# Kibana

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/c/elastic-stack/kibana/7.md?page=773

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## [Diagnosing dirty uninstall (ES & Kibana)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/diagnosing-dirty-uninstall-es-kibana/148786)

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**Author:** [@T4iga](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/T4iga)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2018, 12:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/diagnosing-dirty-uninstall-es-kibana/148786 "2018-09-27T12:42:19Z")

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I had previously used Elasticsearch and Kibana for testing. They were both "installed" (if you want to call it that) by downloading their respective DEB packages. I unpacked them put them in a directory I saw fit and use…

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## [Sharing Dashboard with filter](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sharing-dashboard-with-filter/150096)

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**Author:** [@Joseph\_Mak](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Joseph_Mak)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2018, 12:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sharing-dashboard-with-filter/150096 "2018-09-27T12:33:36Z")

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This is a handy tip here about sharing dashboard with a particular name: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/sharing-dashboards.html Is it possible to also specify a particular filter? like I have a bunch of…

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## [Event Indicator on Timeline/lion](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/event-indicator-on-timeline-lion/150110)

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**Author:** [@TechSavvy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TechSavvy)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2018, 12:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/event-indicator-on-timeline-lion/150110 "2018-09-27T12:13:21Z")

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Hello- I've tried finding this, but maybe I'm just not getting the hotwords/terminology down correctly to properly search this functionality. I'm looking to add vertical bars to timelion plots as event indicators, simil…

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## [Can we open other's saved searches?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-open-others-saved-searches/150122)

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**Author:** [@ramanak2001](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ramanak2001)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2018, 11:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-open-others-saved-searches/150122 "2018-09-27T11:55:05Z")

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Hi, This is my first Topic on Elasticsearch. I tried to get results after ran one query in Query Bar in Discover tab and saved the results. Did my saved query visible to others? Were they opened my saved search? Thank…

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## [How to create multiple input controls with nested data from JSON in Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-multiple-input-controls-with-nested-data-from-json-in-kibana/150135)

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**Author:** [@Nico92](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nico92)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2018, 11:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-multiple-input-controls-with-nested-data-from-json-in-kibana/150135 "2018-09-27T11:52:15Z")

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Hey guys, I'm trying to show my nested data in multiple input controls in Kibana. All of them depends on the next one. All of my data are placed in one node. How I created my index: PUT structure { "settings": { …

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## [How to use multiple indices for single dashboard](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-multiple-indices-for-single-dashboard/150154)

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**Author:** [@MithunPallakki](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MithunPallakki)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2018, 11:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-multiple-indices-for-single-dashboard/150154 "2018-09-27T11:43:01Z")

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Hello, Is it possible to use multiple indices to plot single dashboard? Overview:- We are running Jmeter scripts on different environment like Dev, test and Pre-Prod, we want all the results in the same dashboard. can…

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## [Kibana x-pack license](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-x-pack-license/150185)

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**Author:** [@muthu\_kumar1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/muthu_kumar1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2018, 11:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-x-pack-license/150185 "2018-09-27T11:33:56Z")

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Hi, Kibana trial 30 days i have activated. And then i wrongly choosed option to switch to basic license. Now i am not able to activate my 30 days license again.

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## [Error installing plugin : no such file or directory](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-installing-plugin-no-such-file-or-directory/150033)

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**Author:** [@ratman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ratman)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2018, 10:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-installing-plugin-no-such-file-or-directory/150033 "2018-09-27T10:11:52Z")

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Hello! I am trying to install the kibana enhanced table plugin but every time I try to install it I get the error -bash: /bin/kibana-plugin: No such file or directory I have tried installing it directly from the URL…

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## [How kibana creates graphs](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-kibana-creates-graphs/150151)

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**Author:** [@pmagu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pmagu)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2018, 9:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-kibana-creates-graphs/150151 "2018-09-27T09:02:42Z")

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Hi Team , Can you please let me know how Kibana graphs are created in general, as in when we have data from our data source what lead to that data to convert them into graphical representation.We need to some advice as …

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## [How to fetch details of Dashboard by putting parameter in URL on the fly](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-fetch-details-of-dashboard-by-putting-parameter-in-url-on-the-fly/150147)

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**Author:** [@pmagu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pmagu)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2018, 8:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-fetch-details-of-dashboard-by-putting-parameter-in-url-on-the-fly/150147 "2018-09-27T08:43:08Z")

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Hi Team , we are using Elastic search 1.7.2 version and Kibana 3.1.1 version . We have below URL which we use to fetch up service details for our services .Once we put service name in places of XXXX we get dashboard o…

