# Kibana **URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/c/elastic-stack/kibana/7.md?page=842 [Latest](https://discuss.elastic.co/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discuss.elastic.co/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discuss.elastic.co/tags.md) **Page:** 843 --- ## [Is there a way in area chart to remove overlapping area?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-in-area-chart-to-remove-overlapping-area/127021)
**Author:** [@shreyash\_hisariya](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shreyash_hisariya)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2018, 8:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-in-area-chart-to-remove-overlapping-area/127021 "2018-04-11T20:01:58Z")
\[image\] I want to remove the overlapping area or in short I want the area only between the high threshold and low threshold lines as you can see in the image above. Is there any way to do it in kibana 6.2? If not is th… --- ## [Kibana Iframe avoid credentials](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-iframe-avoid-credentials/127663)
**Author:** [@He\_Pamela](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/He_Pamela)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2018, 6:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-iframe-avoid-credentials/127663 "2018-04-11T18:33:59Z")
Hi, I want to embeed a kibana visualization on a page. I have readonlyrest as a security. and I use kibana and elastic search 5.6.0 when I embed on the page the visualization. The security ask me again for the user a… --- ## [Kibana DateRange](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-daterange/127630)
**Author:** [@suikast42](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/suikast42)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2018, 5:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-daterange/127630 "2018-04-11T17:40:12Z")
Hello, I want to create a bar chart with three date ranges. 0h - 8h 8h - 16h 16h - 24h The range should bound to the beginning date of the timefilter. But the parameter 'now' calculates only the current date as I c… --- ## [How to grant privileges to user to view the dashboard graphs on kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-grant-privileges-to-user-to-view-the-dashboard-graphs-on-kibana/127572)
**Author:** [@niraj\_pandey](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/niraj_pandey)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2018, 5:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-grant-privileges-to-user-to-view-the-dashboard-graphs-on-kibana/127572 "2018-04-11T17:13:04Z")
Hi, I have created a guest user on kibana. Now I want he can view all the graphs under dashboard for a particular index. I tried various options but no luck so far. If i assigned a role "superuser" to guest i am able to… --- ## [Visualization directive for a histogram](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualization-directive-for-a-histogram/125040)
**Author:** [@jordyd](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jordyd)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2018, 9:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualization-directive-for-a-histogram/125040 "2018-03-22T09:09:15Z")
I'm making my own plugin for Kibana. In my plugin I want to use a visualization to display some data in a histogram. I followed the tutorial on https://www.elastic.co/blog/developing-new-kibana-visualizations, where it s… --- ## [Issue with running Kibana v6.2.3 on Windows 7](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-with-running-kibana-v6-2-3-on-windows-7/126857)
**Author:** [@LaonWeis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/LaonWeis)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2018, 1:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-with-running-kibana-v6-2-3-on-windows-7/126857 "2018-04-11T13:45:44Z")
I downloaded the zip file from: https://www.elastic.co/downloads/kibana When running .\\bin\\kibana.bat I received the following error: node.exe: src\\node\_file.cc:578: Assertion '\ \>= \<0\>' failed I also placed t… --- ## [Drop Down Options in Dashboard](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/drop-down-options-in-dashboard/127556)
**Author:** [@thelonestargeek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/thelonestargeek)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2018, 1:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/drop-down-options-in-dashboard/127556 "2018-04-11T13:39:20Z")
Is there a way to set up a dynamically populated drop down list in a dashboard that when a value is selected applies a filter to all visualizations in that dashboard? --- ## [GeoIP lookup without logstash or ingestnode pipeline](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geoip-lookup-without-logstash-or-ingestnode-pipeline/126376)
**Author:** [@meetdave2611997](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/meetdave2611997)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2018, 8:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geoip-lookup-without-logstash-or-ingestnode-pipeline/126376 "2018-04-11T08:42:28Z")
I want to do exactly what geoIP filter does in logstash and elasticsearch's pipeline but i dont have either . I have one forwarder configured which is using elasticsearch's bulk api to ingest data. Now i want to create… --- ## [CSV reporting from saved search from dashboard flow](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/csv-reporting-from-saved-search-from-dashboard-flow/127504)
**Author:** [@Gerasym](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Gerasym)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2018, 8:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/csv-reporting-from-saved-search-from-dashboard-flow/127504 "2018-04-11T08:42:06Z")
Could please someone clarify how to use the reporting feature properly? I have a dashboard with some visualizations and saved search. I want to export as csv the saved search results but i can't do it in comfortable way… --- ## [How to secure the Kibana Front end](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-secure-the-kibana-front-end/126576)
**Author:** [@charan.gandra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/charan.gandra)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2018, 7:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-secure-the-kibana-front-end/126576 "2018-04-11T07:57:08Z")
Hi, I've a working ELK stack in my DEV environment and accessing Kibana front with the URL http://localhost:5601. What can I do to secure my Kibana front end and access it through https://localhost:443. Please suggest … --- ## [Monitoring Exceptions after upgrade 5.4.0 to 5.6.8 to 6.2.3](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitoring-exceptions-after-upgrade-5-4-0-to-5-6-8-to-6-2-3/127344)
