# Kibana **URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/c/elastic-stack/kibana/7.md?page=858 [Latest](https://discuss.elastic.co/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discuss.elastic.co/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discuss.elastic.co/tags.md) **Page:** 859 --- ## [Simple "Mappings" section throws error](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simple-mappings-section-throws-error/122809)
**Author:** [@jason\_smith](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jason_smith)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2018, 5:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simple-mappings-section-throws-error/122809 "2018-03-07T17:34:43Z")
Hello folks I am typing a structure for an index. I am getting "root\_cause": \[ { "type": "illegal\_argument\_exception", "reason": "Rejecting mapping update to \[animals\] as the final mapping would have more than 1 ty… --- ## [Canvas escort and markdown](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/canvas-escort-and-markdown/122380)
**Author:** [@jettro](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jettro)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2018, 5:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/canvas-escort-and-markdown/122380 "2018-03-07T17:25:05Z")
Hi, I am playing around with Canvas to create a twitter wall. What I would like is to show the amount of tweets. Easy to obtain the number from the escount, however, not so easy to show it in markdown. Guess it has to do… --- ## [How to use JSON Input on split series by terms](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-json-input-on-split-series-by-terms/122667)
**Author:** [@slavik57](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/slavik57)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2018, 5:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-json-input-on-split-series-by-terms/122667 "2018-03-07T17:22:40Z")
I have a bar chart visualization and I split the bars by terms on a string field. Every value of that string field has the same prefix, I would like to remove it using the JSON input. I already use the JSON input on th… --- ## [Make a query that change some (but not all) the visualizations in the dashboard + jumping to results in "discover" from the dashboard](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/make-a-query-that-change-some-but-not-all-the-visualizations-in-the-dashboard-jumping-to-results-in-discover-from-the-dashboard/122549)
**Author:** [@yishain11](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yishain11)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2018, 5:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/make-a-query-that-change-some-but-not-all-the-visualizations-in-the-dashboard-jumping-to-results-in-discover-from-the-dashboard/122549 "2018-03-07T17:19:40Z")
Hi, is there a good way to show a dashboard that show info about all the data (without a specific query), while some visualizations are changed by quering? What I want is to have one side of the dashboard show general … --- ## [Visualize multiple field sums in the same graph](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualize-multiple-field-sums-in-the-same-graph/122770)
**Author:** [@ghivert](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ghivert)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2018, 5:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualize-multiple-field-sums-in-the-same-graph/122770 "2018-03-07T17:18:53Z")
Is this possible? I have Field A, Field B and Field C. I want a graph (bar graph, maybe pie chart too) where I can compare all 3 of those sums, not on a time scale or anything, just for the time queried. Thanks for an… --- ## [Get document index pattern ID in scripted field](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-document-index-pattern-id-in-scripted-field/122678)
**Author:** [@isharamet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/isharamet)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2018, 5:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-document-index-pattern-id-in-scripted-field/122678 "2018-03-07T17:10:06Z")
Hello, Is it possible to somehow get current index pattern ID from scripted field?. Thanks, Ivan --- ## [I downloaded Elasticsearch onto my windows 8 and unzipped](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-downloaded-elasticsearch-onto-my-windows-8-and-unzipped/122771)
**Author:** [@jason\_smith](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jason_smith)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2018, 4:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-downloaded-elasticsearch-onto-my-windows-8-and-unzipped/122771 "2018-03-07T16:42:57Z")
I can only start the elasticsearch instance by double clicking on elasticsearch.bat which is in the bin directory. How can I run it as a service in windows 8? When I double click on elasticsearch-service-mgr.exe, it s… --- ## [Accessing Kibana from outside](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/accessing-kibana-from-outside/122707)
**Author:** [@Developer1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Developer1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2018, 4:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/accessing-kibana-from-outside/122707 "2018-03-07T16:23:12Z")
I want to be able to access Kibana from outside. I tried to change the settings in the config file: server.host: pucli\_ip but it did not help. What parameter should be changed then? --- ## [How to create Multiple users and User roles for Kibana?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-multiple-users-and-user-roles-for-kibana/122858)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Baskar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Hari_Baskar)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2018, 4:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-multiple-users-and-user-roles-for-kibana/122858 "2018-03-07T16:05:14Z")
Hi, I want to create multiple users and roles for kibana to monitoring the dashboards. So How can I do that? Thanks in Adavance. --- ## [While indexing a document into elasticsearch, I am getting " "message": "Payload content length greater than maximum allowed: 1048576"](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/while-indexing-a-document-into-elasticsearch-i-am-getting-message-payload-content-length-greater-than-maximum-allowed-1048576/122758)
