# Kibana

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/c/elastic-stack/kibana/7.md?page=826

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## [Adding Columns in Data Table](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-columns-in-data-table/132815)

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**Author:** [@MariumHassan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MariumHassan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2018, 2:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-columns-in-data-table/132815 "2018-05-22T14:34:21Z")

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Hi, I am creating a data table in kibana which is shown below. \[Capturtempe\] Now, I am facing an issue. I just want to add field of that document as a column without adding sub-bucket of that field in the table becaus…

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## [Add Toggle Button and Text Field with Submit Button on Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/add-toggle-button-and-text-field-with-submit-button-on-kibana/132791)

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**Author:** [@sujalkpatel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sujalkpatel)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2018, 2:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/add-toggle-button-and-text-field-with-submit-button-on-kibana/132791 "2018-05-22T14:32:03Z")

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I appreciate the insights Kibana brings. However, I would like to know if there is a way I can add a custom visualization element such as a simple Toggle Button, by which I can send a command to a IoT gateway to turn a …

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## [How to get null value in drop down when applying filter in Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-null-value-in-drop-down-when-applying-filter-in-kibana/132763)

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**Author:** [@remo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/remo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2018, 2:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-null-value-in-drop-down-when-applying-filter-in-kibana/132763 "2018-05-22T14:24:57Z")

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I am pushing mule logs to elasticsearch. In the logs some fields have no data that means it has null populated in those fields. when ever I want to apply filter on those fields on kibana I am not getting null in the drop…

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## [Kibana for elasticsearch plugin ReST APIs request](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-for-elasticsearch-plugin-rest-apis-request/132756)

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**Author:** [@Jingyan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jingyan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2018, 2:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-for-elasticsearch-plugin-rest-apis-request/132756 "2018-05-22T14:21:03Z")

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Hi Folks, I want use elasticsearch to expose my own rest endpoint, currently I just only know developing elasticsearch plugin to implement it. I was wondering if i have other easier ways? If I use elasticseach plugin…

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## [Kibana\_Dashboard\_user](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-dashboard-user/132751)

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**Author:** [@remo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/remo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2018, 2:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-dashboard-user/132751 "2018-05-22T14:18:58Z")

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I created a user who has access only to the kibana dashboard. Whenever the user logins, he/she can see the link to the dashboard even though only dashboard is there. Can the user directly land on the Dashboard without ge…

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## [403 Forbidden](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/403-forbidden/132746)

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**Author:** [@asalma](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/asalma)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2018, 2:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/403-forbidden/132746 "2018-05-22T14:00:53Z")

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Hi , I activate the authentification in nginx, I did : htpasswd -c /etc/nginx/htpasswd.users kibanaadmin and my kibana.conf is : Server { listen 80; server\_name 172.16.250.29; auth\_basic "Restricted Acce…

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## [How to load data from a REST API using Kibana?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-load-data-from-a-rest-api-using-kibana/132741)

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**Author:** [@breva](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/breva)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2018, 1:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-load-data-from-a-rest-api-using-kibana/132741 "2018-05-22T13:57:48Z")

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Hi, Currently We use Logsthsh + Kibana + Elasticsearch for log analysis. Besides data in elasticsearch, we want to visualize some data from a 3rd-party REST API using the Kibana. Is there any way to do that? Thank you.

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## [Filtering Data based on previous input selected](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filtering-data-based-on-previous-input-selected/132658)

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**Author:** [@sahadevgd](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sahadevgd)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2018, 9:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filtering-data-based-on-previous-input-selected/132658 "2018-05-22T09:54:26Z")

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Hi Team, Kibana Version - 6.2.3 I'm working on a dashboard where i would need to first select a couple of parameters using the Controls visualization and based on those inputs, the dashboard should be displayed. For ex…

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## [Control from Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/control-from-kibana/132064)

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**Author:** [@rakeshscetic](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rakeshscetic)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2018, 9:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/control-from-kibana/132064 "2018-05-22T09:49:11Z")

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Hello Guys, I am new to ELK and in learning phase. I want to send some command from Kibana dashboard to my IoT gateway controller, can anyone tell me is it possible or not if so how to implement it. Thanks Rakesh

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## [Model timeseries using a date range](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/model-timeseries-using-a-date-range/132745)

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**Author:** [@Erik\_M](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Erik_M)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2018, 8:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/model-timeseries-using-a-date-range/132745 "2018-05-22T08:39:53Z")

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I'm wondering if anyone knows a way to model a timeseries, either by using kibana visualize or timelion, using a date range. I.e. the aggregated "count" for a specific date X should be a sum of the datapoints with a time…

