# Kibana

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## [How to add custom functions to kibana timelion?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-add-custom-functions-to-kibana-timelion/113332)

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**Author:** [@saii](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/saii)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2017, 2:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-add-custom-functions-to-kibana-timelion/113332 "2017-12-28T14:19:39Z")

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i have read the following article The footnotes in the article gives steps to add a custom function to Timelion..it says to add the function in a specified path and then remove the timelion bundle file. After doing t…

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## [Is it possible to show surrounding log messages as a plain-text flow?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-show-surrounding-log-messages-as-a-plain-text-flow/113307)

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**Author:** [@Asaf\_Shabat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Asaf_Shabat)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2017, 12:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-show-surrounding-log-messages-as-a-plain-text-flow/113307 "2017-12-28T12:00:57Z")

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I'm using the "View surrounding documents" option in order to show some related logs for a specific log, and this makes me ask the following question: Is it possible to show the related messages log as a plain-text, so …

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## [Selecting only top 5 values from split series](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/selecting-only-top-5-values-from-split-series/113314)

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**Author:** [@Tomas\_Law](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tomas_Law)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2017, 9:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/selecting-only-top-5-values-from-split-series/113314 "2017-12-28T09:39:50Z")

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Hi, I'm having trouble finding out how to use split series properly. From my logs, I gather the fields geoip.country\_name and geoip.region\_name (using the geoip filter plugin in Logstash). Now, I wanna display a bar c…

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## [Legend of agregation range in Kibana's visualize](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/legend-of-agregation-range-in-kibanas-visualize/113286)

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**Author:** [@RickT](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/RickT)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2017, 8:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/legend-of-agregation-range-in-kibanas-visualize/113286 "2017-12-28T08:42:57Z")

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Hi ! i have a problem with the showing of an agregation Range Legend. How to make visible correctly the range legend in kibana version 4.3.1 ? In the screenshot below the legend is not correct ! there is only \>\>\> "to…

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## [How to split gauge by more than one group](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-split-gauge-by-more-than-one-group/113283)

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**Author:** [@davidv](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/davidv)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2017, 7:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-split-gauge-by-more-than-one-group/113283 "2017-12-28T07:34:54Z")

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Hi, I have the following document example for my disk\_size index. {"available": "156", "node": "aio3", "used": "121", "use\_precent": "59", "filesystem": "/dev/vdc1", "collection\_id": "1001", "mounted on": …

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## [Using formatting on Avg. Metric](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-formatting-on-avg-metric/113180)

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**Author:** [@Shubham\_Mahajan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shubham_Mahajan)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2017, 6:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-formatting-on-avg-metric/113180 "2017-12-28T06:08:01Z")

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Hi Team, Is there a way to format the avg. value shown in figure to 1 decimal point or no decimal point using script or something?? here i am using gauge visualization and Average metric of value field in doc. But i wan…

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## [Search and display for Unique values in "Discover" in Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-and-display-for-unique-values-in-discover-in-kibana/113226)

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**Author:** [@Telstra\_Aus](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Telstra_Aus)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2017, 7:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-and-display-for-unique-values-in-discover-in-kibana/113226 "2017-12-27T19:42:36Z")

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Hi, I am using ELK to gather and keeping track of all the logs(specially exceptions) from my weblogic servers. Now i am getting all the logs and exception but i want to see the unique and new exceptions in Discover eve…

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## [Two sub aggregation in visualize](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/two-sub-aggregation-in-visualize/113302)

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**Author:** [@radi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/radi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2017, 6:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/two-sub-aggregation-in-visualize/113302 "2017-12-27T18:01:59Z")

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hello, i use vertical bar to visulatiz meteric count od my aggregation of histogram size of sub agrégation of my filed "type" but there is one more vérification i need to make one more sub aggregation with another fi…

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## [Width of table columns is narrow](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/width-of-table-columns-is-narrow/113257)

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**Author:** [@shwesinhan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shwesinhan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2017, 5:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/width-of-table-columns-is-narrow/113257 "2017-12-27T17:00:00Z")

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hi there! i would like to set col width at document table in kibana. coz' table columns is narrow for some fields. plz, guide me how do i set that? thanks.

