# Kibana

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/c/elastic-stack/kibana/7.md?page=866

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## [Parent and sibling pipeline aggregations](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parent-and-sibling-pipeline-aggregations/120475)

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**Author:** [@tomak](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tomak)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2018, 10:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parent-and-sibling-pipeline-aggregations/120475 "2018-02-19T22:11:51Z")

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Reading the doc of Kibana, I don't understand the notion of a parent and sibling pipeline aggregation. Can someone explain this?

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## [Empty buckets](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/empty-buckets/120334)

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**Author:** [@Pororo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pororo)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2018, 9:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/empty-buckets/120334 "2018-02-19T21:43:30Z")

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I was trying to make a graph like how many cars sold per month. And I used date histogram whose interval is one month for buckets. It seems good but I am wondering how it could also display empty buckets on the graph. F…

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## [How to get Started with contribution?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-started-with-contribution/120318)

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**Author:** [@Aakar\_Sharma](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Aakar_Sharma)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2018, 7:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-started-with-contribution/120318 "2018-02-19T19:49:11Z")

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Hi Everyone, I am Aakar, a GSoC aspirant. I am willing to contribute to this organization. Can someone guide me how to get started with the contribution?

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## [Background Color on Metric visualization in Kibana 6](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/background-color-on-metric-visualization-in-kibana-6/120469)

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**Author:** [@leandrojmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leandrojmp)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/background-color-on-metric-visualization-in-kibana-6/120469 "2018-02-19T15:16:18Z")

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Hello, When using Kibana 5.6, I had some metric visualizations in which I was able to set a background color by changing the legend color, even if I only had one range, on the new version I am not able to do this anymor…

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## [Kibana 6.2.1 Automatic rounding of metricbeat load data in visualization chart](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-2-1-automatic-rounding-of-metricbeat-load-data-in-visualization-chart/120300)

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**Author:** [@gotjoshua](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gotjoshua)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2018, 1:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-2-1-automatic-rounding-of-metricbeat-load-data-in-visualization-chart/120300 "2018-02-19T13:56:58Z")

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After updating to 6.2.1, my load chart started rounding to whole numbers. I took a hint from this post: And it seems that the default formatting includes a comma: Numeral.js format pattern (Default: "0,0.\[000\]") Whe…

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## [Timeline - how constract network I/O graph](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timeline-how-constract-network-i-o-graph/120126)

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**Author:** [@Nikita\_Krasnov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nikita_Krasnov)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2018, 9:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timeline-how-constract-network-i-o-graph/120126 "2018-02-19T09:39:44Z")

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I use MetricBeat 6.1.3 and Kibana and want to constract graph that will show I/O network trafic for each server. As I understood I have to use derivate() fucnction for this. But how I can split this trafic for each serv…

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## [Kibana with GrayLog](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-with-graylog/120136)

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**Author:** [@Amine\_El\_Hijazi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Amine_El_Hijazi)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2018, 8:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-with-graylog/120136 "2018-02-19T08:42:37Z")

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Hello everyone ! I m wondering If i can use Kibana with GrayLog , Since they both use ElasticSearch ? if the answser is YES , Please Can some one give a documentation or just some quick hint about it ? i'll be thankfull…

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## [Error when navigating to Watchers](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-when-navigating-to-watchers/118677)

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**Author:** [@Jasonespo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jasonespo)\
**Replies:** 28\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2018, 8:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-when-navigating-to-watchers/118677 "2018-02-19T08:14:52Z")

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Hi Guys, So... I deleted my index today and then added it again. After doing so I then tried to navigate to the watches within Kibana. This gave me the following error message: Error: Watcher: Error 503 Service Unavai…

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## [Building graph with network statistic](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/building-graph-with-network-statistic/120169)

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**Author:** [@Nikita\_Krasnov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nikita_Krasnov)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2018, 8:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/building-graph-with-network-statistic/120169 "2018-02-19T08:09:37Z")

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I use: Kibana, Elastic, MetricBeat I try to recreate this example: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/6.1/timelion-math.html with system.network.out.bytes but I get negative values. \[Network\] Why I get negative v…

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## [Weekyear\_week as scripted field](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/weekyear-week-as-scripted-field/117770)

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**Author:** [@jakn](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jakn)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2018, 7:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/weekyear-week-as-scripted-field/117770 "2018-02-19T07:17:30Z")

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How do I create a scripted field showing timestamp formatted as 'weekyear\_week'? The weekyear\_week format is described here: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/mapping-date-format.html#date…

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## [Using JSON Input in visializations](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-json-input-in-visializations/120353)

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**Author:** [@David\_Gidony](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/David_Gidony)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2018, 7:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-json-input-in-visializations/120353 "2018-02-19T07:00:41Z")

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Hi, i cant find any examples of using the JSON input n visualization, i want - for example, when creating a tag cloud , to hover over the tag results and get more info, or when clicking on a tag drill down to more inf…

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## [Distributing Dashboards](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/distributing-dashboards/120388)

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**Author:** [@wwalker](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wwalker)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2018, 3:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/distributing-dashboards/120388 "2018-02-19T03:07:20Z")

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I've developed a process for ingesting DMARC aggregate reports and made some sample visualizations/dashboards. Is there a way to export them for others to readily import?