**Author:** [@jhn134910](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jhn134910)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2018, 6:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitoring-exceptions-after-upgrade-5-4-0-to-5-6-8-to-6-2-3/127344 "2018-04-11T06:19:28Z")
I have upgraded elastic-search stack from 5.4.0 to 5.6.8 to 6.2.3 on centos 7 via RPM deployments, with a single node cluster for test purposes. I used the x-pack Upgrade Assistant to re-index certain indices it suggest… --- ## [Complete REST based flow to create a visualization and retrieve its shareable URL](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/complete-rest-based-flow-to-create-a-visualization-and-retrieve-its-shareable-url/127568)
**Author:** [@Akshay\_Singhvi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Akshay_Singhvi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2018, 5:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/complete-rest-based-flow-to-create-a-visualization-and-retrieve-its-shareable-url/127568 "2018-04-11T05:28:59Z")
Using the elastic REST API and the JSON structure of a particular visualization i have loaded(imported) my charts(visualization)in ".kibana" index .The same is shown in list of visualizations stored in kibana UI .But ins… --- ## [How to consume a JSON stream and keep the original stream data unchanged](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-consume-a-json-stream-and-keep-the-original-stream-data-unchanged/127451)
**Author:** [@ahrtr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ahrtr)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2018, 11:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-consume-a-json-stream-and-keep-the-original-stream-data-unchanged/127451 "2018-04-10T23:46:19Z")
I am implementing a kibana plugin to check/authorize the request payload. The format of some request payload is JSONStream, an example is as below, {"index":\["logstash1\*"\],"ignore\_unavailable":true,"preference":1523345… --- ## [Why the index is included in a square bracket in the payload of search request?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-the-index-is-included-in-a-square-bracket-in-the-payload-of-search-request/127197)
**Author:** [@ahrtr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ahrtr)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2018, 11:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-the-index-is-included-in-a-square-bracket-in-the-payload-of-search-request/127197 "2018-04-10T23:44:34Z")
For example, when I search log data on the discover page, then the browser POST the following request to kibana server, POST /elasticsearch/\_msearch {"index":\["logstash\*"\],"ignore\_unavailable":true,"preference":15231… --- ## [Stack Visuals Vertically to compare Different Time ranges](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/stack-visuals-vertically-to-compare-different-time-ranges/125995)
**Author:** [@le\_John](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/le_John)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2018, 8:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/stack-visuals-vertically-to-compare-different-time-ranges/125995 "2018-04-10T20:24:20Z")
Is there a way to stack bar plots vertically by some time range? It would be nice to be able to see multiple years/months/weeks all lined up on top of each other for comparison purposes, however, all I have is a timestam… --- ## [Change dropdown contents according to time picker](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-dropdown-contents-according-to-time-picker/126701)
**Author:** [@meetdave2611997](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/meetdave2611997)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2018, 8:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-dropdown-contents-according-to-time-picker/126701 "2018-04-10T20:24:06Z")
I want to have a dropdown on dashboard which lists out all available product according to time range picker. when i change time range, changes should be made accordingly in dropdown values. For example: There are tota… --- ## [Can i duplicate a visualization by exporting, tweaking, then importing?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-duplicate-a-visualization-by-exporting-tweaking-then-importing/127447)
**Author:** [@jiveyeti](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jiveyeti)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2018, 8:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-duplicate-a-visualization-by-exporting-tweaking-then-importing/127447 "2018-04-10T20:21:22Z")
I'm looking for a way to more quickly duplicate a visualization - against a different index to make the challenge more challenging... Assuming I have 2 identical indexes, seems like I should be able to: export a visua… --- ## [Upgrade Assistance: Failed to reindex .kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-assistance-failed-to-reindex-kibana/126447)
**Author:** [@tuf](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tuf)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2018, 7:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-assistance-failed-to-reindex-kibana/126447 "2018-04-10T19:28:58Z")
I'm trying to upgrade a single node elk cluster to 6.x. I upgraded elasticsearch, kibana, logstash and x-pack (basic license) to version 5.6.8. In the reindex helper page, I try to reindex .kibana index, but I'm getting… --- ## [How to Visualize data created using Bucket Script into dashboard](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-visualize-data-created-using-bucket-script-into-dashboard/127456)
**Author:** [@vinoz1990](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vinoz1990)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2018, 6:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-visualize-data-created-using-bucket-script-into-dashboard/127456 "2018-04-10T18:53:32Z")
I need to create a cumulative Average and i have created a following bucket script i wanted to display total percentage values in Kibana dashboard GET metricsreport2.0/report/\_search { "query":{ "match\_all": {} … --- ## [Kibana 6.2.3: unexpected data in line chart](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-2-3-unexpected-data-in-line-chart/127444)
