# Kibana

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## [Not able to send post request from form](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-send-post-request-from-form/125485)

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**Author:** [@Sunny\_Sachan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sunny_Sachan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2018, 9:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-send-post-request-from-form/125485 "2018-03-26T09:25:59Z")

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Hi all, I have made a custom plugin for kibana version 6.2.1, in which I am having a form, now whenever I am submitting those form values with get request all works absolutely fine. But submitting the form values with …

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## [Refresh index patterns doesn´t seem all fields](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/refresh-index-patterns-doesn-t-seem-all-fields/125181)

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**Author:** [@Raul\_Uria](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Raul_Uria)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2018, 9:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/refresh-index-patterns-doesn-t-seem-all-fields/125181 "2018-03-26T09:20:35Z")

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Hi, we´re trying to visualize some monitoring (x-PACK) data with kibana visualizations directly. .monitoring\* indices have a lot of fields, when refreshing index patterns not all of them are detected, just 309, so we c…

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## [Is it fine if I use development mode kibana for my production environment?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-fine-if-i-use-development-mode-kibana-for-my-production-environment/125431)

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**Author:** [@Sunny\_Sachan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sunny_Sachan)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2018, 9:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-fine-if-i-use-development-mode-kibana-for-my-production-environment/125431 "2018-03-26T09:03:35Z")

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Hi all, It will be a lot more of your help if any one can tell me if it is absolutely fine to use development mode kibana in my production environment, what can be the drawbacks and consequences of using development ver…

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## [Solving "join" issues](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/solving-join-issues/123584)

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**Author:** [@tomak](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tomak)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2018, 7:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/solving-join-issues/123584 "2018-03-26T07:57:50Z")

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In one index I have different retailers. In another, I have different products with a list of who is selling these products. For ease of manipulation latter on, and to "join" these two indexes, for the products, I have…

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## [Kibana not showing sample dashboards](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-showing-sample-dashboards/125558)

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**Author:** [@muthu\_kumar1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/muthu_kumar1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2018, 7:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-showing-sample-dashboards/125558 "2018-03-26T07:44:49Z")

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Not able to view sample dashboards in Kibana \[image\]

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## [Kibana X Pack installation failed](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-x-pack-installation-failed/125537)

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**Author:** [@muthu\_kumar1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/muthu_kumar1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2018, 5:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-x-pack-installation-failed/125537 "2018-03-26T05:07:20Z")

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$ bin/kibana-plugin install x-pack Attempting to transfer from x-pack Attempting to transfer from https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/kibana-plugins/x-pack/x-pack-6.2.1.zip Error: Client request error: getaddrinfo …

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## [(statusCode : 304 )IN KIBANA NOT ABLE TO OPEN/EDIT/CREATE/DELETE any VISUALS OR DASHBOARD](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/statuscode-304-in-kibana-not-able-to-open-edit-create-delete-any-visuals-or-dashboard/124906)

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**Author:** [@ashutoshningot](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ashutoshningot)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2018, 4:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/statuscode-304-in-kibana-not-able-to-open-edit-create-delete-any-visuals-or-dashboard/124906 "2018-03-26T04:57:32Z")

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statusCode":304,"req":{"url":"/bundles/kibana.style.css?v=8467","method":"get"....

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## [ERROR unexcepted token in Kibana Dev Contributing](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-unexcepted-token-in-kibana-dev-contributing/125533)

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**Author:** [@Luan\_Ha\_Thanh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Luan_Ha_Thanh)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2018, 4:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-unexcepted-token-in-kibana-dev-contributing/125533 "2018-03-26T04:42:51Z")

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Hello everyone! I want to build a plugin in Kibana. So I followed guide in think: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md But when I run: yarn start It has more errors, example: ERROR in ./nod…

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## [Adding Plugins to Kibana in Elastic Cloud](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-plugins-to-kibana-in-elastic-cloud/125524)

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**Author:** [@Steven\_Ensslen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Steven_Ensslen)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2018, 1:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-plugins-to-kibana-in-elastic-cloud/125524 "2018-03-26T01:53:48Z")

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I'd like to add a third-party kibana plugin to my elastic.co hosted cluster. Wes\_F indicated in this thread that this was possible, but I can't find any documentation nor any settings in either the Elastic Cloud panel o…

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## [Templates and alias question](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/templates-and-alias-question/125516)

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**Author:** [@jason\_smith](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jason_smith)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2018, 1:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/templates-and-alias-question/125516 "2018-03-26T01:10:59Z")

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I am trying to use Aliases concept in my sample and when I try to query the alias, it throws error: { "error": "Incorrect HTTP method for uri \[/log\] and method \[POST\], allowed: \[DELETE, HEAD, GET, PUT\]", "status": 405 …

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## [Canvas Release Date](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/canvas-release-date/125486)

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**Author:** [@reem](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/reem)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2018, 1:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/canvas-release-date/125486 "2018-03-26T01:07:18Z")

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When is it expected to have an official release of Canvas ?