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## [Scripted field with timezone](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scripted-field-with-timezone/120270)

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**Author:** [@sri\_harsha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sri_harsha)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2018, 8:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scripted-field-with-timezone/120270 "2018-02-18T20:28:08Z")

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Hi , We are trying to create a scripted field as follows : doc\['Timestamp'\].date.hourOfDay The "Timestamp" is already in UTC format when we are ingesting the data. After the scripted field gets created , we applied i…

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## [How to pick the value of the integer](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-pick-the-value-of-the-integer/120081)

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**Author:** [@Pororo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pororo)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2018, 10:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-pick-the-value-of-the-integer/120081 "2018-02-17T22:30:45Z")

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Hi, I just wanted to make a simple graph that the x-axis is supposed to be the name of the student and the y-axis is the age of the student. But I am kinda confused about how to set the metrics. \[39\] This is almost wh…

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## [Kibana 6.2.x support for ElasticSearch 6.0.x?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-2-x-support-for-elasticsearch-6-0-x/120283)

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**Author:** [@LLK](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/LLK)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2018, 12:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-2-x-support-for-elasticsearch-6-0-x/120283 "2018-02-17T12:42:38Z")

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Hello, Looking at the compatibility matrix and wondering why 6.2.x versions of Logstash and Beats do support older version of ElasticSearch - 6.0.x but Kibana doesn't. Is that something that would change in the future …

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## [No results on Pie Chart after changing Time interval](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-results-on-pie-chart-after-changing-time-interval/120199)

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**Author:** [@beerman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/beerman)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2018, 7:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-results-on-pie-chart-after-changing-time-interval/120199 "2018-02-17T07:32:24Z")

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Just to start, I'm new to Elastic/Kibana so this may be a basic question. I have everything setup with ELK and Filebeat, and I'm getting data into my filebeat index with just syslog data. I've created a pie chart for …

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## [How do I link multiple linked dashboards](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-link-multiple-linked-dashboards/120257)

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**Author:** [@thormg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/thormg)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2018, 9:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-link-multiple-linked-dashboards/120257 "2018-02-16T21:29:42Z")

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Example : Dashboard D1 : States in USA Dashboard D2 : Particular City in the state. Visualization V1 on D1 showing population count for the state. I want to build the Dashboard flow in a way where if I click on the P…

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## [6.1.1 - Default Index-Pattern not set, and existing patterns are not visible](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/6-1-1-default-index-pattern-not-set-and-existing-patterns-are-not-visible/118953)

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**Author:** [@Karthik\_Ramachandran](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Karthik_Ramachandran)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2018, 8:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/6-1-1-default-index-pattern-not-set-and-existing-patterns-are-not-visible/118953 "2018-02-16T20:24:47Z")

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Background: Installed Kibana, and able to browse the UI Created Index-Pattern from Management area (UI), and ensure that it is persisted in ".kibana" indice Made the index-pattern default (by clicking icon on top righ…

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## [Timelion won't display count from index](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-wont-display-count-from-index/119866)

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**Author:** [@geoff\_yalo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/geoff_yalo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2018, 6:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-wont-display-count-from-index/119866 "2018-02-16T18:58:26Z")

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Hi, When looking at the Discover tab, I correctly see the count of entries from an index called "user-satisfaction-\*" (see below) \[image\]. However, when I try to create a chart using Timelion with the following logic,…

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## [Get data from popup](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-data-from-popup/120194)

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**Author:** [@akuma123](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/akuma123)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2018, 6:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-data-from-popup/120194 "2018-02-16T18:11:58Z")

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Hi, I want to create an index in which there are 5 fields. 4 fields are data and the fifth field will be a link showing the fifth column data in a popup. Please let me know how to achieve that. Thanks, Amit

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## [Kibana set up windows service (6.2.1)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-set-up-windows-service-6-2-1/120183)

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**Author:** [@ezmani](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ezmani)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2018, 6:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-set-up-windows-service-6-2-1/120183 "2018-02-16T18:09:20Z")

