# Kibana **URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/c/elastic-stack/kibana/7.md?page=824 [Latest](https://discuss.elastic.co/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discuss.elastic.co/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discuss.elastic.co/tags.md) **Page:** 825 --- ## [How kibana gets data from elastic search](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-kibana-gets-data-from-elastic-search/133265)
**Author:** [@vinod\_hy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vinod_hy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2018, 6:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-kibana-gets-data-from-elastic-search/133265 "2018-05-25T06:43:41Z")
Hi All, May i please know how kibana dashboard gets data from elastic search. Does kibana poll at regular intervals to elastic search path as mentioned in the yml file for kibana? --- ## [Kibana Keystore](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-keystore/132721)
**Author:** [@delly.set](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/delly.set)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2018, 6:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-keystore/132721 "2018-05-25T06:38:14Z")
Hi, I created a keystore in kibana to store the credentials for connecting kibana to ElasticSearch. But I received the error when restart the Kibana. Anyone encountered and how to resolved this? log \[05:08:57.786\] \[… --- ## [Accessing an object stored in a doc](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/accessing-an-object-stored-in-a-doc/132956)
**Author:** [@insomniac](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/insomniac)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2018, 5:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/accessing-an-object-stored-in-a-doc/132956 "2018-05-25T05:32:19Z")
I'm trying to use a scripting field to truncate a particular field that's stored. Unfortunately, when i try to access this field in the scripting fields section, it returns the error "No field found for \[field\_name\] in … --- ## [Kibana Discover Json](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-discover-json/133083)
**Author:** [@Dhanashree](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dhanashree)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2018, 4:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-discover-json/133083 "2018-05-25T04:56:00Z")
Hi, On discover tab i have created columns using the toggle column in table functionality.Now on clicking on a specific row at the leftmost side i am getting a dropdown kind of thing which is giving me the entire data f… --- ## [Kibana runing with hostname:port](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-runing-with-hostname-port/133232)
**Author:** [@sunilmchaudhari](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sunilmchaudhari)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2018, 3:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-runing-with-hostname-port/133232 "2018-05-25T03:42:07Z")
Hello, How can i make kibana to run with http://hostname:port ? Currently its only accessible with the IP address. My configuration: I set server.host: "hostname" \[image\] How to achieve this? br, Sunil. --- ## [Sound alert in Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sound-alert-in-kibana/133233)
**Author:** [@sunilmchaudhari](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sunilmchaudhari)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2018, 2:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sound-alert-in-kibana/133233 "2018-05-25T02:08:22Z")
Hello, is there any plugin in Kibana which makes sound on some specific alert condition is met? br, Sunil. --- ## [Aggregate terms in kibana and how stored this?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aggregate-terms-in-kibana-and-how-stored-this/131356)
**Author:** [@1862347ba9566e72a47d](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/1862347ba9566e72a47d)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2018, 9:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aggregate-terms-in-kibana-and-how-stored-this/131356 "2018-05-24T21:10:37Z")
From the total number of documents, it is necessary to calculate the number (top) of documents for the selected parameter and the top 10% for the same criterion. And then use these metrics for the terms in the table in t… --- ## [Disable the automatic 'up' displacement of a widget in a dashboard](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-the-automatic-up-displacement-of-a-widget-in-a-dashboard/132508)
**Author:** [@radi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/radi)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2018, 9:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-the-automatic-up-displacement-of-a-widget-in-a-dashboard/132508 "2018-05-24T21:01:22Z")
Hello, is there way to Disable the automatic 'up' displacement of a widget(visualization) in a dashboard? Thanks --- ## [My index keep deleting for some reason](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/my-index-keep-deleting-for-some-reason/131527)
**Author:** [@Tzathenah\_Peaneah\_Ha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tzathenah_Peaneah_Ha)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2018, 8:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/my-index-keep-deleting-for-some-reason/131527 "2018-05-24T20:38:30Z")
I notice that after some time i have to keep create my index template . Seems it is being automatically removed or delete i dont know about. --- ## [Consistent Pie Colors](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/consistent-pie-colors/133095)
**Author:** [@cawoodm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cawoodm)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2018, 5:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/consistent-pie-colors/133095 "2018-05-24T17:23:33Z")
I find my self almost daily adapting the colors of buckets in my pie charts. They keep changing "magically". In one example it's just different between a pie in the dashboard and that same visualisation viewed on it's o… --- ## [Draw Graphs on Aggregated View of Existing Index](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/draw-graphs-on-aggregated-view-of-existing-index/133094)