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## [Unable to see the security option on kibana under management which allows us to create users and roles](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-see-the-security-option-on-kibana-under-management-which-allows-us-to-create-users-and-roles/125494)

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**Author:** [@mohsinhafeez](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mohsinhafeez)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2018, 4:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-see-the-security-option-on-kibana-under-management-which-allows-us-to-create-users-and-roles/125494 "2018-03-25T16:42:28Z")

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\[image\] Hey guys, I am unable to see the security option on kibana under management which allows us to create users and roles. I remember seeing it earlier, it isn’t present now. Any idea what might cause this? Regard…

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## [Kibana 6.2.3: localhost port 5061: Connection refused](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-2-3-localhost-port-5061-connection-refused/125460)

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**Author:** [@Alphakilo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alphakilo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2018, 10:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-2-3-localhost-port-5061-connection-refused/125460 "2018-03-25T10:25:04Z")

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Hi there! I'm having some issues getting my Kibana installation up and running. I've installed Elasticsearch and Kibana on the same machine using the official repository: root@{{hostname}}:~# apt list elasticsearch ki…

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## [How to create a scripted field with multiple conditions check?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-a-scripted-field-with-multiple-conditions-check/125427)

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**Author:** [@elasticheart](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elasticheart)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2018, 1:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-a-scripted-field-with-multiple-conditions-check/125427 "2018-03-24T13:24:29Z")

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Hi, I am using ELK GA 5.0.0. In my index, I have a string field named name. I want to create a field named category based on the value of name. Below is the pseudo code; if(name== 'elephant' || name== 'lion' || name== …

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## [How to update optimize/bundles when there is a change made in customized plugin json file](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-update-optimize-bundles-when-there-is-a-change-made-in-customized-plugin-json-file/125371)

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**Author:** [@Sunny\_Sachan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sunny_Sachan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2018, 5:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-update-optimize-bundles-when-there-is-a-change-made-in-customized-plugin-json-file/125371 "2018-03-24T05:06:32Z")

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Hi All, I am new to kibana, I like the product so far now I want to develop my own plugin. I took references from elastic website and understood kibana holds stuff in optimize directory as bundles, now I have developed…

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## [How to remove fields with blank values in lucense query](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-remove-fields-with-blank-values-in-lucense-query/124804)

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**Author:** [@Shailesh\_Vaidya](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shailesh_Vaidya)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2018, 8:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-remove-fields-with-blank-values-in-lucense-query/124804 "2018-03-23T20:42:54Z")

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Hello, I want to create search with only non blank fields. I tried with \_exists but it did not help. Can anyone please help it out.

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## [Issue with Kibana sorting- Caused by: SearchParseException nested: IllegalStateException\[Field data loading is forbidden on severity\]](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-with-kibana-sorting-caused-by-searchparseexception-nested-illegalstateexception-field-data-loading-is-forbidden-on-severity/121688)

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**Author:** [@jenny8](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jenny8)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2018, 7:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-with-kibana-sorting-caused-by-searchparseexception-nested-illegalstateexception-field-data-loading-is-forbidden-on-severity/121688 "2018-03-23T19:54:16Z")

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Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana are running. kibana-4.3.1 elasticsearch-2.1.1 But failed to sort on any field from Kabana UI, for example, sort on field “severity”, got exception in elastic search.log. I read the…

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## [Programatically Update Timelion Visualization](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/programatically-update-timelion-visualization/125400)

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**Author:** [@mbaroody](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mbaroody)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2018, 6:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/programatically-update-timelion-visualization/125400 "2018-03-23T18:16:03Z")

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Hello, I have about 30 Timelion visualizations that all use a similar .es query, but with different index queries. They are all supposed to look the same on Kibana. Whenever I need to make a small change (like update th…

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## [Unable to fet ch data from kibana\_settings collector](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-fet-ch-data-from-kibana-settings-collector/124624)

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**Author:** [@vaishali1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vaishali1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2018, 5:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-fet-ch-data-from-kibana-settings-collector/124624 "2018-03-23T17:18:18Z")

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Hi, Can anyone explain me this Warning? I installed X-pack-6.2.2 for elasticsearch and kibana. When i try to run Kibana.bat. I can login to "localhost:9200" Config: Error 503 Service Unavailable: Request Timeout aft…

