# Kibana

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/c/elastic-stack/kibana/7.md?page=906

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## [Annotations in Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/annotations-in-kibana/106270)

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**Author:** [@SHUBHAM\_GUPTA](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/SHUBHAM_GUPTA)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 3, 2017, 11:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/annotations-in-kibana/106270 "2017-11-03T11:20:55Z")

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Hey, I want to know if we can mark a custom point on Kibana for future references. And if not, will that be available in future versions?

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## [Format numbers in metric group by Problem](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/format-numbers-in-metric-group-by-problem/106153)

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**Author:** [@elkforce](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elkforce)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 3, 2017, 11:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/format-numbers-in-metric-group-by-problem/106153 "2017-11-03T11:13:41Z")

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Hello, in Kibana, i added an average metric aggregation and group it by hostnames and it works. But the numbers of average look like this: Average satisfaction: 213.949948487467 Is there a way to round,it? In my in…

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## [Can i install marvel plugin without Kibana?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-install-marvel-plugin-without-kibana/106273)

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**Author:** [@RohanKumbhar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/RohanKumbhar)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 3, 2017, 10:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-install-marvel-plugin-without-kibana/106273 "2017-11-03T10:58:57Z")

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Hi Team, I want to install marvel without kibana. is it possible to install the same? Thanks, Rohan

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## [Can kibana display the percentage value in the pie chart?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-kibana-display-the-percentage-value-in-the-pie-chart/106218)

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**Author:** [@diooda](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/diooda)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 3, 2017, 10:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-kibana-display-the-percentage-value-in-the-pie-chart/106218 "2017-11-03T10:24:20Z")

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can kibana display the percentage value in the pie chart?\[540001001e449af05c39c2fa26141bfde2c8f714\]

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## [Custom Dashboards in Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-dashboards-in-kibana/106169)

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**Author:** [@suchand](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/suchand)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 3, 2017, 10:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-dashboards-in-kibana/106169 "2017-11-03T10:16:20Z")

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Hi, I am using kibana in elastic cloud instance. Am i able to customize the kibana dashboard in cloud instance? If yes , please help me how to access the directories to change the css files.

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## [Visualize Numeric Value](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualize-numeric-value/106112)

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**Author:** [@ChrisChua](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ChrisChua)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 3, 2017, 10:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualize-numeric-value/106112 "2017-11-03T10:11:14Z")

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Hi, I am new to ELK, this is my sample data : indent preformatted text by 4 spaces { "Defect Count": { "Total": 0, "Test Category": "KitchenTest\_AIX" }, "Git Branch": "ivt\_17.4", "Pass Rates": \[ { "Test…

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## [A field Default Datatype is not changing from String to number](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/a-field-default-datatype-is-not-changing-from-string-to-number/105719)

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**Author:** [@amrut.paturkar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amrut.paturkar)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 3, 2017, 6:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/a-field-default-datatype-is-not-changing-from-string-to-number/105719 "2017-11-03T06:07:03Z")

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Hi , I have ingested data to the ElasticSearch and the index formed has a particular filed marked as String as it was earlier saved as "pass"/"fail". However, later the implementation changed and we decided to ingest i…

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## [How can i move localhost kibana dashboard into cloud(aws server)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-move-localhost-kibana-dashboard-into-cloud-aws-server/106266)

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**Author:** [@saafianihan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/saafianihan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 3, 2017, 5:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-move-localhost-kibana-dashboard-into-cloud-aws-server/106266 "2017-11-03T05:40:45Z")

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I developed one dashboard in my localhost. Now i need to move my localhost dashboard into aws server. How can i do that?please help me.... Thanks in advance!!!

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## [Using Kibana internal console API](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-kibana-internal-console-api/105037)

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**Author:** [@Ashok\_Kumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ashok_Kumar)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 2, 2017, 8:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-kibana-internal-console-api/105037 "2017-11-02T20:08:47Z")

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I have kibana-(v5.0.1) . I have used the kibana internal console API (http://server.com/api/console/proxy?uri=\_search) with serach query as param to search for kibana log and processing them. Recently when i tried to us…

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## [Version conflict, document already exists: index=".kibana"](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/version-conflict-document-already-exists-index-kibana/106081)

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**Author:** [@jwr\_cr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jwr_cr)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 2, 2017, 7:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/version-conflict-document-already-exists-index-kibana/106081 "2017-11-02T19:04:17Z")

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I have a freshly installed elasticsearch cluster that hasn't yet ingested any data. I then set up a freshly installed kibana server and pointed my elasticsearch.url to the load balancer in front of elasticsearch. Upon lo…

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## [Installed X-Pack but can't access Machine Learning or Watch](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installed-x-pack-but-cant-access-machine-learning-or-watch/105448)