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## [\[Kibana 6.x\]Changing logo & UI elements](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-x-changing-logo-ui-elements/150131)

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**Author:** [@Sjaak01](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sjaak01)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2018, 7:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-x-changing-logo-ui-elements/150131 "2018-09-27T07:33:01Z")

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Hi, I'm trying to change a couple of the Kibana UI elements. Top left logo Loading logo when you open Kibana Xpack login page (the logo and the background color) I did some searches on which files to edit but I canno…

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## [Kibana Graphs are broken](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-graphs-are-broken/150124)

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**Author:** [@pmagu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pmagu)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2018, 7:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-graphs-are-broken/150124 "2018-09-27T07:15:19Z")

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Hi All , We are using old version of Kibana and Elasticsearch . Elastic search Version: "1.7.2" Kibana Version : I am not sure about it it should be compatible to 1.7.2 Some of our graphs in Kibana graphs are broken…

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## [Display label](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/display-label/149969)

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**Author:** [@sysdradmin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sysdradmin)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2018, 7:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/display-label/149969 "2018-09-27T07:11:24Z")

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Hello, is there a way to say to display label to looking for in other index in order to display it ? For example : we have a facets in elasticsearch with ip adress like 192.168.1.2 and we want that it display 'AD serve…

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## [Issue in downloading older version (6.3.2)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-in-downloading-older-version-6-3-2/148563)

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**Author:** [@sl1729](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sl1729)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2018, 5:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-in-downloading-older-version-6-3-2/148563 "2018-09-27T05:05:56Z")

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Hello All, I am trying to download the version 6.3.2 of kibana zip version to setup a local dev environment. But seems the link is taking too long for responding and dies. Let me know if any one else facing the same p…

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## [Gauge with max count](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/gauge-with-max-count/150001)

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**Author:** [@wheelq](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wheelq)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2018, 2:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/gauge-with-max-count/150001 "2018-09-27T02:02:00Z")

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Please help me to figure out how to create a gauge where: max is based on the total unique count of particular field (in my case this is total unique number of logins) gauge value is based on total unique count of part…

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## [Legend hiding](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/legend-hiding/150025)

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**Author:** [@wheelq](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wheelq)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2018, 1:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/legend-hiding/150025 "2018-09-27T01:13:21Z")

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I'd like to hide the legen in Kibana chart, permanently, like to get rid of it so it can't be even un-collapsed. I know people are writing code to achieve such things. May I know where/how to start? Any tutorial how to d…

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## [Discover table remove (or hide) the Time column?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/discover-table-remove-or-hide-the-time-column/150086)

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**Author:** [@jenyphur](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jenyphur)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2018, 10:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/discover-table-remove-or-hide-the-time-column/150086 "2018-09-26T22:11:59Z")

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Discover table...how to remove the Time column from the table? Or even hide it? Thanks

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## [Kibana Discover - sort by two fields](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-discover-sort-by-two-fields/150085)

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**Author:** [@jenyphur](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jenyphur)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2018, 9:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-discover-sort-by-two-fields/150085 "2018-09-26T21:55:10Z")

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This is such a simple request..is there ANY way to do a multifield sort? { "sort": \[ { "app\_timestamp": "asc" }, { "cf\_offset": "asc" } \] } works in Dev Tools, but NOT in discovery tab or edit query option.

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## [Grok pattern to search](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/grok-pattern-to-search/150059)

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**Author:** [@yungdebt](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yungdebt)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2018, 6:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/grok-pattern-to-search/150059 "2018-09-26T18:39:16Z")

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sev=1 proto=TCP trying to use grok with this pattern because sometimes my log format changes, but the output is TCP and null.. how can I account for a pattern to search the whole string and extract the value? (.+proto=…

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## [Joining external multi language data into documents](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/joining-external-multi-language-data-into-documents/148637)

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**Author:** [@jonasdroste](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jonasdroste)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2018, 6:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/joining-external-multi-language-data-into-documents/148637 "2018-09-26T18:29:07Z")

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Hei together, I'm evaluating the elastic stack as the successor tool for the analysis of production data. We are getting documents from our production systems that are annotated with some kind of ID in string format, l…

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## [Kibana error Logging in requires a secure connection](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-error-logging-in-requires-a-secure-connection/149991)

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**Author:** [@sunilmchaudhari](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sunilmchaudhari)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2018, 6:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-error-logging-in-requires-a-secure-connection/149991 "2018-09-26T18:21:28Z")