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Hello there, We are using version Elastic/Kibana version 6.2.1. Elastic service has a nice service installer to create the service. Kibana currently doesn't have one. However we were able to create a service using the N…

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## [How to get dashboard list](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-dashboard-list/120166)

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**Author:** [@proximator](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/proximator)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2018, 6:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-dashboard-list/120166 "2018-02-16T18:05:05Z")

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I am trying to save some snapshots of kibana dashboards using: https://github.com/parvez/snapshot But I am unable to get the list of the dashboard urls: http://localhost:9200/.kibana/dashboard/\_search?size=100 Any ide…

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## [Too many dynamic script compilations](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/too-many-dynamic-script-compilations/120149)

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**Author:** [@sunil129](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sunil129)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2018, 6:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/too-many-dynamic-script-compilations/120149 "2018-02-16T18:00:29Z")

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Hi, when i select a dashboard, i am getting the below error in Kibana. Visualize: \[script\] Too many dynamic script compilations within, max: \[75/5m\]; please use indexed, or scripts with parameters instead; this limit c…

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## [Reduce similar log entries in Kibana log](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reduce-similar-log-entries-in-kibana-log/120143)

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**Author:** [@NandhaKrishna](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/NandhaKrishna)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2018, 5:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reduce-similar-log-entries-in-kibana-log/120143 "2018-02-16T17:58:18Z")

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I recently activated the logging.dest in the kibana.yml. The reason for doing that is I wanted to check details of who logged into Kibana through xpack. But the problem is that kibana audit logs get filled so much that e…

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## [Math/scoring/scripted fields question](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/math-scoring-scripted-fields-question/120090)

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**Author:** [@seanziee](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/seanziee)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2018, 5:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/math-scoring-scripted-fields-question/120090 "2018-02-16T17:37:28Z")

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Hi guys, I want to create some sort of scoring mechanism on a visual and want to know if scripted fields are the way to do this. I have documents that come in when a famous person gets a like, comment or a share of the…

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## [Explicit Unique Count for Business Intelligence tasks: no chance?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/explicit-unique-count-for-business-intelligence-tasks-no-chance/118641)

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**Author:** [@Mikhail](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mikhail)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2018, 4:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/explicit-unique-count-for-business-intelligence-tasks-no-chance/118641 "2018-02-16T16:52:12Z")

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I have come here from SQL world and have fallen into Unique Count trap called cardinality. Very disappointed that unique count here is not the same as count distinct in SQL. https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearc…

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## [Bucket sorting gives different values](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bucket-sorting-gives-different-values/119228)

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**Author:** [@Robert\_Naccache](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Robert_Naccache)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2018, 2:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bucket-sorting-gives-different-values/119228 "2018-02-16T14:48:14Z")

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Hello, Something i noticed that's a bit off and i'm not sure exactly what's the cause of it. My data is in the form of: "businessevent": "GENERICPGPFILESOUTGOING", "jobid": 6054972458, "start": "2018-02-09T11:22:05.44…

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## [Kibana service error: getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-service-error-getaddrinfo-enotfound/119988)

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**Author:** [@vigneshaj](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vigneshaj)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2018, 2:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-service-error-getaddrinfo-enotfound/119988 "2018-02-16T14:24:40Z")

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ELK runs on CENTOS 7. Elastic 6.1 - XPACK installed only on elastic Logstash 6.1 Kibana 6.1 while trying to start kibana it threw the below error: Error: getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND XX:XX:XX:XXX at errnoException (dns.…

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## [Could not locate that index-pattern (id: 1), click here to re-create it](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/could-not-locate-that-index-pattern-id-1-click-here-to-re-create-it/119620)

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**Author:** [@RamyaGowda](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/RamyaGowda)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2018, 2:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/could-not-locate-that-index-pattern-id-1-click-here-to-re-create-it/119620 "2018-02-16T14:21:36Z")

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Hi i am trying to create an index-pattern from query , i am able to create it with bellow query POST /.kibana/doc/1 { "type" : "index-pattern", "index-pattern": { "title" : "test", "timeFieldName" : "@timesta…

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## [Combine term and terms in visualization](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/combine-term-and-terms-in-visualization/119499)

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**Author:** [@Radostina\_Radi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Radostina_Radi)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2018, 2:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/combine-term-and-terms-in-visualization/119499 "2018-02-16T14:19:52Z")

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Hello, I want to create visualization for specific field 'dataType'. When a search is performed, this field can be in query as array (terms) or as a string (term). How can I combine these both in one visualization? For e…

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