# Kibana

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/c/elastic-stack/kibana/7.md?page=785

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## [Month starts in the middle on Timelion intervals](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/month-starts-in-the-middle-on-timelion-intervals/143654)

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**Author:** [@Domenico\_Raimondi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Domenico_Raimondi)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2018, 3:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/month-starts-in-the-middle-on-timelion-intervals/143654 "2018-08-23T15:28:33Z")

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Hello, this is a very similar question to Quarter date histogram in Kibana 4 Basically, when I'm creating a timelion graph with a custom interval=1M, months start on the 15th or the 16th... which is not intuitive. :slig…

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## [Do we use eslint sort-imports?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-we-use-eslint-sort-imports/145629)

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**Author:** [@whoami](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/whoami)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2018, 3:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-we-use-eslint-sort-imports/145629 "2018-08-23T15:05:44Z")

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doesn't kibana use sort-imports? why I tidy my plugin code by vscode, the import statement is different from kibana source code, for example: in kibana source code: import {a, b} from c; in my plugin code, vscode wi…

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## [Dashboard with a mix of filebeat/packet indices](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dashboard-with-a-mix-of-filebeat-packet-indices/145607)

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**Author:** [@Rodrigo\_Jimenez](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rodrigo_Jimenez)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2018, 2:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dashboard-with-a-mix-of-filebeat-packet-indices/145607 "2018-08-23T14:53:30Z")

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Hi! Recently we had an issue with an app. This app is deployed on a server with filebeat and packetbeat configured. This means that the error log of this app is shipped to an index and packetbeat to another. I wanted t…

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## [Failed Parsing data from field](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-parsing-data-from-field/145604)

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**Author:** [@ffloresa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ffloresa)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2018, 2:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-parsing-data-from-field/145604 "2018-08-23T14:23:49Z")

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Hi guys! Could you help me to check the following error: {:timestamp=\>"2018-08-22T21:04:13.762000+0200", :message=\>"Failed parsing date from field", :field=\>"timestamp", :value=\>"%{time}", :exception=\>"Invalid format: …

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## [Compatibility warning between kibana-6.3.3 and elasticsearch-6.3.2](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/compatibility-warning-between-kibana-6-3-3-and-elasticsearch-6-3-2/145573)

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**Author:** [@rajasekharpenti](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rajasekharpenti)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2018, 2:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/compatibility-warning-between-kibana-6-3-3-and-elasticsearch-6-3-2/145573 "2018-08-23T14:05:43Z")

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Hi, When I start source code of kibana-6.3.3 server and elasticsearch-6.3.2. So I am getting below warning. Warning: \[server log \[13:49:51.362\] \[warning\] You're running Kibana 6.3.3 with some different versions o…

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## [Can we create roles and users using JAVA api](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-create-roles-and-users-using-java-api/145172)

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**Author:** [@Mahendra\_Shinde](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mahendra_Shinde)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2018, 1:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-create-roles-and-users-using-java-api/145172 "2018-08-23T13:21:30Z")

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Can we create roles and users for kibana using Java API ? Is there any link for documentation of such api? I have X-pack enabled.

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## [How can I get list of index pattern in Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-get-list-of-index-pattern-in-kibana/145499)

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**Author:** [@asallemi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/asallemi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2018, 9:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-get-list-of-index-pattern-in-kibana/145499 "2018-08-23T09:01:20Z")

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Hello, I am building a Kibana (6.2.4) application and I need to get list of index pattern which I've created (like the Discover). How can I do that ? Regards ^^

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## [How to access nested json in vega](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-access-nested-json-in-vega/140721)

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**Author:** [@Narasimma\_varman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Narasimma_varman)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2018, 7:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-access-nested-json-in-vega/140721 "2018-08-23T07:53:03Z")

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I am using vega in kibana. I try to access nested json field but I cannot able to access that field, could anyone help me to resolve this issue. I attach my vega json and index name is pie index data sample: { "\_index"…

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## [Visualize: Fielddata is disabled on text fields by default. Set fielddata=true on \[apache2.access.remote\_ip\] in order to load fielddata in memory](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualize-fielddata-is-disabled-on-text-fields-by-default-set-fielddata-true-on-apache2-access-remote-ip-in-order-to-load-fielddata-in-memory/144706)

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**Author:** [@Satish\_Chhatpar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Satish_Chhatpar)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2018, 6:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualize-fielddata-is-disabled-on-text-fields-by-default-set-fielddata-true-on-apache2-access-remote-ip-in-order-to-load-fielddata-in-memory/144706 "2018-08-23T06:30:33Z")

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Please help me to fix this error. versions used filebeat version 6.3.2 logstash version 6.3.2 elasticsearch version 6.3.2 kibana version 6.3.2 Apache log format is LogFormat ""%{True-Client-IP}i" %t %\>s %b "%r" …

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## [Not able to grant kibana object access to specific user](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-grant-kibana-object-access-to-specific-user/145488)

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**Author:** [@Mahendra\_Shinde](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mahendra_Shinde)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2018, 6:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-grant-kibana-object-access-to-specific-user/145488 "2018-08-23T06:22:55Z")

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Hi, Is there any way to control kibana object (e.g. Visual, dashboard) access. Please navigate to documentation.