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Hi, I am using Kibana-6.3.1 I have configued it with ES 6.3.1. After I setup elastic/kibana password and restated cluster, kibana not allowing me to login. ON login screen it shows error "Logging in requires a secure…

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## [Asset identification framework](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/asset-identification-framework/147036)

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**Author:** [@Andrew\_Vdovin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Andrew_Vdovin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2018, 6:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/asset-identification-framework/147036 "2018-09-26T18:17:28Z")

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To manage risks we have to Identify the assets at scope and SIEM is a perfect technology to achieve this milestone. Asset Identification Framework (AIF) is a turn-key use case that monitors network connections to automat…

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## [Materials and source of learning](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/materials-and-source-of-learning/150012)

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**Author:** [@darek88](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/darek88)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2018, 6:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/materials-and-source-of-learning/150012 "2018-09-26T18:12:39Z")

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Good morning. I am new fresher of Elastician community. Could You tell me where and what with I should start my learning? Thank You very much in advance.

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## [Kibana 6.2.3 dont show index!](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-2-3-dont-show-index/150006)

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**Author:** [@carlos\_henrique\_Pire](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/carlos_henrique_Pire)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2018, 5:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-2-3-dont-show-index/150006 "2018-09-26T17:55:18Z")

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I'm using docker-compose and https://github.com/caas/docker-elk, but when i open kibana dont have the index. How i fix it and how i insert the index full to elasticsearch and logstash?

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## [Using doc\_value returns error with update and \_update\_by\_query in elasticsearch :: ScriptException\[runtime error\]; nested: NullPointerException (Elasticsearch 6.4)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-doc-value-returns-error-with-update-and-update-by-query-in-elasticsearch-scriptexception-runtime-error-nested-nullpointerexception-elasticsearch-6-4/149958)

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**Author:** [@Rahul\_Ranjan1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rahul_Ranjan1)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2018, 5:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-doc-value-returns-error-with-update-and-update-by-query-in-elasticsearch-scriptexception-runtime-error-nested-nullpointerexception-elasticsearch-6-4/149958 "2018-09-26T17:39:33Z")

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The update gets committed when I use this query. POST my\_collegues\_names/\_update\_by\_query?error\_trace=true { "script": { "lang": "painless", "source": "ctx.\_source.age +=params.last", "params": { "last": 5 } }, …

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## [@timestamp term tables make dashboard very slow](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-term-tables-make-dashboard-very-slow/149376)

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**Author:** [@Sjaak01](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sjaak01)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2018, 4:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-term-tables-make-dashboard-very-slow/149376 "2018-09-26T16:21:09Z")

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Hi, I have a bunch of table visualizations that rely on a @timestamp term to show a list of events. When selecting longer time ranges this absolutely kills dashboard performance. Because of this some of my dashboards c…

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## [Kibana 6.4 - Script to import dashboards, visualisation, search and index](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-4-script-to-import-dashboards-visualisation-search-and-index/147186)

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**Author:** [@TheSmartMonkey](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TheSmartMonkey)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 5, 2018, 1:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-4-script-to-import-dashboards-visualisation-search-and-index/147186 "2018-09-05T13:52:20Z")

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I exported all the dashboard, visualisation, search and index I wanted into a json file and wath I want is to have a script that import this json file like the import button in the saved object area I looked lot of to…

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## [Kibana APM UI cannot see other cluster](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-apm-ui-cannot-see-other-cluster/149950)

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**Author:** [@twan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/twan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2018, 9:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-apm-ui-cannot-see-other-cluster/149950 "2018-09-26T09:04:37Z")

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Hi all, I've got a question regarding APM UI in Kibana. We've setup a new cluster for APM only, and made it cross cluster available. I can create indexes and search in the other cluster in the APM indexes. But when I op…

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## [After creating scripted field everything in kibana dashboard disappears?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/after-creating-scripted-field-everything-in-kibana-dashboard-disappears/149776)

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**Author:** [@pramodchoudhari](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pramodchoudhari)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2018, 5:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/after-creating-scripted-field-everything-in-kibana-dashboard-disappears/149776 "2018-09-26T05:27:55Z")

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there is a field named st2 in all the documents as shown below, the type of st2 field is string, i want to manipulate the field and perform some calculations, so i create a scripted field named RX as shown below b…

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## [Does kibana have a api about creating indexpattern?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-kibana-have-a-api-about-creating-indexpattern/149381)

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**Author:** [@whoami](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/whoami)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2018, 4:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-kibana-have-a-api-about-creating-indexpattern/149381 "2018-09-26T04:50:44Z")

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does kibana have a api about creating indexpattern? I wanna create indexpattern in background

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