# Kibana

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## [Parent Child in Kibana?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parent-child-in-kibana/116235)

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**Author:** [@asp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/asp)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2018, 4:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parent-child-in-kibana/116235 "2018-01-19T16:06:29Z")

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Hi, is it possible to query and filter for parents and childs in kibana? Question goes for version 6.1.x. Thanks, Andreas

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## [Script field to subtract dates, compute time difference, not working](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/script-field-to-subtract-dates-compute-time-difference-not-working/116217)

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**Author:** [@sijakret](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sijakret)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2018, 3:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/script-field-to-subtract-dates-compute-time-difference-not-working/116217 "2018-01-19T15:56:27Z")

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hi, i am trying to compute a date difference in a scripted field if(!doc\['lastseen'\].empty && !doc\['firstseen'\].empty) { return doc\['lastseen'\].value - doc\['firstseen'\].value } else { return 0 } first seen and last …

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## [Counting the last element of each aggregation](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/counting-the-last-element-of-each-aggregation/115865)

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**Author:** [@Tomas\_Law](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tomas_Law)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2018, 3:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/counting-the-last-element-of-each-aggregation/115865 "2018-01-19T15:54:37Z")

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Hello, I have logs with the fields: . IP . Timestamp . URI . SessionId Each log shows the time (timestamp) the URI was visited. The SessionId is a field I created by concatenating IP with Timestamp (without the min…

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## [Data Table with split table ordering](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-table-with-split-table-ordering/116030)

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**Author:** [@Tomas\_Law](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tomas_Law)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2018, 3:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-table-with-split-table-ordering/116030 "2018-01-19T15:51:17Z")

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Hello, After a couple split rows and split tables aggregations I get the following result: \[image\] The most important metric I get comes from the Total function in the visualization Options which is the Sum (circled i…

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## [Fixed timestamp for a specific plot indenpendently from dashboard's timestamp](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fixed-timestamp-for-a-specific-plot-indenpendently-from-dashboards-timestamp/116199)

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**Author:** [@Andrei\_Alexsson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Andrei_Alexsson)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2018, 3:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fixed-timestamp-for-a-specific-plot-indenpendently-from-dashboards-timestamp/116199 "2018-01-19T15:36:48Z")

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Hello! I have a dashboard with several plots. Is it possible to fix the timestamp for one plot keeping it at that interval independently from the Dashboards interval?

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## [Timeleon - How to set y-axis in log scale (but not computing the log of the values)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timeleon-how-to-set-y-axis-in-log-scale-but-not-computing-the-log-of-the-values/116196)

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**Author:** [@anon24174512](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/anon24174512)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2018, 3:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timeleon-how-to-set-y-axis-in-log-scale-but-not-computing-the-log-of-the-values/116196 "2018-01-19T15:33:12Z")

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Hello, How can I change the y-axis scale such as it becomes logarithmic ? (I'am not talking about computing the log of the values as offered by the .log() function). Thanks,

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## [Metricbeat authentication problem with kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-authentication-problem-with-kibana/115898)

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**Author:** [@ijazadm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ijazadm)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2018, 2:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-authentication-problem-with-kibana/115898 "2018-01-19T14:45:03Z")

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hi i have installed 6.1.1 versions of both elastic and kibana and configured the client with metricbeat , i can see the data is comming and index is create , i can curl it with username nad password , everything is fine…

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## [Sorting a whole data table visualization by a Count metric](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sorting-a-whole-data-table-visualization-by-a-count-metric/116103)

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**Author:** [@JuanjiJG](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JuanjiJG)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2018, 10:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sorting-a-whole-data-table-visualization-by-a-count-metric/116103 "2018-01-19T10:29:40Z")

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Hello everybody! I have a question regarding Kibana and its visualizations. I have a data table visualization with several buckets, all of them ordered by a Count metric. The table shows all the columns, including the …

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## [Index pattern are shown only after elasticsearch index started to be populated](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-pattern-are-shown-only-after-elasticsearch-index-started-to-be-populated/116118)

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**Author:** [@anon24174512](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/anon24174512)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2018, 6:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-pattern-are-shown-only-after-elasticsearch-index-started-to-be-populated/116118 "2018-01-19T06:42:21Z")

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Hello, If I create an index with this kind of query : curl -u elastic:elastic -XPUT $elastic\_host:$elastic\_port/$index1 Right after the index is not proposed in Kibana when going for creating an index pattern. Once I …

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## [Scripted fields](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scripted-fields/115978)

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**Author:** [@jerrychen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jerrychen)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2018, 6:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scripted-fields/115978 "2018-01-19T06:41:47Z")

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env: kibana5.4,es5.4 Do the scripted field have life time？After few days，i have to recreate it.