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## [Kibana Visualization to create Pie chart](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-visualization-to-create-pie-chart/145316)

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**Author:** [@thiraj89](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/thiraj89)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2018, 5:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-visualization-to-create-pie-chart/145316 "2018-08-23T05:14:26Z")

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we have log stack the values in message filed. "message": "Store - Hit from smarty. \\tKey:paytm-hotels-booking\\tTime: 2018-08-20 19:29:58" "message": "Store - Hit from smarty. \\tKey:arzoo-domesticflights\\tTime: 2018-08…

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## [JSON Query DSL Support in Kibana Visualize Filters](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/json-query-dsl-support-in-kibana-visualize-filters/145259)

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**Author:** [@cdaringe](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cdaringe)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2018, 4:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/json-query-dsl-support-in-kibana-visualize-filters/145259 "2018-08-23T04:09:08Z")

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Hi all: I have found it periodically difficult to specify visualization filters in the stringy form (especially with respect to negation cases, e.g. not vs NOT). In the Discover view, I can see my filter expression in …

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## [Why there're some decimals in kibana when I choose @timestamp per hour?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-therere-some-decimals-in-kibana-when-i-choose-timestamp-per-hour/145481)

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**Author:** [@Xiaomeng\_Bian](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Xiaomeng_Bian)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2018, 3:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-therere-some-decimals-in-kibana-when-i-choose-timestamp-per-hour/145481 "2018-08-23T03:31:11Z")

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:grinning:I have an index with about 10,000 csv data which contains timestamp, as I want to see the trend of count in one day, I choose @timestamp per hour in kibana, then I find that decimals appear in the histogram lik…

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## [Vega is not showing all the data (very sparse)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/vega-is-not-showing-all-the-data-very-sparse/145501)

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**Author:** [@vsmirnov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vsmirnov)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2018, 3:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/vega-is-not-showing-all-the-data-very-sparse/145501 "2018-08-23T03:30:04Z")

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Hi All Does anybody know how to control level of detail in Vega map projections? I have created a Vega visualization for putting lines between sources and destinations (rule mark type) on a map (definition below), some…

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## [No Elasticsearch Data in Kibana and I don't know why](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-elasticsearch-data-in-kibana-and-i-dont-know-why/144925)

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**Author:** [@dklenke](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dklenke)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2018, 12:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-elasticsearch-data-in-kibana-and-i-dont-know-why/144925 "2018-08-23T00:26:59Z")

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I am running the whole elk stack and filebeats to evaluate logs a program is producing. The program is running on my PC. Filebeats, Logstash, Elasticsearch and Kibana are in Docker containers. Filebeats seems to be worki…

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## [Chart with fIltering by function on attribute](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/chart-with-filtering-by-function-on-attribute/145546)

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**Author:** [@domas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/domas)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2018, 11:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/chart-with-filtering-by-function-on-attribute/145546 "2018-08-22T23:47:06Z")

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Hello, let's say I have temperature readings from devices: {dev\_id, time, temperature} I would like to do two things: Show number of readings that have temperature greater than average temperature. Show number of dev…

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## [Scripted Field - Sum of Field values to then use as a Max?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scripted-field-sum-of-field-values-to-then-use-as-a-max/145478)

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**Author:** [@Dave21854207](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dave21854207)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2018, 9:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scripted-field-sum-of-field-values-to-then-use-as-a-max/145478 "2018-08-22T21:48:46Z")

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Hi, This use case is for an electricity monitoring system, where we have two sources of supply to a building (A&B). Each of these supplies are metered and in the elastic cloud. We have visualizations for the data, but w…

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## [Kibana not able to access publicily](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-able-to-access-publicily/145594)

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**Author:** [@jagan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jagan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2018, 6:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-able-to-access-publicily/145594 "2018-08-22T18:10:48Z")

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Hi mates, Could you please suggest me how do i access kibana making public from other network.Though it is accessed within the same network but not accessible from other networks.my kibana version is 6.3.i edited serve.…

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## [Can I get the $scope.topNavMenu in my plugin?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-get-the-scope-topnavmenu-in-my-plugin/145389)

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**Author:** [@whoami](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/whoami)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2018, 5:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-get-the-scope-topnavmenu-in-my-plugin/145389 "2018-08-22T17:39:23Z")

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can I get the $scope.topNavMenu in my plugin?

