# Kibana

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## [Cannot restart Kibana without reboot](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-restart-kibana-without-reboot/103341)

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**Author:** [@Milgo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Milgo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2017, 1:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-restart-kibana-without-reboot/103341 "2017-10-10T13:15:30Z")

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I'm having a problem with Kibana 5.4.0. After a restart I have no problems using Kibana with Elasticsearch. But sometimes Kibana crashes (no logging output...) and then I have problems to get it started again. If I star…

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## [Scrollbar in charts](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scrollbar-in-charts/103066)

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**Author:** [@massim0](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/massim0)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2017, 7:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scrollbar-in-charts/103066 "2017-10-10T07:56:43Z")

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Hi everyone, I use kibana 5.5.2, I would like to know if it possible enable Scrollbar in charts especially in barchart. Someone can help me to solve this problem. thank you so much.

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## [Filter on a field not present in the table](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-on-a-field-not-present-in-the-table/103070)

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**Author:** [@massim0](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/massim0)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2017, 7:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-on-a-field-not-present-in-the-table/103070 "2017-10-10T07:56:10Z")

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Hello All, I use kibana 5.5.2, I would like to know how to prevent a pinned filter from being used when I go to another dashboard that does not have that field in the table referenced by the filter pinned. Currently, b…

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## [Why auto delete the monitoring data(7 days) about es and kibana how to change it](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-auto-delete-the-monitoring-data-7-days-about-es-and-kibana-how-to-change-it/103281)

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**Author:** [@zqc0512](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zqc0512)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2017, 3:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-auto-delete-the-monitoring-data-7-days-about-es-and-kibana-how-to-change-it/103281 "2017-10-10T03:00:47Z")

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\[2017-10-10T01:00:00,001\]\[INFO \]\[o.e.x.m.e.l.LocalExporter\] cleaning up \[2\] old indices \[2017-10-10T01:00:00,003\]\[INFO \]\[o.e.c.m.MetaDataDeleteIndexService\] \[xxx.xxx\] \[.monitoring-kibana-2-2017.10.02/ozkaTfbFRb2u35iQclZv…

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## [Unable to connect to elastic search at http://servername:9200](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-connect-to-elastic-search-at-http-servername-9200/103240)

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**Author:** [@TimT](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TimT)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2017, 12:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-connect-to-elastic-search-at-http-servername-9200/103240 "2017-10-10T00:25:44Z")

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HI all, Came across this issue today: \[image\] Both kibana and elastic are installed on same server and firewall ports have been opened. netstat shows that both applications are listening on the correct ports. I have…

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## [Use Time Picker parameters in scripts](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-time-picker-parameters-in-scripts/103252)

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**Author:** [@nvitucci](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nvitucci)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2017, 11:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-time-picker-parameters-in-scripts/103252 "2017-10-09T23:48:39Z")

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Is it possible to access the Time Picker parameters (i.e. start time and end time) from a Painless script in a visualization? It would be very useful to define ranges and filters dynamically based on the "main" time fiel…

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## [Change interval of date histogram to 20hto20h](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-interval-of-date-histogram-to-20hto20h/102735)

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**Author:** [@Charlotte31](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Charlotte31)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2017, 11:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-interval-of-date-histogram-to-20hto20h/102735 "2017-10-09T23:04:03Z")

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Hello, I want to change the interval on my X-axis by an interval of 20h to 20h. In fact, indeed to have a day that it is 00h00 to 00h00, I want to change this configuration, just for one visualisation (no my entire Kib…

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## [Geo\_point coming from geoip are not plotting in Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-point-coming-from-geoip-are-not-plotting-in-kibana/103260)

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**Author:** [@adam.stallard](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/adam.stallard)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2017, 9:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-point-coming-from-geoip-are-not-plotting-in-kibana/103260 "2017-10-09T21:05:43Z")

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I have been tweaking my mappings and logstash pipeline configurations for days now trying to figure out hwo to plot GeoIPs to no avail. I have no idea what to do anymore. I have a template: { "template" : "httpd\*", …

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## [Security Exception Kibana Data Read Write Unauthorised User](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/security-exception-kibana-data-read-write-unauthorised-user/103226)

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**Author:** [@ajit](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ajit)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2017, 12:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/security-exception-kibana-data-read-write-unauthorised-user/103226 "2017-10-09T12:46:29Z")

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I have integrate kibana with LDAP. I am able to login with LDAP user name and password. But in Kibana getting security exception. Config: Error 403 Forbidden: \[security\_exception\] action \[indices:data/write/update\] is u…

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## [Limitation for Kibana Visualization](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/limitation-for-kibana-visualization/103172)

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**Author:** [@niraj\_kumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/niraj_kumar)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2017, 11:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/limitation-for-kibana-visualization/103172 "2017-10-09T11:35:30Z")

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Hi There, Is there a limitation for displaying kibana visualization. I have a kibana installed with version Version: 5.4.2 and i have around 100+ visualization created but kibana refuses to display anything after 100 r…

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## [Kibana does not detect elasticsearch indices](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-does-not-detect-elasticsearch-indices/103196)

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**Author:** [@PDS42](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/PDS42)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2017, 10:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-does-not-detect-elasticsearch-indices/103196 "2017-10-09T10:25:10Z")

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Hello. Just getting started with ES / Kibana. I configured them with official docker images, and they are both up and running. When I try to visualize my Elasticsearch data in Kibana though, I get the following message …

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## [Kibana Custom visualisation plugin resize issue](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-custom-visualisation-plugin-resize-issue/101926)