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## [Default index pattern not found in kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-index-pattern-not-found-in-kibana/115394)

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**Author:** [@Ankita\_Mukherjee](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ankita_Mukherjee)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2018, 5:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-index-pattern-not-found-in-kibana/115394 "2018-01-19T05:21:37Z")

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Hello everyone, I have just completed installing Kibana, but now its showing me Create index pattern page. Am not able to view the configure page as well and its not showing me the default index pattern. I have searched…

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## [How Relations are created between vertex in graph](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-relations-are-created-between-vertex-in-graph/116155)

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**Author:** [@krishnaraj221193](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/krishnaraj221193)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2018, 4:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-relations-are-created-between-vertex-in-graph/116155 "2018-01-19T04:09:41Z")

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Hi Sir, I can see the relation between the vertex in graph api but i cannot understand which vertex is parent and which vertex is child how to find that through graph api

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## [JSON input for kibana dashboards](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/json-input-for-kibana-dashboards/115946)

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**Author:** [@kanthimathi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kanthimathi)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 11:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/json-input-for-kibana-dashboards/115946 "2018-01-18T23:07:51Z")

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Hi all, I want to create a customised dashboards for monitoring kuberenetes in cloud. Right now we are using the default dashboards, but wish I can customise more to suit my needs. For an instance, the current dashboard…

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## [Painless: Generating a scripted field thats an exact copy of another field](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/painless-generating-a-scripted-field-thats-an-exact-copy-of-another-field/116135)

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**Author:** [@dr\_dob](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dr_dob)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 10:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/painless-generating-a-scripted-field-thats-an-exact-copy-of-another-field/116135 "2018-01-18T22:45:36Z")

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Hi I'm trying to generate a scripted field that returns only certain tokens of a derived field. For example, if I have a field with possible combination of tokens "Movies, pg13, Drama, comedy, etc" I want to generate a …

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## [Email kibana visualizations on weekly basis](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/email-kibana-visualizations-on-weekly-basis/116074)

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**Author:** [@misthars](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/misthars)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 10:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/email-kibana-visualizations-on-weekly-basis/116074 "2018-01-18T22:19:17Z")

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Hi there, We are using elasticsearch with AWS. I am focusing on a functionality to email Kibana visualizations (either csv format or charts) by my search query on daily/weekly/monthly basis. Can you please suggest some …

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## [Kibana not accessible from browser - Running on AWS](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-accessible-from-browser-running-on-aws/116098)

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**Author:** [@Jay1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jay1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 9:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-accessible-from-browser-running-on-aws/116098 "2018-01-18T21:26:41Z")

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I am running kibana as a docker container on AWS . Opened the port 5601 and firewall . Kibana is talking to elasticsearch and logs are showing its in green mode and says running on :5601 . Yet I cannot access from my vd…

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## [Viewing user metadata in Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/viewing-user-metadata-in-kibana/115584)

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**Author:** [@jchannon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jchannon)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 9:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/viewing-user-metadata-in-kibana/115584 "2018-01-18T21:09:56Z")

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Is there a way to do this. I'm reading xpack docs and it talks about using PUT to add metadata but then in Kibana/Security/Users I don't see that data. Can I see it in Kibana rather than the HTTP API?

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## [Kibana visualization for time difference](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-visualization-for-time-difference/115993)

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**Author:** [@Bikash\_Behuria](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bikash_Behuria)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 8:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-visualization-for-time-difference/115993 "2018-01-18T20:59:46Z")

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Hi , I have Request Response Integration logs with correlation ID in both request and response logs. 5c023e43-b695-407b-ac17-1f85d10ec9e4 RP401 OPT OrderId 11087766 (Request) 5c023e43-b695-407b-ac17-1f85d10ec9e4…

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## [Unique count metric for array of fields](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unique-count-metric-for-array-of-fields/116045)

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**Author:** [@anton-putau](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/anton-putau)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 8:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unique-count-metric-for-array-of-fields/116045 "2018-01-18T20:48:13Z")

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After aggregation I have documents with below structure in a bucket. { ... array: \[ { ... }, { ... }, { key: value } \] } Can I somehow apply unique count metric for key field? Thanks. P.S Does this limitation me…

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## [Different chart types same plot](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/different-chart-types-same-plot/116035)

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**Author:** [@anton-putau](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/anton-putau)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 8:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/different-chart-types-same-plot/116035 "2018-01-18T20:41:40Z")

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I have documents in elastic with date field. I need to display two charts on same plot. First one is vertical bar chart and second one should be graph chart \[Untitled\] The only option I find is to use area chart - on …

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## [Col width increase](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/col-width-increase/116012)

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**Author:** [@shwesinhan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shwesinhan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 8:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/col-width-increase/116012 "2018-01-18T20:33:25Z")

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hi everyone, is there anyway to extend the col size in kibana save search table? \[Capture\] some data is visible because of col width. appreciate if someone point out to me.