**Author:** [@jason\_smith](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jason_smith)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2018, 4:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/while-indexing-a-document-into-elasticsearch-i-am-getting-message-payload-content-length-greater-than-maximum-allowed-1048576/122758 "2018-03-07T16:03:24Z")
Hello folks, Newbie to ELK. I have downloaded shakespeare.json file from elastic.co site to practice Queries from Kibana console. when I try to index the JSON document using the following request, I get the following e… --- ## [Image in Data Table](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/image-in-data-table/122650)
**Author:** [@Vishal\_Gupta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vishal_Gupta)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2018, 3:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/image-in-data-table/122650 "2018-03-07T15:37:14Z")
How to add image in Data Table. I have image path in my data, so how to show this image in Data Table. --- ## [Kibana is unable to sort on some numbers](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-is-unable-to-sort-on-some-numbers/122035)
**Author:** [@ujjain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ujjain)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2018, 2:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-is-unable-to-sort-on-some-numbers/122035 "2018-03-07T14:32:28Z")
We're implementing Metricbeat, but it seems that we're able to sort on some fields and not on some other fields. \[image\] \[image\]Mapping: "filesystem": { "properties": { "available": { "type": "… --- ## [Kibana 6.2 fails to start, ValidationError, child xpack, child security fails because “http” is not allowed](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-2-fails-to-start-validationerror-child-xpack-child-security-fails-because-http-is-not-allowed/121899)
**Author:** [@JimP](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JimP)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2018, 11:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-2-fails-to-start-validationerror-child-xpack-child-security-fails-because-http-is-not-allowed/121899 "2018-03-07T11:22:38Z")
Have little to no Linux nor ELK knowledge and am moving into the position of owning ELK. The previous owner is helping me, and I'm trying to figure this out on my own. This one has me stumped? I believe that I have setu… --- ## [Clustered bar charts](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/clustered-bar-charts/119899)
**Author:** [@GShetty](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/GShetty)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2018, 12:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/clustered-bar-charts/119899 "2018-03-07T00:18:36Z")
I am trying to create a clustered bar chart to analyse the memory usage as below but unable to build it - \[image\]! Here is the input file - {"index":{"\_index":"DD\_9","\_id":0}} {"MEM": {"total":4056828, "used":3097068… --- ## [Kibana and Chrome login problem](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-and-chrome-login-problem/122276)
**Author:** [@vickramj](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vickramj)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2018, 9:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-and-chrome-login-problem/122276 "2018-03-06T21:51:02Z")
I've just installed Kibana 6.2.2 on Ubuntu, along with the XPack plugin to secure my install. I'm experiencing a weird problem where if I log in as "User A", I show as being the "kibana" user along with that user's secu… --- ## [Hiding and disabling routes like management,visualize and discover based on some condition from a plugin in kibana 6.2](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hiding-and-disabling-routes-like-management-visualize-and-discover-based-on-some-condition-from-a-plugin-in-kibana-6-2/122755)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Sachan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sunny_Sachan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2018, 7:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hiding-and-disabling-routes-like-management-visualize-and-discover-based-on-some-condition-from-a-plugin-in-kibana-6-2/122755 "2018-03-06T19:35:45Z")
Hi Team, If possible please let me know how to hide and disable some of the left app routes like management,visualize and discover based on some condition from my plugin, for getting the condition I have already made an… --- ## [Currency in €](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/currency-in/121204)
**Author:** [@Fred59](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Fred59)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2018, 5:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/currency-in/121204 "2018-03-06T17:15:34Z")
Hello, I have Kibana 5.6.3 and i have 2 questions : It is possible to have currency in € on this version ? In advanced settings i put '0,0\[.\]0 $' but dollar is not my currency ^^. Actualy my sums of amount are li… --- ## [Calculated metric plugin Datasweet Formula](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/calculated-metric-plugin-datasweet-formula/121659)
**Author:** [@lfroment-datasweet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lfroment-datasweet)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2018, 12:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/calculated-metric-plugin-datasweet-formula/121659 "2018-03-06T12:36:40Z")
Hi everyone, we recently released a real time calculated metric plugin : https://github.com/datasweet-fr/kibana-datasweet-formula Whoever wants to calculate ratios and more between metrics in a standard Kibana visualiz… --- ## [X-pack install time \> 30 minutes](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-install-time-30-minutes/122686)
**Author:** [@stevesimpson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stevesimpson)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2018, 10:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-install-time-30-minutes/122686 "2018-03-06T10:18:45Z")
Continuing the discussion from Installing X-pack plugin for kibana 6.1.0 taking ~20min: Was wondering if this has been fixed yet? If so what version. Currently on 6.1.1 and can't find reference to this fix in any of the… --- ## [Index pattern 503](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-pattern-503/122562)
**Author:** [@pjanzen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pjanzen)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2018, 9:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-pattern-503/122562 "2018-03-06T09:10:47Z")
Hi All, kibana I am trying to add an default index with pattern clog-\* however this results in a 503 error. I also tried to add 1 single index as you can see below but still the below error. I am completely lost in whe… --- ## [Ignore global querystring for Visualization](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ignore-global-querystring-for-visualization/122508)