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## [Division of sum aggregation by the count of the bucket](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/division-of-sum-aggregation-by-the-count-of-the-bucket/132688)

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**Author:** [@siddharth\_jain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/siddharth_jain)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2018, 6:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/division-of-sum-aggregation-by-the-count-of-the-bucket/132688 "2018-05-22T06:30:41Z")

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Greetings. I have term buckets, on which I have a metric which tells the sum of some event for each bucket, say "abstractEvent", I want to calculate the percentage of this abstractEvent metric, ie. I want to calculate t…

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## [Kibana default homepage](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-default-homepage/132733)

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**Author:** [@solo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/solo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2018, 7:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-default-homepage/132733 "2018-05-22T07:32:01Z")

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When I lunch Kibana by going to localhost:5601/app/kibana#/home?\_g=() I always come to the page "Add Data to Kibana". How can i set the home page to a Dashboard instead?

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## [Build/Create A URL for Kibana Dashboards/Graphs](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/build-create-a-url-for-kibana-dashboards-graphs/132576)

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**Author:** [@ktvasan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ktvasan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2018, 8:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/build-create-a-url-for-kibana-dashboards-graphs/132576 "2018-05-21T20:12:35Z")

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We are in the process of automating to display the Kibana logs in a Dashboards out of Kibana UI. We are thinking to use Python to pull the critical dashboards/graphs to show in our internal GUI. Is there any way to get t…

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## [Unique count matching specific criteria](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unique-count-matching-specific-criteria/132327)

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**Author:** [@mikeage](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mikeage)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2018, 2:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unique-count-matching-specific-criteria/132327 "2018-05-21T14:43:15Z")

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Hi, I have data consisting of the following three fields: jobId, subJobId, and outcome, where each jobId has several subJobs, each with one outcome. I want to show a graph indicating how many jobs had at least one fail…

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## [Stacked chart with Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/stacked-chart-with-kibana/132605)

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**Author:** [@SarojELK](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/SarojELK)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2018, 2:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/stacked-chart-with-kibana/132605 "2018-05-21T14:09:20Z")

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Hello again Experts, my Kibana skills are just starting with visualization. i have successfully ingested the data to ES and now i need to create a stacked chart as per attached picture, i needed to plot a stacked char…

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## [Vega does not show anything from elasticsearch query](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/vega-does-not-show-anything-from-elasticsearch-query/132614)

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**Author:** [@michaelcheung](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/michaelcheung)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2018, 1:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/vega-does-not-show-anything-from-elasticsearch-query/132614 "2018-05-21T13:45:25Z")

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My visualize query: { $schema: https://vega.github.io/schema/vega-lite/v2.json title: Event counts from all indexes data: { url: { index: index-\* body: { query: { bool: { …

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## [Split json-arrays in doc](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/split-json-arrays-in-doc/132603)

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**Author:** [@1862347ba9566e72a47d](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/1862347ba9566e72a47d)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2018, 1:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/split-json-arrays-in-doc/132603 "2018-05-21T13:03:57Z")

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In the elastic index there are documents in which there are json-arrays. With the help of logstash, can split this array. Those several copies of documents with separated fields from the array were obtained. In the i…

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## [Get kibana chart in our web application](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-kibana-chart-in-our-web-application/132559)

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**Author:** [@DILIP\_SHARMA](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DILIP_SHARMA)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2018, 12:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-kibana-chart-in-our-web-application/132559 "2018-05-21T12:56:27Z")

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hi there is any way we can integrate kibana dashboard in our web application i know 2 approach - 1 - iframe ( but here i can apply filter in run time ) 2 - call ES API ( we did this and after getting aggregated dat…

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## [How can i create Custom visualization and add as a plugin in kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-create-custom-visualization-and-add-as-a-plugin-in-kibana/130826)

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**Author:** [@yash\_mangla](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yash_mangla)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2018, 12:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-create-custom-visualization-and-add-as-a-plugin-in-kibana/130826 "2018-05-21T12:12:10Z")

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Hello Guyz, this questions is reference of below question. https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-i-can-add-my-custom-graph-visualization-in-kibana/112223 I'm basically 1st trying to understand how data flow and rendering i…

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## [Change value of particular field by "if" statement](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-value-of-particular-field-by-if-statement/132618)

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**Author:** [@Vladimir\_Fomin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vladimir_Fomin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2018, 6:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-value-of-particular-field-by-if-statement/132618 "2018-05-21T06:47:15Z")