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## [Can't login to kibana using x-pack](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-login-to-kibana-using-x-pack/115773)

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**Author:** [@Karan\_Sharma](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Karan_Sharma)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 6:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-login-to-kibana-using-x-pack/115773 "2018-01-18T18:49:00Z")

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I have ES 5.6, kibana 5.6 and x-pack 5.6. I was just trying out x-pack. i changed the password of 'elastic' user. i can login using curl, so username and password is correct. However in kibana when i click 'login' the p…

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## [Sorting with a script in saved search](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sorting-with-a-script-in-saved-search/115983)

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**Author:** [@n\_b](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/n_b)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 6:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sorting-with-a-script-in-saved-search/115983 "2018-01-18T18:33:05Z")

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We need to use a script to sort the results of a saved search. One way this can be achieved is with scripted fields, but scripted fields cannot be imported/exported, so it would add a manual step in multiple deployments…

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## [Time range not working](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/time-range-not-working/115957)

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**Author:** [@MFlop](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MFlop)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 6:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/time-range-not-working/115957 "2018-01-18T18:18:53Z")

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Hi, I created an index and inserted documents on Elasticsearch 6.1. I have a mapping for the "timestamp" field and it has a "date" type. Dates are showed using the correct date format in the "Discover" tab (I insert ep…

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## [Kibana not showing letters, but will show numbers](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-showing-letters-but-will-show-numbers/115804)

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**Author:** [@motts](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/motts)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 3:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-showing-letters-but-will-show-numbers/115804 "2018-01-18T15:36:20Z")

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Hello, As the title describes, I can query all data that is number related, but I cannot query any data that has letters as data. This just happened earlier today. I can go into Discover tab and see the data, but for so…

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## [Kibana did not load properly / Short URL](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-did-not-load-properly-short-url/114766)

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**Author:** [@alexus](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alexus)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 10, 2018, 12:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-did-not-load-properly-short-url/114766 "2018-01-10T00:42:44Z")

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I'm using Kibana 6.1.1 and while I'm in Discover, I click Share -\> Short URL & Copy and whenever I tried to open same link on another browser I get following message: Kibana did not load properly. Check the server outp…

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## [Exporting Dashboards with script](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exporting-dashboards-with-script/115844)

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**Author:** [@Shubham\_Mahajan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shubham_Mahajan)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 2:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exporting-dashboards-with-script/115844 "2018-01-18T14:45:24Z")

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Hi Team, I am trying to export dashboards, searches and visualizations to kibana using script. Now that mapping types is removed from indices, how can i push the saved objects. i am using this below Curl command: cu…

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## [Automated raw CSV export of visualization \[Kibana 4\]](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automated-raw-csv-export-of-visualization-kibana-4/115869)

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**Author:** [@xenoid](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/xenoid)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 2:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automated-raw-csv-export-of-visualization-kibana-4/115869 "2018-01-18T14:17:09Z")

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I want to automate the generation of a csv file that usually would be downloaded by clicking on the "Raw" button on the bottom of the page. \[image\] It would be as simple as //Folding up the menu (in Javascript) $("i.f…

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## [Does kibana 6.1.1 have dynamic dashboard support?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-kibana-6-1-1-have-dynamic-dashboard-support/115839)

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**Author:** [@yuganshu4042](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yuganshu4042)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 2:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-kibana-6-1-1-have-dynamic-dashboard-support/115839 "2018-01-18T14:16:49Z")

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I have created some visualization , using that visualization i have created some dashboard. I need, the dashboard will be generated dynamically according to the request i generate. The values in request can be dynamic …

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## [Terms Aggregation in kibana Visualization - keyword field not found](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/terms-aggregation-in-kibana-visualization-keyword-field-not-found/115693)

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**Author:** [@nampord](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nampord)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 10:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/terms-aggregation-in-kibana-visualization-keyword-field-not-found/115693 "2018-01-18T10:57:42Z")

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Hi when defining a mapping as PUT spl { "mappings": { "spl": { "properties": { "list": { "type": "keyword" } } } } } The fields selection in the visualization / aggreg…

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