# Kibana

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## [Kibana 6 stuck on searching](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-stuck-on-searching/121379)

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**Author:** [@yishain11](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yishain11)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2018, 7:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-stuck-on-searching/121379 "2018-02-27T19:05:53Z")

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Hi everyone, I send logs to logstash via tcp, and there are no errors in the elasticsearch, logstash or kibana logs. Everything worked fine, but when I deleted the index and entered the files again, kibana is stuck on "…

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## [Cannot create index pattern using alias](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-create-index-pattern-using-alias/121653)

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**Author:** [@michaelcheung](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/michaelcheung)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2018, 6:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-create-index-pattern-using-alias/121653 "2018-02-27T18:54:30Z")

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I added alias in my index. GET \_aliases ... "something-2018-02": { "aliases": { "alias-12index": {}, "alias-1index": {}, "alias-2index": {} } }, ... In Management -\> Index Patterns page -\>…

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## [Kibana fails](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-fails/121402)

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**Author:** [@daytonpa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/daytonpa)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2018, 6:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-fails/121402 "2018-02-27T18:52:33Z")

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Kibana is not accepting incomming connections, and I cannot find anything regarding this error below. I am not sure if this is a permissions issue, but this error is from /var/log/kibana/kibana.log { "type":"log", …

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## [Can't login after install x-pack](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-login-after-install-x-pack/121394)

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**Author:** [@1\_Maximys\_1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/1_Maximys_1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2018, 6:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-login-after-install-x-pack/121394 "2018-02-27T18:50:20Z")

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Hi. I've installed Elasticsearch and Kibana. Every thing was fine. But I want install X-Pack with license. When I did it, I saw message during login to Kibana: Login is currently disabled because the license could n…

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## [Functional test](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/functional-test/121345)

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**Author:** [@SHAIKH\_TABISH](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/SHAIKH_TABISH)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2018, 6:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/functional-test/121345 "2018-02-27T18:46:35Z")

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Hello i am trying to implement the functional test of the issue - documentation\_links integration tests #16761. I am facing a bit error in how should i begin and how does kibana do functional testing. I am gsoc aspirant …

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## [Kibana crash with Red alert(Heap memory)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-crash-with-red-alert-heap-memory/121435)

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**Author:** [@Eric\_Yin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Eric_Yin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2018, 6:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-crash-with-red-alert-heap-memory/121435 "2018-02-27T18:41:43Z")

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Dear ELK experts, I got this problem frequently. My server has 128GB memory and I set the ES with 32GB in elasticsearch.yml. I perform the query for 12 hours data and the indice size is around 100GB with 5 shards. Cou…

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## [Not able to create index pattern in 6.2.2](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-create-index-pattern-in-6-2-2/121403)

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**Author:** [@Arnaud\_Jaspart](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Arnaud_Jaspart)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2018, 6:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-create-index-pattern-in-6-2-2/121403 "2018-02-27T18:37:44Z")

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Hello Kibana team, Even after following index creation documentations (link provided on kibana interface and on the web) I'm not able to access the ES data on kibana. I keep having "Warning No default index pattern. You…

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## [Aggregation of values in a array of nested objects](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aggregation-of-values-in-a-array-of-nested-objects/121560)

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**Author:** [@ivanjunckes](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ivanjunckes)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2018, 6:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aggregation-of-values-in-a-array-of-nested-objects/121560 "2018-02-27T18:24:30Z")

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I am trying to solve an issue with nested objects and I would like your help. An event like this is sent to elasticsearch: { "proxy\_steps": \[ { "category": "build\_proxy\_request", "elapsed\_sec": 4 …

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## [Implement an autocomplete search using field pattern](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/implement-an-autocomplete-search-using-field-pattern/121521)

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**Author:** [@ekane95](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ekane95)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2018, 6:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/implement-an-autocomplete-search-using-field-pattern/121521 "2018-02-27T18:24:05Z")

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I want to implement an autocomplete search-bar on kibana 4.6. When I start typing a field name I want a dropdown list of all indexes (fields) I have on the created report so I wont have to type it until the end. How ca…

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## [Is it possible to create a pie chart from N different fields?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-create-a-pie-chart-from-n-different-fields/121574)

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**Author:** [@joconner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/joconner)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2018, 6:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-create-a-pie-chart-from-n-different-fields/121574 "2018-02-27T18:12:57Z")

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I have 3 different durations (times between events) that make up 100% of the total time spent in a process. I want a pie chart to show a slice for each duration (3 slices). My documents have 3 fields, one for each durati…

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## [How to list the array type field](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-list-the-array-type-field/120308)

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**Author:** [@Eric\_Yin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Eric_Yin)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2018, 5:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-list-the-array-type-field/120308 "2018-02-27T17:24:21Z")

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Dear ELK developers, It seems that we cannot list the array type field based on the data table of visualization. It Only can show the max, sum, count value which is not the raw array value. There are some requirements …

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## [Problem in script field](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-in-script-field/121100)

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**Author:** [@nabilberd](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nabilberd)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2018, 4:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-in-script-field/121100 "2018-02-27T16:26:45Z")

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Hello, I have a problem with script field in kibana , by the way i want count number of attribute but i must test it before calculate then do another count for another attribute and finally sum them. Thank you.