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## [How to present sum of each split bucket](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-present-sum-of-each-split-bucket/144991)

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**Author:** [@zero-88](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zero-88)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-present-sum-of-each-split-bucket/144991 "2018-08-22T17:36:29Z")

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Hello all, I have a question for aggregation on Kibana, the context is following as Line chart Bucket: Date Histogram Bucket: Split series on field A Bucket: Split chart on field B Metric A: Count It means a list of …

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## [Basic stuff about Index Patterns](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/basic-stuff-about-index-patterns/145385)

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**Author:** [@yonatan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yonatan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2018, 5:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/basic-stuff-about-index-patterns/145385 "2018-08-22T17:20:52Z")

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I am using Elasticsearch and Kibana as plugin to view the data in the indices. I am using Kibana's DevTools to send commands for adding/deleting/updating indices etc. I want to add a field to a certain text property so …

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## [kibana.uiExports.navLinks missing in kibana 6.x](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-uiexports-navlinks-missing-in-kibana-6-x/145540)

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**Author:** [@whoami](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/whoami)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2018, 4:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-uiexports-navlinks-missing-in-kibana-6-x/145540 "2018-08-22T16:20:25Z")

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in kibana5.x we can use kibana.uiExports.navLinks ( Can i control the plugin enabled status in other plugin? ), but missed in kibana 6.x, how can I get the navLinks in kibana 6.x @Joe\_Fleming

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## [Selected index changes when switching from Visualise to Discover](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/selected-index-changes-when-switching-from-visualise-to-discover/145545)

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**Author:** [@jong99](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jong99)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2018, 4:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/selected-index-changes-when-switching-from-visualise-to-discover/145545 "2018-08-22T16:08:49Z")

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I'm using Kibana 6.3.2 and when I switch from "Visualize" to "Discover" it always reverts back to the index that was selected last time I was in "Discover". This seems counterintuitive to me - I would have expected to r…

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## [Customize the legend of visualization](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/customize-the-legend-of-visualization/144863)

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**Author:** [@M.alsioufi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/M.alsioufi)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2018, 3:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/customize-the-legend-of-visualization/144863 "2018-08-22T15:54:13Z")

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Is it possible to add field name (or to customize) the legend of a visualization? I am using Kibana 6.3

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## [Average in heat map visualization is 0](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/average-in-heat-map-visualization-is-0/145449)

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**Author:** [@masyutka](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/masyutka)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2018, 3:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/average-in-heat-map-visualization-is-0/145449 "2018-08-22T15:46:36Z")

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Hi experts! I have the following 3 values in the index in discover Time serverDelay\_median scenarioName July 8th 2018, 00:00:00.000 0.707 OPEN\_WOC\_PEOPLE July 8th 2018, 00:00:00.000 0.743 OPEN\_WOC\_PEOPLE July…

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## [Upgrading Kibana to 6](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-kibana-to-6/144835)

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**Author:** [@McElroy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/McElroy)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2018, 1:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-kibana-to-6/144835 "2018-08-22T13:10:36Z")

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Hi, I tried to upgrade kibana using the documentation(https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/6.0/migrating-6.0-index.html) but I can't create the .kibana-6 index. this is the error message: {"error":{"root\_cause":\[{"t…

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## [Kibana monitor show Xpack data is not equal with es](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-monitor-show-xpack-data-is-not-equal-with-es/145105)

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**Author:** [@zhang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zhang)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2018, 9:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-monitor-show-xpack-data-is-not-equal-with-es/145105 "2018-08-22T09:49:43Z")

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My elasticsearch show { "cluster\_name" : "dby-elk-cluster", "status" : "green", "timed\_out" : false, "number\_of\_nodes" : 5, "number\_of\_data\_nodes" : 4, "active\_primary\_shards" : 673, "active\_shards" : 1348…

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## [Cannot visualise data!](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-visualise-data/145117)

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**Author:** [@Rafal\_Radziejewski](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rafal_Radziejewski)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2018, 8:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-visualise-data/145117 "2018-08-22T08:34:50Z")

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Hello i am new into kibana i was looking at this forum for solution but couldn't find solution. I found a similar question and topic but it didn't helped me: Similar problem So i have EFK stack with fluentd or fluentb…

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## [About the kibana.yml configuration file](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-the-kibana-yml-configuration-file/143785)

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**Author:** [@xionghaizi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/xionghaizi)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2018, 7:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-the-kibana-yml-configuration-file/143785 "2018-08-22T07:19:32Z")

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Can you give me information about the kibana.yml configuration file?I don't know what's wrong with me,thank you

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## [How to persist current time in kibana markdown URLs](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-persist-current-time-in-kibana-markdown-urls/145340)

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**Author:** [@arun1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/arun1)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2018, 7:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-persist-current-time-in-kibana-markdown-urls/145340 "2018-08-22T07:04:10Z")

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I have created a list of URLs on my dashboard using Kibana and I can navigate to other dashboards by clicking them. However, after I click a link it resets the time on the new dashboard to last 15 mins. I figured that th…

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