 2024, 5:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-missing-share-option-setup-guide-prevents-options-from-displaying-potentially/351657 "2024-01-24T17:18:42Z")

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Just putting this out there if any other users run into this issue as this may be a possible solution. A user was unable to use the Share feature in the Discover section to export logs even though they have Superuser an…

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## [Using the context. in Body of E-mail for rules and connection](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-the-context-in-body-of-e-mail-for-rules-and-connection/351728)

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**Author:** [@NShrek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/NShrek)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 24, 2024, 2:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-the-context-in-body-of-e-mail-for-rules-and-connection/351728 "2024-01-24T14:47:38Z")

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Hello, We are using the Elastic version v 7.16.3 . I am trying to create the alert notification by using the Rules and connectors. The rule is working fine. however I can't put the required data in the e-mail notifica…

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## [Host isolation permission issue](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/host-isolation-permission-issue/350492)

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**Author:** [@nmurilo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nmurilo)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 24, 2024, 2:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/host-isolation-permission-issue/350492 "2024-01-24T14:33:39Z")

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I’m trying to grant host isolate perms configuring the "Role Mappings" but without success. Tried the same configuration steps (same rule) for regular Kibana users and it works like a charm. Have I missed something? …

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## [Kibana upgrade from 7 to 8.12 errors with security\_exception on saved objects migration](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-upgrade-from-7-to-8-12-errors-with-security-exception-on-saved-objects-migration/351669)

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**Author:** [@michael.brizic](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/michael.brizic)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 24, 2024, 2:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-upgrade-from-7-to-8-12-errors-with-security-exception-on-saved-objects-migration/351669 "2024-01-24T14:16:09Z")

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I checked Upgrade Assistant prior to performing the upgrade. I was also on the latest version of 7.17 before upgrading. I'm attempting to upgrade to version 8.12 on my locally running development environment. Thus, I …

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## [Normalize data on time interval](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/normalize-data-on-time-interval/351556)

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**Author:** [@venturieffect](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/venturieffect)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 24, 2024, 7:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/normalize-data-on-time-interval/351556 "2024-01-24T07:34:26Z")

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Hello Everyone, This might seem stupid but it's an issue I can't find a definitive answer and I'm not really sure how to search for it, so I might ask here: I'm trying to visualize server requests rate over time by sen…

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## [API for Managing Synthetic monitoring](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/api-for-managing-synthetic-monitoring/350819)

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**Author:** [@Raj\_Jikadra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Raj_Jikadra)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 24, 2024, 2:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/api-for-managing-synthetic-monitoring/350819 "2024-01-24T02:58:10Z")

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To manage Monitors created via Synthetic monitoring, we can use @elastic/synthetics package, as per the code of @elastic/synthetics , it internally uses API to communicate with Kibana regarding monitor changes. I want t…

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## [Align date histogram to 6:00 instead of 0:00](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/align-date-histogram-to-6-00-instead-of-0-00/351436)

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**Author:** [@allatrue](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/allatrue)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 9:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/align-date-histogram-to-6-00-instead-of-0-00/351436 "2024-01-23T21:48:23Z")

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Hello all! I'm trying to create a bar chart in Lens. It should aggregate some metrics using 8h buckets and use starting point at 6:00/14:00/22:00. I configured date histogram for horizontal axis, set minimum interval to…

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## [Use variable to define index pattern in Vega query](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-variable-to-define-index-pattern-in-vega-query/351633)

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**Author:** [@Ryan\_Clark](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ryan_Clark)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 9:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-variable-to-define-index-pattern-in-vega-query/351633 "2024-01-23T21:36:12Z")

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Hi, I have multiple queries and plan to have many more in this vega visualization. Right now, I define the index/index pattern in each query. Is there a way to make the index/index pattern a variable and then use the va…

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## [FULL SCREEN mode](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/full-screen-mode/351435)

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**Author:** [@Charan\_Kumar\_reddy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Charan_Kumar_reddy)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 9:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/full-screen-mode/351435 "2024-01-23T21:15:19Z")

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Hi, Is there a way to set "Full screen" mode as default for a dashboard? The goal is that every time we call the dashboard, it will open in full screen mode, without having to click on the button. Thanks

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## [Cant create a data view on fresh kibana deployment on k8s](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-create-a-data-view-on-fresh-kibana-deployment-on-k8s/351663)

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**Author:** [@kAs1m](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kAs1m)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 8:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-create-a-data-view-on-fresh-kibana-deployment-on-k8s/351663 "2024-01-23T20:30:52Z")

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I've deployed elasticsearch:8.5.1, fluent-bit:2.2.1 and kibana:8.5.1 via helm charts on my kubernetes cluster. When I login in kibana web interface and go to Analytics - Discover, this is the page I'm ending with: i.po…

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## [Setting parameters from \[Canvas\] into \[Reporting\]](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-parameters-from-canvas-into-reporting/351630)

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**Author:** [@SamuelSMendes](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/SamuelSMendes)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 1:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-parameters-from-canvas-into-reporting/351630 "2024-01-23T13:30:32Z")