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**Author:** [@Ricigliano](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ricigliano)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 2, 2017, 6:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installed-x-pack-but-cant-access-machine-learning-or-watch/105448 "2017-11-02T18:25:49Z")

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Installed X-Pack but can't access Machine Learning or Watch on MAC 6.x version. However when I try to access these via the Kibana UI I get an error indicating I don't have access to this component contact your administ…

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## [Geo-Coordinates - Behind Corporate Proxy](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-coordinates-behind-corporate-proxy/105986)

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**Author:** [@andynz2017](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andynz2017)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 2, 2017, 5:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-coordinates-behind-corporate-proxy/105986 "2017-11-02T17:24:52Z")

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Hi There, After deploying ELK stack, we have hit a snag where mapping visualisations are not rendering. The URL that the end user browser attempts to contact is; https://catalogue.maps.elastic.co/v1/manifest?my\_app\_ve…

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## [Can I remove marker in Visual builder when filter is applied?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-remove-marker-in-visual-builder-when-filter-is-applied/105205)

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**Author:** [@PinkiMondal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/PinkiMondal)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 2, 2017, 3:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-remove-marker-in-visual-builder-when-filter-is-applied/105205 "2017-11-02T15:49:11Z")

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Can I remove marker in Visual builder when filter is applied ?

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## [Is there any option to calculate variance and use it in Y-Axis in visualizations?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-any-option-to-calculate-variance-and-use-it-in-y-axis-in-visualizations/105165)

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**Author:** [@PinkiMondal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/PinkiMondal)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 2, 2017, 11:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-any-option-to-calculate-variance-and-use-it-in-y-axis-in-visualizations/105165 "2017-11-02T11:12:31Z")

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I need to show variance in kibana visualizations but there is no option for Y-axis Can I create scripted field or is there any other way around?

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## [Call custom ES api from inside plugin](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/call-custom-es-api-from-inside-plugin/105477)

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**Author:** [@valereds](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/valereds)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 2, 2017, 10:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/call-custom-es-api-from-inside-plugin/105477 "2017-11-02T10:23:17Z")

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Hi all, my need is to call a custom api like /elasticsearchip:port/path/to/api and pass two parameter in query string like ?parm1=value&param2=value. Which is the best and clean solution? I’m trying to make a server.rou…

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## [Is it possible to avoid timestamp](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-avoid-timestamp/106134)

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**Author:** [@saafianihan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/saafianihan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 2, 2017, 9:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-avoid-timestamp/106134 "2017-11-02T09:48:07Z")

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I am created one index 'demo', under that i created two document\_type namely, 'abc' and 'xyz'. while creating index i chosen @timestamp for 'demo'. i have to apply @timesamp for document\_type 'abc'. but no need to apply @…

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## [Dynamically add new field to visualization](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dynamically-add-new-field-to-visualization/106051)

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**Author:** [@Igal\_Karlinsky](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Igal_Karlinsky)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 2, 2017, 8:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dynamically-add-new-field-to-visualization/106051 "2017-11-02T08:17:10Z")

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Hi, I wonder, is there a way to add new field to existing visualization dynamically? Suppose I post CPU usage data per process like this: { "date" : "00:00:10" , "CPU" : {"chrome" : 30 , "outlook" : 30 , "other" : 4…

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## [Y axis metric](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/y-axis-metric/105873)

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**Author:** [@Rahul\_Pm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rahul_Pm)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 2, 2017, 7:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/y-axis-metric/105873 "2017-11-02T07:19:19Z")

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Hi, I just wanted to know if there is a way to specify the y axis metric as a particalur value of a variable in Kibana. Not an aggregation metric like count,average, max or min, but just the actual value. For more cla…

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## [Help needed in loading map using lat and lon value](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-needed-in-loading-map-using-lat-and-lon-value/106070)

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**Author:** [@arun\_s](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/arun_s)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 2, 2017, 3:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-needed-in-loading-map-using-lat-and-lon-value/106070 "2017-11-02T03:28:02Z")

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Hi I am using kibana 5.6.3 and i am facing problem while creating coordinate map after loading index. I am getting error as No Compatible Fields: The "geo4-\*" index pattern does not contain any of the following field t…

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## [Finding fields with a "-"](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/finding-fields-with-a/106079)

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**Author:** [@dfinn](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dfinn)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [November 1, 2017, 11:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/finding-fields-with-a/106079 "2017-11-01T23:11:40Z")

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Running ELK 5.3.1 We are working on trying to track down an issue where our Apache responses sometimes have a content length of 0 bytes. Unfortunately 0 actually gets logged as a "-" by apache. I'm looking at changing…