**Author:** [@pubudu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pubudu)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2018, 2:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/draw-graphs-on-aggregated-view-of-existing-index/133094 "2018-05-24T14:30:33Z")
Hi, I have to create a dashboard in a domain where there are orders and parcels. Right now there is an existing index named "parcels". To simplify my question, lets say that this index contains the "parcel\_id", "order i… --- ## [Visualizing boolean values associated with timestamps](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualizing-boolean-values-associated-with-timestamps/133132)
**Author:** [@magida](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magida)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2018, 2:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualizing-boolean-values-associated-with-timestamps/133132 "2018-05-24T14:20:29Z")
Hello, I've indexed some data into elasticsearch and want to try and display some of it through kibana, now i've read a bunch of materials and tried tutorials etc. however none of them seem to be able to help me display… --- ## [Pinned filters not visible in Time Series Visual Builder](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/pinned-filters-not-visible-in-time-series-visual-builder/133048)
**Author:** [@jeffkirk1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jeffkirk1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2018, 1:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/pinned-filters-not-visible-in-time-series-visual-builder/133048 "2018-05-24T13:11:18Z")
I noticed today that filters created and pinned in the Discover panel are visible in most Kibana visualizations below the search bar, but they're missing (though still active) in graphs created with Time Series Visual Bu… --- ## [Finding distinct values from a field](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/finding-distinct-values-from-a-field/132965)
**Author:** [@Suhas\_K](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Suhas_K)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2018, 12:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/finding-distinct-values-from-a-field/132965 "2018-05-24T12:35:32Z")
Hi, I have made a filter in Logstash which divides log lines into different fields. { "\_index": "XX\_DATE", "\_type": "doc", "\_id": "vBhbcghstjdJgpojNbs", "\_version": 1, "\_score": null, … --- ## [Problems with lucene phrase matching for nested objects](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problems-with-lucene-phrase-matching-for-nested-objects/133118)
**Author:** [@doshyt](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/doshyt)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2018, 11:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problems-with-lucene-phrase-matching-for-nested-objects/133118 "2018-05-24T11:23:55Z")
Hi, I'm running ELK 6.2.2 with winlogbeat and collect sysmon logs. When I'm trying to run a search query against event\_data.CommandLine that looks like following: event\_data.CommandLine:"Get\\-Variable" I get no match… --- ## [Set username and password for Kibana without using xpack](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-username-and-password-for-kibana-without-using-xpack/133101)
**Author:** [@solo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/solo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2018, 11:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-username-and-password-for-kibana-without-using-xpack/133101 "2018-05-24T11:06:46Z")
This is my setup: Kibana 6.2.4 Elasticsearch 6.2.4 Filebeat 6.2.4 Logstash 6.2.4 OS: Red Hat Linux I am setting up a basic test environment for testing out the features in Kibana for my organization. I want to hav… --- ## [Kibana Basics](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-basics/133116)
**Author:** [@abhat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/abhat)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2018, 10:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-basics/133116 "2018-05-24T10:25:30Z")
Hi Team, I am new to ELK and need help to get started around the elasticsearch. Can anyone please provide me the links where I can get my basics clear around ELK. Thanks in advance. Kind Regards, Asif Bhat --- ## [Kibana URL is not working in browser](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-url-is-not-working-in-browser/133046)
**Author:** [@arun\_prasath1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/arun_prasath1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2018, 8:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-url-is-not-working-in-browser/133046 "2018-05-24T08:00:16Z")
I have kibana-5.0.1-1.x86\_64 installed in Redhat server. The services are up and running and i could see lsof -i :5601 has process but it is not working in browser. The configuration are copied below. server.port: 560… --- ## [Pie Chart View Customization](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/pie-chart-view-customization/132984)
**Author:** [@Dhanashree](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dhanashree)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2018, 3:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/pie-chart-view-customization/132984 "2018-05-24T03:50:46Z")
Hi, I have created a pie chart as follows: \[2\] Here i wish to remove the black border lines of the slices.How can i achieve that? --- ## [Time series for Filesystem percentage](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/time-series-for-filesystem-percentage/132978)
**Author:** [@sunilmchaudhari](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sunilmchaudhari)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2018, 11:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/time-series-for-filesystem-percentage/132978 "2018-05-23T23:26:18Z")
Hi, Can I draw time series graph for Filesystem? In time series only one group by is there in TS visual. By Using data table visual, I can split the rows using 2 fields, Fs-Mount and Hostname, both are strings . On Y-… --- ## [Kibana 6.2.4 on Windows hangs & fails during plugin installation: "Optimizing and caching browser bundles"](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-2-4-on-windows-hangs-fails-during-plugin-installation-optimizing-and-caching-browser-bundles/132678)