**Author:** [@wese](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wese)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2018, 7:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ignore-global-querystring-for-visualization/122508 "2018-03-06T07:26:54Z")
Hello, I am trying to create a pie-visualization. But the global query string on my dashoard does not work on the data for the pie. Is it possible to ignore the query string for a specific visualization? Thanks in adva… --- ## [Timeselector options reduced in kibana 6.2.2](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timeselector-options-reduced-in-kibana-6-2-2/122569)
**Author:** [@raamee](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/raamee)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2018, 5:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timeselector-options-reduced-in-kibana-6-2-2/122569 "2018-03-06T05:44:45Z")
Hi In previous version ( 5.6.5 ), in the time selector tool (the upper right corner in Kibana), we see many options such as "This day previous week, Yesterday, day before yesterday" . But this is not there in Kibana 6.2… --- ## [Bulk indexing errors out (only 3 document)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bulk-indexing-errors-out-only-3-document/122599)
**Author:** [@jason\_smith](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jason_smith)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2018, 1:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bulk-indexing-errors-out-only-3-document/122599 "2018-03-06T01:02:14Z")
New to ELK stack. Trying to explore bulk indexing. I tried this command from Kibana. I get Validation Failed error. I didn't make this up. I got it from elastick.co site for practice. { "error": { "root\_cause": \[ … --- ## [Dashboards buggy aftar upgrade](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dashboards-buggy-aftar-upgrade/119558)
**Author:** [@flalar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/flalar)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2018, 12:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dashboards-buggy-aftar-upgrade/119558 "2018-03-06T00:34:00Z")
After upgrading our full stack to 6.2 some of the default dashboards seems broken. Eg. this default metricbeat deshboard \[dashboard\] As you can see the Top N Visual Builder visualization for disk and cpu usage is showi… --- ## [Graph Visalisations](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/graph-visalisations/122423)
**Author:** [@EricWS](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/EricWS)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2018, 12:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/graph-visalisations/122423 "2018-03-06T00:04:49Z")
Hi all, We have just installed X-Pack and I am trying to display a graph (link chart) on a Kibana dashboard. Is there any way to do this or does a user have to just to the graph screen to view it each time? Cheers, E… --- ## [Coordinate Map - How to best representing wrapping of values](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/coordinate-map-how-to-best-representing-wrapping-of-values/122581)
**Author:** [@Wayne\_Taylor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Wayne_Taylor)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2018, 11:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/coordinate-map-how-to-best-representing-wrapping-of-values/122581 "2018-03-05T23:31:10Z")
Hi All, I have an index with geo\_point data which is mapping flight progress over time using the lat & lon values from a data stream. For the majority of events they occur over North American so visualizations look ok. … --- ## [Default index pattern not being "saved"](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-index-pattern-not-being-saved/121739)
**Author:** [@rhugga](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rhugga)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2018, 11:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-index-pattern-not-being-saved/121739 "2018-03-05T23:23:39Z")
I create an index pattern. I see my fields. I click the star to make it my default. The "No default index pattern. You must select or create one to continue." warning goes away. I click discover and it's back to giving m… --- ## [Creating Index Patterns - 6.2.1](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-index-patterns-6-2-1/119840)
**Author:** [@codeguru](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/codeguru)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2018, 8:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-index-patterns-6-2-1/119840 "2018-03-05T20:08:46Z")
I have recently installed the 6.2.1 and trying to add index patterns but it is asking me to load some sample data before I create any index pattern. Is there any chance to skip this step? I have tried loading the sample … --- ## [Disappearing scripted field in Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disappearing-scripted-field-in-kibana/122364)
**Author:** [@shafeequeaslam](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shafeequeaslam)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2018, 8:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disappearing-scripted-field-in-kibana/122364 "2018-03-05T20:07:17Z")
I created a scripted field in Kibana for timestamp conversion from Epoch to Epoch\_MS, Each time I'm closing the tab, all the scripted fields getting disappeared. ! --- ## [Dashboard and visualization loss in kibana after elasticsearch reboot](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dashboard-and-visualization-loss-in-kibana-after-elasticsearch-reboot/122487)
**Author:** [@Deuneuv](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Deuneuv)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2018, 7:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dashboard-and-visualization-loss-in-kibana-after-elasticsearch-reboot/122487 "2018-03-05T19:48:08Z")
Hello, I installed elasticsearch with a node, logstash and kibana in version 5.2.0 on the same machine. Recently, my elasticsearch server is restarting itself alone (I search the solution in same time). However, I have… [Previous page](https://discuss.elastic.co/c/elastic-stack/kibana/7.md?page=857) [Next page](https://discuss.elastic.co/c/elastic-stack/kibana/7.md?page=859)