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## [Failed to fit into the window for new Kibana dashboard after upgrade](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-fit-into-the-window-for-new-kibana-dashboard-after-upgrade/105286)

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**Author:** [@raj.meka](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/raj.meka)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 1, 2017, 9:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-fit-into-the-window-for-new-kibana-dashboard-after-upgrade/105286 "2017-11-01T21:15:33Z")

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\[elk\] We see this issue in new kibana Dashboard, I saved this dashboard as full screen and for some reason it's not fitting into screen. We need to click on to the expand arrow every time to fit into the screen, not s…

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## [Kibana is not starting anymore](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-is-not-starting-anymore/106054)

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**Author:** [@metcheverry](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/metcheverry)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [November 1, 2017, 6:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-is-not-starting-anymore/106054 "2017-11-01T18:32:18Z")

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Hi , i installed a elk years ago , and everything is fine , but i start to getting this in kibana : \[error\_de\_kibana\] any idea?

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## [Embedding visualizations docu error](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/embedding-visualizations-docu-error/105771)

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**Author:** [@havidarou](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/havidarou)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 1, 2017, 2:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/embedding-visualizations-docu-error/105771 "2017-11-01T14:58:26Z")

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Hi everyone, I'm following the documentation here: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/master/development-embedding-visualizations.html But I can't load a visualization. Whenever I try to do it, lots of errors appea…

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## [Dynamic range in Goal or Gauge visualization](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dynamic-range-in-goal-or-gauge-visualization/106032)

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**Author:** [@leandrojmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leandrojmp)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 1, 2017, 2:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dynamic-range-in-goal-or-gauge-visualization/106032 "2017-11-01T14:48:03Z")

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Hello, I have an index in elasticsearch that store messages from firewall logs, in one of the fields I have the name of the matching rule for each session and some of them are deny rules. I'm trying to create a goal or…

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## [Kibana is changing my dates to a different timezone](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-is-changing-my-dates-to-a-different-timezone/106042)

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**Author:** [@pshroads](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pshroads)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 1, 2017, 2:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-is-changing-my-dates-to-a-different-timezone/106042 "2017-11-01T14:36:54Z")

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I'm on elasticsearch + kibana 6.0.0-rc2. I have a date field defined in my index like this: "timestamp" : { "type" : "date", "format" : "date\_hour\_minute\_second\_fraction" }, and an example of my data in elasticsearch …

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## [ANNOUNCEMENT - Upgrade of Webpack Version](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/announcement-upgrade-of-webpack-version/105975)

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**Author:** [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 1, 2017, 4:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/announcement-upgrade-of-webpack-version/105975 "2017-11-01T04:11:44Z")

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Kibana is upgrading to the most recent version of Webpack (3). This should improve build times when restarting the optimizer and should also address the issues some users have been having with node running out of memory. …

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## [Pie Chart Visualzation](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/pie-chart-visualzation/105670)

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**Author:** [@paul1243](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/paul1243)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 1, 2017, 2:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/pie-chart-visualzation/105670 "2017-11-01T02:37:43Z")

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Hi - Am trying to create a pie chart slicing with 3 different fields, lets say as below: \[image\] We have 3 other fields as above, I wanted to create a pie chart slicing with this 3 fields, the pie chart something sho…

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## [Set metrics:max\_buckets with curl](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-metrics-max-buckets-with-curl/105941)

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**Author:** [@mathias](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mathias)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 31, 2017, 8:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-metrics-max-buckets-with-curl/105941 "2017-10-31T20:29:29Z")

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Hi, I want to change the default value of "metrics:max\_buckets" at startup of Kibana. The end user should not have to go into advanced settings and change this for each kibana instance. I have tried curl command to se…

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## [Normal line with Percentage](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/normal-line-with-percentage/105922)

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**Author:** [@P\_Charpentier](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/P_Charpentier)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 31, 2017, 6:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/normal-line-with-percentage/105922 "2017-10-31T18:45:25Z")

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Hello, I don't know why I have the same graphic with normal line and stacked line when I use percentage. With normal line : \[image\] With stacked line : \[image\] Why it doesn't work like bar : \[image\] \[image\]

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## [How do I load below Kibana logstash-\* dashboard Index-pattern](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-load-below-kibana-logstash-dashboard-index-pattern/105324)

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**Author:** [@Blason](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Blason)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 31, 2017, 5:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-load-below-kibana-logstash-dashboard-index-pattern/105324 "2017-10-31T17:48:24Z")

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Hi Guys, Can someone please explain me or give me the exact command to load the kibana dashboard index-pattern? I am not sure how to load that. here is the path -\> https://github.com/Security-Onion-Solutions/elastic-t…

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