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## [Show column as percentage of another column](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/show-column-as-percentage-of-another-column/113149)

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**Author:** [@EatYourCake](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/EatYourCake)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2017, 2:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/show-column-as-percentage-of-another-column/113149 "2017-12-27T14:28:49Z")

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Hi, I am trying to build a visualization with an aggregate percentage, and I can't find a way to show the percentages. Each document has three fields that are relevant to my visualization: day : date number\_of\_tokens…

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## [Dashboard list in a Dashborad](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dashboard-list-in-a-dashborad/113290)

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**Author:** [@User\_2\_Guest\_Incomin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/User_2_Guest_Incomin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2017, 9:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dashboard-list-in-a-dashborad/113290 "2017-12-27T09:53:28Z")

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First of all, hello my name is Joel and I'm fighting with Kibana in my company. My boss wants a combolist in a dashboards so we could see all the clients and their users. I tried to search information about it and I rea…

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## [Why reporting is a part of x-pack?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-reporting-is-a-part-of-x-pack/113217)

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**Author:** [@yishain11](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yishain11)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2017, 9:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-reporting-is-a-part-of-x-pack/113217 "2017-12-27T09:13:15Z")

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I want to ask a general question, regrading generating reports from kibana: A very useful feature of kibana is the abilty to generate reports and export dashboards and visualizations automaticly. The thing I don't get i…

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## [Version compatibility](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/version-compatibility/113256)

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**Author:** [@shwesinhan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shwesinhan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2017, 2:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/version-compatibility/113256 "2017-12-27T02:22:23Z")

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hi everyone! i would like to use multiple logstash pipline. and i found that logstash 6 has that feature. but my kibana version is v.5.2.2. my question is that i want to use logstash v.6, kibana v.5.2.2 and aws elast…

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## [Different refresh rate within a dashboard](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/different-refresh-rate-within-a-dashboard/112905)

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**Author:** [@Yiyi\_Chen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Yiyi_Chen)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2017, 9:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/different-refresh-rate-within-a-dashboard/112905 "2017-12-26T21:55:07Z")

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Hi all, I have built a dashboard which have several visualizations. I am wondering if I can have different auto-refresh rate for each visualization in this dashboard(like 5 sec for a pie chart, 10 sec for a line chart),…

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## [JSON input field for Visual Builder based plots in Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/json-input-field-for-visual-builder-based-plots-in-kibana/113052)

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**Author:** [@oleksiy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/oleksiy)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2017, 8:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/json-input-field-for-visual-builder-based-plots-in-kibana/113052 "2017-12-26T20:20:29Z")

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Is there any way to add JSON Input in Visual Builder within new Kibana (v5.6.2)? I would really like to add proper {"shard\_size":1000} to my TopN aggregation, but there does not appear to be a place in UI to add this dat…

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## [Browser not able to load webpage](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/browser-not-able-to-load-webpage/113210)

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**Author:** [@raghureddyads](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/raghureddyads)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2017, 6:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/browser-not-able-to-load-webpage/113210 "2017-12-26T18:38:05Z")

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Hi Team, I have installed elk stack through elastic.co . OS centos 6 firewall and seliux is disabled. When i use Wget i get response 200 for kibana and elastisearch wget localhost:9200 wget localhost:5601 But when…

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## [\[JSON Input\] Is there a max\_doc\_count filtering function similar to min\_doc\_count?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/json-input-is-there-a-max-doc-count-filtering-function-similar-to-min-doc-count/113035)

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**Author:** [@steno](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/steno)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2017, 6:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/json-input-is-there-a-max-doc-count-filtering-function-similar-to-min-doc-count/113035 "2017-12-26T18:03:17Z")

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Hi there, I was wondering if there is a max\_doc\_count with the opposite behaviour of min\_doc\_count. I was trying to show in a Kibana 6.1 Data Table visualization only the terms that sums up to a maximum number of 1 hit…

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## [In kibana visualize in table request shows empty](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/in-kibana-visualize-in-table-request-shows-empty/112997)

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**Author:** [@narasiman1986](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/narasiman1986)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2017, 5:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/in-kibana-visualize-in-table-request-shows-empty/112997 "2017-12-26T17:36:05Z")

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elastic search code as follows in response i want to display chennai city records in elastic search my response as follows { "took": 0, "timed\_out": false, "\_shards": { "total": 1, "successful": 1, "skipped": 0, …

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## [Show the record in ascending order wise disover kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/show-the-record-in-ascending-order-wise-disover-kibana/112937)

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**Author:** [@narasiman1986](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/narasiman1986)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2017, 5:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/show-the-record-in-ascending-order-wise-disover-kibana/112937 "2017-12-26T17:06:30Z")

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i want to show the record in ascending order wise kibana i have one field register number in kibana discover i want to show the records in register number ascending order wise

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## [How to hide embedded dasboards in kibana 6.0?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-hide-embedded-dasboards-in-kibana-6-0/112127)

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**Author:** [@Abdul\_Gaffar\_Shaikh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Abdul_Gaffar_Shaikh)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2017, 4:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-hide-embedded-dasboards-in-kibana-6-0/112127 "2017-12-26T16:51:35Z")