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I would like to have a button in the canvas that could trigger a reporting job of all the data in the index within the selected range in the timefilter. Where could I start to achieve such thing? I've been looking into …

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## [I am trying to Use Webhook connector from ELK- Need Help](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-am-trying-to-use-webhook-connector-from-elk-need-help/350901)

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**Author:** [@MOHAMMED\_ASIF\_Z](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MOHAMMED_ASIF_Z)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 11:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-am-trying-to-use-webhook-connector-from-elk-need-help/350901 "2024-01-23T11:45:14Z")

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I am capturing IBM Tivoli Schedular logs using Elastic stach - so my idea is to retrigger a failed job based on the reasoning, so using query on the specify field i could get only the failure , but i want to try reach ou…

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## ["master\_not\_discovered\_exception"](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/master-not-discovered-exception/351548)

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**Author:** [@Chulter](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Chulter)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 10:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/master-not-discovered-exception/351548 "2024-01-23T10:20:35Z")

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Hello everyone, My english is not well so i use google trad. have encountered this error from the start knowing that I work on a Debian 11.5 VM with suricata installed as well as elasticsearch, kibana, filebeat so I on…

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## [\[Lens\] Sum aggregation with missing values](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lens-sum-aggregation-with-missing-values/351056)

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**Author:** [@lizozom](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lizozom)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 9:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/lens-sum-aggregation-with-missing-values/351056 "2024-01-23T09:50:26Z")

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I have a lens visualization on top of this data set: I want to show the total item quantity per date. On days where there was no data, I want to show the last value. However, when I choose the sum aggregation and se…

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## [Kibana7.17](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana7-17/351484)

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**Author:** [@Youssef\_Shehadeh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Youssef_Shehadeh)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 9:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana7-17/351484 "2024-01-23T09:33:17Z")

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Hello, I'm working on a uni project where I need to use the curator tool. However, it is not compatible with ES8.11, so I configured a three-node cluster (data\_frozen, data\_hot, data\_cold). The cluster health is green, a…

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## [Failed to flush the buffer](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-flush-the-buffer/351538)

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**Author:** [@Music\_World](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Music_World)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 9:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-flush-the-buffer/351538 "2024-01-23T09:15:24Z")

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Hi @all I am using elasticsearch version: 7.16.2 and fluentd version: 1.14.4 on aws eks cluster and it's throwing bufferoverflow error like failed to flush the buffer. retry\_times=0 next\_retry\_time=2024-01-19 07:43:43 …

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## [In a metric visualization change the color mode based on formula](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/in-a-metric-visualization-change-the-color-mode-based-on-formula/350928)

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**Author:** [@SpicyS](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/SpicyS)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 8:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/in-a-metric-visualization-change-the-color-mode-based-on-formula/350928 "2024-01-23T08:58:54Z")

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Hello, I'm building a dashboard and now I want to make a lens metric with average time per costomer. Now this isn't difficult but in the color mode I want it to change color based on a formula. So when the current aver…

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## [\[ERROR\]\[plugins.observability\] Failed to install SLO common resources and summary transforms](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-plugins-observability-failed-to-install-slo-common-resources-and-summary-transforms/351587)

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**Author:** [@griy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/griy)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 8:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-plugins-observability-failed-to-install-slo-common-resources-and-summary-transforms/351587 "2024-01-23T08:22:03Z")

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I found an error when starting Kibana, \[ERROR\] \[plugins. observability\] Failed to install SLO. When I used bin/kibana plugin to install SLO, an address was provided https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/kibana-plugins/S…

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## [Unable to Build Kibana Prometheus Exporter Plugin](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-build-kibana-prometheus-exporter-plugin/351515)

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**Author:** [@Domnic\_Raj\_D](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Domnic_Raj_D)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 7:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-build-kibana-prometheus-exporter-plugin/351515 "2024-01-23T07:12:45Z")

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We have consistently encountered errors related to plugin-helper while attempting to build the Kibana Prometheus Exporter plugin. Please advise. @pjhampton

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## [Vega Query - Find first match](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/vega-query-find-first-match/351583)

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**Author:** [@Ryan\_Clark](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ryan_Clark)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 12:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/vega-query-find-first-match/351583 "2024-01-23T00:39:02Z")

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Hi, I am building status indicators in vega to find certain events in logs and give me a green light if it found it and red light if the event is not found. What I've come up with so far works, but I noticed in the res…

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## [Watcher pulling \_cat/indices and splitting results on newline to create multiple documents?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-pulling-cat-indices-and-splitting-results-on-newline-to-create-multiple-documents/351003)

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**Author:** [@dreynolds](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dreynolds)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2024, 6:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-pulling-cat-indices-and-splitting-results-on-newline-to-create-multiple-documents/351003 "2024-01-22T18:54:10Z")

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I'm successfully pulling \_cat/indices with a watcher but can't get the results split based on each line. The below works, but the output is all one document. { "trigger": { "schedule": { "interval": "12h" …

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