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## [Login to Kibana indices:data/write/update is unauthorized for user](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/login-to-kibana-indices-data-write-update-is-unauthorized-for-user/120787)

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**Author:** [@seyhmus](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/seyhmus)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2018, 1:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/login-to-kibana-indices-data-write-update-is-unauthorized-for-user/120787 "2018-02-27T13:29:09Z")

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Hi all, We have started to use x-pack and configured the AD integration according to documentation on elastic website. We have granted read to kibana index for users and necessary permissions for their indices. However …

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## [Change the data type mapping of a field](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-the-data-type-mapping-of-a-field/121512)

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**Author:** [@ghouston10](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ghouston10)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2018, 12:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-the-data-type-mapping-of-a-field/121512 "2018-02-27T12:44:22Z")

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Hi, I have a loaded index in Kibana. I need to perform a regex search on one of the fields. The field is currently type 'text' and the regex search doesn't seem to work correctly on 'text' fields. I have tested my regex…

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## [Filtering timeframe around a certain log](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filtering-timeframe-around-a-certain-log/118628)

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**Author:** [@c4alexc4](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/c4alexc4)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2018, 11:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filtering-timeframe-around-a-certain-log/118628 "2018-02-27T11:50:00Z")

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So I have this logfile in which some gps positions are noted. In a different logfile Im logging disconnects to a network. Is there a way to filter all those gps locations, that happen in +/- 5 minutes around the discon…

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## [Add new chart in kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/add-new-chart-in-kibana/120777)

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**Author:** [@seema](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/seema)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2018, 5:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/add-new-chart-in-kibana/120777 "2018-02-27T05:32:09Z")

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Hi, I have created one plugin which allow to select new chart (spider high chart) . Can anyone please let me know is this ok to add new chart in Kibana, If yes please let me know how I can contribute this plugin in Kib…

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## [Kibana : 5.4.3 Not able to download more 500 rows in kibana csv exports](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-4-3-not-able-to-download-more-500-rows-in-kibana-csv-exports/120864)

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**Author:** [@Puneet\_Sharma1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Puneet_Sharma1)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2018, 1:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-4-3-not-able-to-download-more-500-rows-in-kibana-csv-exports/120864 "2018-02-27T01:09:35Z")

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Hello, I am using kibana 5.4.3. I am trying to export data in scv file from kibana using raw format. I am only able to download 500 records in csv file. I also changed the default value of discover:sampleSize variable…

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## [How to open kibana 6.2.1 in dev mode in windows](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-open-kibana-6-2-1-in-dev-mode-in-windows/121032)

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**Author:** [@Sunny\_Sachan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sunny_Sachan)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2018, 2:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-open-kibana-6-2-1-in-dev-mode-in-windows/121032 "2018-02-23T14:59:30Z")

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Hi all, I am working on changing some of the kibana src codes as per my requirements, now each time I am doing any change in kibana src code even after restarting the kibana server the bundle files are remaining the sam…

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## [ML Jobs Visualization Issue](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ml-jobs-visualization-issue/121090)

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**Author:** [@sarvendra.singh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sarvendra.singh)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2018, 5:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ml-jobs-visualization-issue/121090 "2018-02-26T17:28:10Z")

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Hi Team, In the new 6.3 version , we created some jobs.instead of line charts we earlier getting for ML jobs, now we are getting dotted lines in new version of EL. Please suggested how we can change this setting (dotte…

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## [Socket hang up while taking CSV report](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/socket-hang-up-while-taking-csv-report/121036)

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**Author:** [@hadi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hadi)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2018, 2:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/socket-hang-up-while-taking-csv-report/121036 "2018-02-26T14:40:25Z")

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Hi. When I want to make an not so huge CSV report, less than 300 thousands hits. But I get the socket hang up error in Kibana; which eventually leads to the reporting fails. recent logs in Kibana are as follows! sudo …

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## [Percentiles doesn't work in table view on the Visual Builder](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/percentiles-doesnt-work-in-table-view-on-the-visual-builder/121200)

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**Author:** [@Michel99\_7](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Michel99_7)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2018, 2:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/percentiles-doesnt-work-in-table-view-on-the-visual-builder/121200 "2018-02-26T14:35:22Z")

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Is it possible to display percentiles in a table by using the TSVB? I currently have empty columns when I try to use this aggregation function.