**Author:** [@BradVido](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/BradVido)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2018, 8:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-2-4-on-windows-hangs-fails-during-plugin-installation-optimizing-and-caching-browser-bundles/132678 "2018-05-23T20:58:11Z")
On Windows, I execute this: J:\\elastic\\kibana\>bin\\kibana-plugin.bat install x-pack After about 15 minutes, I get this error Transferring 4942599 bytes.................... Transfer complete Retrieving metadata from p… --- ## [How to set visualization/search id when importin via curl?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-visualization-search-id-when-importin-via-curl/132300)
**Author:** [@yishain11](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yishain11)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2018, 8:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-visualization-search-id-when-importin-via-curl/132300 "2018-05-23T20:51:34Z")
Hi! I have visualization and a search that I want to import with a dashboard into kibana. When I send them just as I saved them after exporting them from their original kibana index, I get an error that the fields "\_i… --- ## [Kibana Visualization Column Name](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-visualization-column-name/129407)
**Author:** [@Dhanashree](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dhanashree)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2018, 7:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-visualization-column-name/129407 "2018-05-23T19:40:03Z")
Hi, I wish to edit column names in saved search in kibana 6.2.2. I tried creating a data table visualization but there i am getting count as a default column which is not needed as per my requirements. Is it possible to… --- ## [Kibana Coordinate Maps](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-coordinate-maps/133034)
**Author:** [@Chaitanya\_Pawa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Chaitanya_Pawa)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2018, 6:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-coordinate-maps/133034 "2018-05-23T18:30:59Z")
Is it by any way possible to add multiple layers of display in the coordinate maps. I want to add a heat map for a particular type of document and shaded circles for the other type. TIA --- ## [Kibana unable to retrieve connection](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-unable-to-retrieve-connection/133001)
**Author:** [@KeninHouston](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/KeninHouston)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-unable-to-retrieve-connection/133001 "2018-05-23T17:49:13Z")
Hi, I have set up an ElasticSearch cluster which is using x-pack security. I have setup the initial user passwords, elastic and kibana. From the Kibana server, I can connect to the ElasticSearch cluster using the kibana… --- ## [Re: Timelion giving wrong metric aggregate value on enlarging](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/re-timelion-giving-wrong-metric-aggregate-value-on-enlarging/132925)
**Author:** [@devika\_sudheer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/devika_sudheer)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2018, 5:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/re-timelion-giving-wrong-metric-aggregate-value-on-enlarging/132925 "2018-05-23T17:17:17Z")
The x-axis had values close to -60 in first graph but on enlarging it shows values only till -5 Why is it so? There must be atleast one value close to -60 in the enlarged graph ryt as i used max and min aggregations … --- ## [Render HTML in Field](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/render-html-in-field/132908)
**Author:** [@Ron\_3](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ron_3)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2018, 5:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/render-html-in-field/132908 "2018-05-23T17:12:51Z")
We currently have a field that has raw HTML in it, and would like Kibana to render the HTML in the discover tab. Is there a plugin or something that can do it? --- ## [Kibana 6.2 dashboard\_only\_user with Discover screen](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-2-dashboard-only-user-with-discover-screen/133023)
**Author:** [@Shafique](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shafique)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2018, 4:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-2-dashboard-only-user-with-discover-screen/133023 "2018-05-23T16:49:17Z")
Hello, If I want to allow a user to have access to Dashboard and Discover screens, what role/privilege I should be using? I set 'read' and 'view\_index\_metadata' privileges for that user on target indices. --- ## [Create sequence diagrams from Logfiles with Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-sequence-diagrams-from-logfiles-with-kibana/132999)
**Author:** [@kuba72](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kuba72)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2018, 4:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-sequence-diagrams-from-logfiles-with-kibana/132999 "2018-05-23T16:33:29Z")
Is there a plugin for Kibana to create sequence diagrams from log files? --- ## [Markdown and query](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/markdown-and-query/132991)
**Author:** [@RickT](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/RickT)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2018, 4:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/markdown-and-query/132991 "2018-05-23T16:11:19Z")
hi, is it possible to code query in markdown visualize ? Actually, i'm coding url markdown to load a new dashboard, like this \>\>\> \[\*\*Jobs\*\*\] (http://localhost:5601/app/kibana#/dashboard/AAABBBCCCZZZ) it's correct but … [Previous page](https://discuss.elastic.co/c/elastic-stack/kibana/7.md?page=823) [Next page](https://discuss.elastic.co/c/elastic-stack/kibana/7.md?page=825)