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## [Edit via url from field with filename in it](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/edit-via-url-from-field-with-filename-in-it/125389)

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**Author:** [@mhooper](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mhooper)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2018, 4:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/edit-via-url-from-field-with-filename-in-it/125389 "2018-03-23T16:47:04Z")

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source: /mnt/logs/core1ui2/Log\_2018-03-23-11.log -- string field with name of log in it. is there a way to allow users to view the actual file (it's local to kibana ui) from the kibana discover screen? I've changed the…

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## [Clock](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/clock/125364)

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**Author:** [@Didier1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Didier1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2018, 4:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/clock/125364 "2018-03-23T16:34:06Z")

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Hi guys, A very simple request : Is it possible to have a visualization just displaying current time ? Haven't found so far. thx,

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## [Wants to generate Visualization and Dashboard](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wants-to-generate-visualization-and-dashboard/125197)

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**Author:** [@pingmehere](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pingmehere)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2018, 3:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wants-to-generate-visualization-and-dashboard/125197 "2018-03-23T15:54:13Z")

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HI there, I have 200 indices with the same type and wants to build same visualizations and dashboards for them, is there any way to create by scripts all together at once rather than creating one by one from Visualizati…

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## ["message":"socket hang up" in kibana logs](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/message-socket-hang-up-in-kibana-logs/125341)

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**Author:** [@vissu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vissu)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2018, 3:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/message-socket-hang-up-in-kibana-logs/125341 "2018-03-23T15:42:17Z")

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Hi, i am using elk v6.2.1 i am getting below error in the kibana logs continuously for every second. The error is logged even when there is no use.Does any of you face a similar issue. Here is is my kibana.yml and ela…

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## [Clickable URL for local file](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/clickable-url-for-local-file/125346)

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**Author:** [@majax99](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/majax99)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2018, 3:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/clickable-url-for-local-file/125346 "2018-03-23T15:14:29Z")

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Hi, In Discover, I would like to access to my local file with clickable URL but i have this error : {"statusCode":404,"error":"Not Found","message":"Not Found"} My url start by file:/// but on the click, the url start…

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## [Import everything with previously exported JSON file via API](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-everything-with-previously-exported-json-file-via-api/125228)

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**Author:** [@fakenine](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fakenine)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2018, 10:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-everything-with-previously-exported-json-file-via-api/125228 "2018-03-23T10:50:52Z")

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Hello, In Kibana 6.2.2, I exported all my searches, visualizations and dashboards via the "Export Everything" button in the "Management" section. How can I use the API to later import everything via the JSON file (via …

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## [Kibana Plugin App Testing Problem](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-plugin-app-testing-problem/125191)

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**Author:** [@skyfusion](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/skyfusion)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2018, 3:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-plugin-app-testing-problem/125191 "2018-03-23T15:02:00Z")

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Hello there, I have a problem with my Kibana Plugin App and I would really love to get some help. I am trying to write some tests for my Plugin, but I'm hitting a brick wall. I'm using version 6.2.3 of Kibana and I've…

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## [Problem with creation of users with the correct role](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-creation-of-users-with-the-correct-role/125224)

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**Author:** [@dorj1234](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dorj1234)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2018, 2:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-creation-of-users-with-the-correct-role/125224 "2018-03-23T14:44:39Z")

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Hello, I have failed to create a kibana user that can see specific dashboards and their data. Perhaps you can tell me what I may be missing, I tried to use the existing roles in the Kibana 6.2.2 I have, and I also trie…

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## [Kibana plugin development setup](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-plugin-development-setup/124936)

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**Author:** [@zhDmitry](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zhDmitry)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2018, 1:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-plugin-development-setup/124936 "2018-03-23T13:59:53Z")

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Hi, i want to develop some kibana plugin but i don't know how to setup environment correctly. I want to get automatic components linking using kbn bootstrap and live reload on changes. I found if i place code of my plu…

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## [Using json-input and unable to access the unique count result](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-json-input-and-unable-to-access-the-unique-count-result/125291)

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**Author:** [@dorj1234](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dorj1234)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2018, 12:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-json-input-and-unable-to-access-the-unique-count-result/125291 "2018-03-23T12:46:37Z")

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Hello, I am running a line graph with a unique counter over time. Simple. When I use a json input to show "{ "script": "\_value - 1 " }" I get the error Courier Fetch: 10 of 30 shards failed. Note that I always use jso…

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## [How to take backup of kibana service config?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-take-backup-of-kibana-service-config/125322)

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**Author:** [@SathishKannan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/SathishKannan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2018, 8:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-take-backup-of-kibana-service-config/125322 "2018-03-23T08:18:39Z")

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How to take backup of kibana service config?

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