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I have a netflow data and netflow.protocol fileds there. I would change value of that field. If value is 17, value should be "UDP", if value is 6, value should be "TCP", if 1 - "ICMP" etc. Can I do that from Kibana or I…

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## [Client-side event tracking](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/client-side-event-tracking/132395)

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**Author:** [@mesfin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mesfin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2018, 11:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/client-side-event-tracking/132395 "2018-05-20T23:38:03Z")

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On the Kibana Discover page, would it be possible to track the event of a user clicking the caret and expanding the row of data that shows the Table/JSON tab? By tracking I mean, for e.g., to add a line into the kibana l…

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## [Kibana try connect to port 9200 instead the default protocol port (80 or 443)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-try-connect-to-port-9200-instead-the-default-protocol-port-80-or-443/132597)

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**Author:** [@mcortinas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mcortinas)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2018, 7:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-try-connect-to-port-9200-instead-the-default-protocol-port-80-or-443/132597 "2018-05-20T19:41:53Z")

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Hello, We're using ES6.2.4 stack over mesos platform. We use marathon and marathon-lb (GitHub - mesosphere/marathon-lb: Marathon-lb is a service discovery & load balancing tool for DC/OS) project in order to orchestra…

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## [The graphs are loading but not showing](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-graphs-are-loading-but-not-showing/132489)

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**Author:** [@Ishara\_Madusanka](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ishara_Madusanka)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2018, 8:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-graphs-are-loading-but-not-showing/132489 "2018-05-20T08:54:40Z")

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{"statusCode":406,"error":"Not Acceptable","message":"Short url target path must be in the format "/app/{{appId}}", found "/""}. The graphs are loding but not showing and Request Timeout after 30000ms.but cluster health…

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## [Kibana not showing data \[No results found\]](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-showing-data-no-results-found/132560)

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**Author:** [@omid](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/omid)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 19, 2018, 8:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-showing-data-no-results-found/132560 "2018-05-19T20:02:18Z")

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Hi im elasticsearch & logstash & kibana services is up! but not showing received data from other servers But until yesterday it was not a problem and showed up this command and report Does it help? root@l-elk1:~# c…

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## [Chart by cmdline?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/chart-by-cmdline/132113)

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**Author:** [@Wanderer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Wanderer)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 19, 2018, 3:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/chart-by-cmdline/132113 "2018-05-19T03:46:06Z")

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Is there a way to chart CPU utilization by process name and cmdline? Example: QEMU-KVM runs per VM so if you are running multiple VM's there is a QEMU-KVM process for each. Is there a way to chart the CPU usage for eac…

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## [Add math to metrics in kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/add-math-to-metrics-in-kibana/132412)

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**Author:** [@tfe2012](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tfe2012)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 19, 2018, 1:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/add-math-to-metrics-in-kibana/132412 "2018-05-19T01:34:02Z")

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I have this count metric: \[42\] Is it possible this number (457) multiply on some coefficient ? For example 457 \* (10 / 29) to get: 157,58

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## [Data table in Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-table-in-kibana/132280)

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**Author:** [@sunilmchaudhari](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sunilmchaudhari)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2018, 5:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-table-in-kibana/132280 "2018-05-18T17:41:07Z")

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Hi, can I create data table in kibana as shown? \[image\]

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## [Kibana not starting (Inactive or dead)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-starting-inactive-or-dead/132495)

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**Author:** [@raman3.0](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/raman3.0)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2018, 3:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-starting-inactive-or-dead/132495 "2018-05-18T15:36:00Z")

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Kibana not starting on running sudo systemctl status Kibana It shows: ● Kibana.service Loaded: not-found (Reason: No such file or directory) Active: inactive (dead) With command sudo systemctl start Kibana it sho…

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## [Timestamp in Kibana not in order](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-in-kibana-not-in-order/132021)

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**Author:** [@br14nb0](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/br14nb0)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2018, 3:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-in-kibana-not-in-order/132021 "2018-05-18T15:19:47Z")

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I don't understand why I see this problem \[image\]

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## [Help recovering and outputting ES response in the Vega Visualization](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-recovering-and-outputting-es-response-in-the-vega-visualization/132450)

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**Author:** [@Jose\_Miguel\_Perez](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jose_Miguel_Perez)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2018, 2:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-recovering-and-outputting-es-response-in-the-vega-visualization/132450 "2018-05-18T14:35:41Z")

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Hello, everyone So, my problem comes when I try to recover the response from elastic in order to output it to a text mark. Here is my code. { $schema: https://vega.github.io/schema/vega/v3.json data: { name: …

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