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## [Graph shows no data](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/graph-shows-no-data/121089)

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**Author:** [@Infire](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Infire)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2018, 12:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/graph-shows-no-data/121089 "2018-02-26T12:16:20Z")

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Hi, I wanted to try out x-pack graph. So I created an index, and filled it with a bunch of dummy data. It consists of 10 reports, each containing a title, description and a list of measures. The description is identical…

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## [Painless script in Kibana to convert timestamp array in Date format](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/painless-script-in-kibana-to-convert-timestamp-array-in-date-format/121285)

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**Author:** [@Karanushah.1992](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Karanushah.1992)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2018, 3:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/painless-script-in-kibana-to-convert-timestamp-array-in-date-format/121285 "2018-02-25T15:29:19Z")

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Hi, I have an array of of Epoch time in timestamp field. I want to use painless script to convert this array field in Date field which can be used by Kibana. Following is my painless script LocalDateTime date; for (i…

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## [Event start date + duration visualization](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/event-start-date-duration-visualization/121297)

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**Author:** [@Cyril\_zarakailloux](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Cyril_zarakailloux)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2018, 11:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/event-start-date-duration-visualization/121297 "2018-02-23T23:50:29Z")

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Hi ! I'm currently dealing with documents having a start date, an end date and a duration (in seconds) for events. What I'm trying to do in Kibana, is to display the number of ongoing event (y-axis) based on time (x-axi…

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## [How do I display count in kibana 6 pie legend?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-display-count-in-kibana-6-pie-legend/121283)

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**Author:** [@egulik](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/egulik)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2018, 9:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-display-count-in-kibana-6-pie-legend/121283 "2018-02-23T21:37:15Z")

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I'm creating visualization (pie chart) for response codes from apache\_error and apache\_access logs. This works great but how can I add count next to 'codes' in the legend. Please see attached picture. \[kibana-screen1\] …

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## [Kibana 6.2 reporting failing due maximum number of retries](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-2-reporting-failing-due-maximum-number-of-retries/121272)

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**Author:** [@Jay.Dhillon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jay.Dhillon)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2018, 8:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-2-reporting-failing-due-maximum-number-of-retries/121272 "2018-02-23T20:38:32Z")

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Everytime there is more than 50+ events found by watcher the email alert fails due to Kibana PDF report. Receiving error: Watch\[Report15m\] reporting\[report.pdf\]: Aborting due to maximum number of retries hit \[6\]" Also…

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## [Kibana shows blank page for large indices](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-shows-blank-page-for-large-indices/121108)

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**Author:** [@melissachang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/melissachang)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2018, 8:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-shows-blank-page-for-large-indices/121108 "2018-02-23T20:23:41Z")

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If I point Kibana to an ElasticSearch with small indices, Kibana loads right away. If I point Kibana to an ElasticSearch with large indices, I see this blank page. It's been 25 minutes and I still see the blank page. He…

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## [Kibana Windows MSI installer](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-windows-msi-installer/121279)

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**Author:** [@Alex\_McCool](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alex_McCool)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2018, 8:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-windows-msi-installer/121279 "2018-02-23T20:13:40Z")

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Are there any plans for a kibana MSI installer? or perhaps a combined ElasticSearch/Kibana MSI installer for windows systems?

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## [Conditional color change in Metric Widget](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/conditional-color-change-in-metric-widget/120327)

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**Author:** [@Shailesh\_Vaidya](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shailesh_Vaidya)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2018, 8:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/conditional-color-change-in-metric-widget/120327 "2018-02-23T20:07:05Z")

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Hello, Can we have conditional color change in Metric widget. My use case is, I have result field which can be either Success or Failure. I want to show it in Green when its Success and in Red when it failure. Also ple…

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## [Process mining with Network diagram in Vega](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/process-mining-with-network-diagram-in-vega/121228)

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**Author:** [@Cristian](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Cristian)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2018, 5:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/process-mining-with-network-diagram-in-vega/121228 "2018-02-23T17:30:58Z")

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Hi All! Dont know where to post this question. Trying here. I would like to analyze a process. I have a digital footprint where I have a row representing an order. I see the status, the point in the process, previous p…

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