**Author:** [@asp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/asp)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2018, 6:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-2-3-unexpected-data-in-line-chart/127444 "2018-04-10T18:45:43Z")
Hi, I want to display some values in a line chart, which are in the range between 0.00 to 1.00 (percentages). When filtering in discover panel, I see the following values: \[image\] here is the json part as example ..… --- ## [Kibana Barchart visualization term sorting](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-barchart-visualization-term-sorting/127418)
**Author:** [@Athul\_Jayson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Athul_Jayson)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2018, 6:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-barchart-visualization-term-sorting/127418 "2018-04-10T18:21:53Z")
Hi, I have been working on creating a bar chart visualization in Kibana. I was able to plot the chart correctly, but I am having a slight problem with the labels. I want it to be in sorted order, but the sort function i… --- ## [Kibana Logstash Pipline Monitor](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-logstash-pipline-monitor/126924)
**Author:** [@mmethe](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mmethe)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2018, 5:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-logstash-pipline-monitor/126924 "2018-04-10T17:11:04Z")
Hello, I cant figure out why I cant monitor logstash pipelines as user Kibana. Very new to x-pack. X-Pack is installed with default config. When I try to view logstash pipelines in Kibana monitoring, I see: You do n… --- ## [Elastic Cloud Saas Report Generation Error](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-saas-report-generation-error/127042)
**Author:** [@serhatd](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/serhatd)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2018, 5:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-saas-report-generation-error/127042 "2018-04-10T17:00:22Z")
Hello, I can not export pdf report from visualizations for last 24 hours. The same visualization can be exported for shorter time ranges (last 15mins, last 30mins). I think report generation processes exceed xpack.repor… --- ## [Get list of dashboard?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-list-of-dashboard/127461)
**Author:** [@Nitin\_Shirsat1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nitin_Shirsat1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2018, 4:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-list-of-dashboard/127461 "2018-04-10T16:19:44Z")
I want to get a list of all dashboards created in kibana. how can I get it? I am using kibana free version 6.1.2. --- ## [Getting string value from search and display on Dashboard](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-string-value-from-search-and-display-on-dashboard/127166)
**Author:** [@Stephen\_Im](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Stephen_Im)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2018, 4:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-string-value-from-search-and-display-on-dashboard/127166 "2018-04-10T16:15:05Z")
Hi, I am new to Elastic. I was able to get system logs, and I like to put summary per each syslog to dashboard. If I want to put the unique information of each syslog to dashboard. How can I do that? That's pretty much … --- ## [Is there a way to change opacity or color in area chart?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-to-change-opacity-or-color-in-area-chart/127020)
**Author:** [@shreyash\_hisariya](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shreyash_hisariya)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2018, 3:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-to-change-opacity-or-color-in-area-chart/127020 "2018-04-10T15:07:45Z")
I started building visualisation with kibana 6.2. But I can see that even basic functionality of picking colors is restricted and only few colors are provided. Is this an issue or I am missing something? I can also see … --- ## [How to get xml option in kibana instead of json](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-xml-option-in-kibana-instead-of-json/127425)
**Author:** [@gangireddy\_l](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gangireddy_l)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2018, 2:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-xml-option-in-kibana-instead-of-json/127425 "2018-04-10T14:20:47Z")
my logs are in xml format and how to get as it is in kibana, because it had only table and json features thanks in advance \[kib\] --- ## [Query visualization label from a different index](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-visualization-label-from-a-different-index/127288)
**Author:** [@David\_Gidony](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/David_Gidony)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2018, 1:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-visualization-label-from-a-different-index/127288 "2018-04-10T13:47:19Z")
hi, i want to create a visualization with a Top N items from a specific index, to the value of "item ID" which is a number, i have the item name and id in a different index. can i change the item names to the fitting … --- ## [Hiding Minor Gridlines](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hiding-minor-gridlines/127142)
**Author:** [@motts](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/motts)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2018, 1:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hiding-minor-gridlines/127142 "2018-04-10T13:40:11Z")
I cannot seem to get the minor grid lines to go away when dealing with smaller numbers. I remember using earlier versions of Kibana that had an option to view minor gridlines, but cannot find it on 6.2. In this example,… --- ## [Java proxy to secure Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-proxy-to-secure-kibana/126750)
**Author:** [@Paddy\_Mahadeva](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Paddy_Mahadeva)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2018, 9:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-proxy-to-secure-kibana/126750 "2018-04-10T09:31:28Z")
Hi, I have written a proxy server code in my existing application to proxy kibana deployed on AWS. The logic is simple I put in few headers and rewrite all urls starting with \_plugin/kibana to myApp/\_plugin/kibana to go… [Previous page](https://discuss.elastic.co/c/elastic-stack/kibana/7.md?page=841) [Next page](https://discuss.elastic.co/c/elastic-stack/kibana/7.md?page=843)