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Hi , I have created a few dashboards which are tabbed hyperlinks in Markdown menu.Now to show as a Master Dashboard , i have created a dashboard with the markdown visualization graph. Since the newly created master das…

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## [Manipulation value of filed for tile map](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/manipulation-value-of-filed-for-tile-map/113021)

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**Author:** [@radi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/radi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2017, 3:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/manipulation-value-of-filed-for-tile-map/113021 "2017-12-26T15:41:35Z")

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hello, i use tile map the result that my filed return is \[2017-12-22 16\_05\_36-#Geolocation sessions - Kibana\] count XXXX Center {"lat":,"lon":\*\*} there is a way to remove center and just keep count value ?(count XXX…

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## [How to change the title of chart in Kibana Dashboard](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-the-title-of-chart-in-kibana-dashboard/113026)

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**Author:** [@saad](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/saad)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2017, 3:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-the-title-of-chart-in-kibana-dashboard/113026 "2017-12-26T15:22:57Z")

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Hi Is there a way to change the title font size and color for a chart in Kibana dashboard? Thank you

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## [Kibana +geoip from ipv4 addr in a varx field](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-geoip-from-ipv4-addr-in-a-varx-field/110944)

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**Author:** [@bruno-d](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bruno-d)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [December 24, 2017, 12:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-geoip-from-ipv4-addr-in-a-varx-field/110944 "2017-12-24T12:40:46Z")

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Hi, i parsed syslog\_message to extract ip address from my ADSL modem to check who's ringing and store it into a new text field Varx (of my logstash index). Varx is a IPV4 text value computed every hours by an update\_by…

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## [State Change for Alarms](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/state-change-for-alarms/112403)

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**Author:** [@karnamonkster](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/karnamonkster)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 24, 2017, 7:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/state-change-for-alarms/112403 "2017-12-24T07:17:37Z")

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Hi, I have a peculiar use case where we have multiple devices generating alarms of different nature. I have Field Named: Event and the data looks like: date\_time|alarm\_type|device1|on corresponsing to that device i h…

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## [Installing X-pack plugin for kibana 6.1.0 taking ~20min](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-x-pack-plugin-for-kibana-6-1-0-taking-20min/112210)

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**Author:** [@sadok-f](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sadok-f)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 23, 2017, 8:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-x-pack-plugin-for-kibana-6-1-0-taking-20min/112210 "2017-12-23T08:09:34Z")

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Hi there, I already posted this issue in X-pack room: X-pack not installed for Kibana 6.1.0 The latest version of x-pack for kibana (6.1.0) is double the size comparing to the previous one (~250Mb) and during the insta…

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## [Kibana Management missing Role Management](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-management-missing-role-management/112878)

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**Author:** [@neil\_sm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/neil_sm)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [December 23, 2017, 7:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-management-missing-role-management/112878 "2017-12-23T07:55:51Z")

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Hello. In the current X-Pack documentation it says can manage roles and users in kibana: Role Management UI If you are a Kibana user, make sure to install X-Pack in Kibana. This enables you to easily manage users and…

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## [Convert number to string](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/convert-number-to-string/113004)

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**Author:** [@jali](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jali)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 22, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/convert-number-to-string/113004 "2017-12-22T20:56:14Z")

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Hello, I have a number field ('response') with values ranging between 0-2. I need to do scripted field which converts these number to string values. 0=Bad, 1=OK, 2=Excellent. How do I do that? I am trying: if (doc\['re…

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## [Canvas App Blank](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/canvas-app-blank/111877)

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**Author:** [@shreyask](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shreyask)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 22, 2017, 4:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/canvas-app-blank/111877 "2017-12-22T16:09:03Z")

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I upgraded Kibana to 6.1.0 this morning and installed Canvas, the installation was successful but when I head to the Canvas app I get a blank page. My Canvas version is 0.1.1700. Below is the Chrome Console output. \[im…

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## [Kibana dashboard multiple wildcard filters](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-dashboard-multiple-wildcard-filters/112530)

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**Author:** [@mathurin68](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mathurin68)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 22, 2017, 3:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-dashboard-multiple-wildcard-filters/112530 "2017-12-22T15:39:31Z")

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I want to build a dashboard with filters that check for a list of phrases with wildcards to a kibana dashboard so if any one of these(or multiple) appear in the log field I want it to appear in the dash, if not, the das…

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## [Sending headers to kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sending-headers-to-kibana/112641)

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**Author:** [@Akshay\_Tiwari](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Akshay_Tiwari)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 22, 2017, 1:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sending-headers-to-kibana/112641 "2017-12-22T13:23:39Z")

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Hi, I am trying to send headers using HTTP request to kibana which is embedded in an iFrame on my UI. Ideally, kibana must receive it and pass it to the proxy I have created for elastic query and return the requested in…

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