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**Author:** [@PRANSHU\_MIDHA](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/PRANSHU_MIDHA)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2017, 3:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-custom-visualisation-plugin-resize-issue/101926 "2017-10-09T03:53:08Z")

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Hi I am developing a custom plugin for visualisation, but the issue is that in the dashboard when I resize the plugin, the size of my visualisation doesn't change with the container. As an alternative I've set a watcher…

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## [Kibana disable plugin](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-disable-plugin/103165)

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**Author:** [@alexus](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alexus)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2017, 2:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-disable-plugin/103165 "2017-10-09T02:05:59Z")

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I'm running Kibana with alternative index (by re-configuring kibana.index setting). How would I disable following inside of that Kibana for a specific user? Timelion Machine Learning Graph Dev Tools Monitoring Managme…

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## [Stacked bar chart in Discover?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/stacked-bar-chart-in-discover/103166)

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**Author:** [@Wanderer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Wanderer)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2017, 1:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/stacked-bar-chart-in-discover/103166 "2017-10-09T01:46:30Z")

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I thought it was possible to create a stacked bar chart in the Discover window. Can this be done? If so, how please?

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## [Kibana 5 limit viewing of dashboards](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-limit-viewing-of-dashboards/102915)

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**Author:** [@illiash](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/illiash)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2017, 2:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-limit-viewing-of-dashboards/102915 "2017-10-08T14:16:39Z")

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Hi All , Is it possible to limit viewing of dashboards in kibana 5.x ? So I want to limit list of dashboards for specific users , For example user1 should able to view in list of dashboards only: dashboard1 and dashb…

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## [Is there any plugin available for chargeback/metering monitoring in kibana/elasticsearch?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-any-plugin-available-for-chargeback-metering-monitoring-in-kibana-elasticsearch/103138)

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**Author:** [@sanketdarji](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sanketdarji)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2017, 4:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-any-plugin-available-for-chargeback-metering-monitoring-in-kibana-elasticsearch/103138 "2017-10-08T04:21:33Z")

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Is there any plugin available for chargeback/metering monitoring in kibana/elasticsearch ?

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## [Load template in kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/load-template-in-kibana/103120)

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**Author:** [@Blason](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Blason)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2017, 3:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/load-template-in-kibana/103120 "2017-10-08T03:25:39Z")

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Hi Guys, This might sound stupid but would like to know what is the use of tempalate in kibana? and how do I load the template in kibana? E.g. look here and how do I load this template in kibana? Can someone please hel…

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## [How can i zero pad a string in painless](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-zero-pad-a-string-in-painless/101914)

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**Author:** [@danaronson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/danaronson)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2017, 10:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-zero-pad-a-string-in-painless/101914 "2017-10-07T22:51:01Z")

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I am adding a scripted field to create a URL and I need to zero pad some date values (since data.date.dayOfMonth and related functions don't). Any pointers to how I can do this? --dan

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## [Date parse failure](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-parse-failure/103123)

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**Author:** [@Clemens\_Overbosch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Clemens_Overbosch)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2017, 9:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/date-parse-failure/103123 "2017-10-07T21:23:06Z")

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So I'm doing a school project with a scraper, I'm now trying to visualize this scraped data inside kibana. This is what my logstash config file looks like: input { file{ path =\> "/home/nod/Desktop/Data/bodybuildin…

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## [Geo Point configuration](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-point-configuration/103114)

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**Author:** [@Mohsen\_Haghaieghshen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mohsen_Haghaieghshen)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-point-configuration/103114 "2017-10-07T18:59:29Z")

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Hi, I want to upload a CSV file into Elasticsearch which has been attached. \[dataset\] The config file is: \[config\_file\] However, nothing is uploaded with no error. Would you please guide me?

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## [Fresh install of Kibana 5.6.2 running on default settings isn't working](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fresh-install-of-kibana-5-6-2-running-on-default-settings-isnt-working/103087)

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**Author:** [@leosco](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leosco)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2017, 5:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fresh-install-of-kibana-5-6-2-running-on-default-settings-isnt-working/103087 "2017-10-07T17:52:18Z")

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Hi there, I've installed both Elasticsearch and Kibana 5.6.2 on Windows 10 x64. Running elasticsearch seems to work just fine, I get the expected server output and the REST API is accessible at localhost:9200 curl loca…

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## [Reporting dashboard with all visualize pages](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reporting-dashboard-with-all-visualize-pages/103101)

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**Author:** [@abpabab](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/abpabab)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2017, 4:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reporting-dashboard-with-all-visualize-pages/103101 "2017-10-07T04:22:20Z")

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I'm using reporting function in Kiban, just fine. But, with some visualize have more than 1 pages, just the only first page will be exported. How can I make a dashboard report include all visualize pages? Thanks.

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## [See Y axis as linear in dashboard instead of log scale](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/see-y-axis-as-linear-in-dashboard-instead-of-log-scale/102926)

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**Author:** [@Bkt](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bkt)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2017, 11:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/see-y-axis-as-linear-in-dashboard-instead-of-log-scale/102926 "2017-10-06T23:15:09Z")

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I am trying to create a dashboard with log scale for the y axis, I see it on the visualization tab fine, but I cannot see it on the dashboard. Is there something I am missing?

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## [Kibana.index](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-index/103074)

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**Author:** [@alexus](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alexus)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2017, 8:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-index/103074 "2017-10-06T20:10:05Z")

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Hello, Per Configuring Kibana | Kibana User Guide \[5.6\] | Elastic, I set kibana.index to be .kibana-test (instead of default .kibana), however after I restart kibana, it looks like it's still using default index (.kiban…

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## [Possible to create a timeseries like timelion in table object?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/possible-to-create-a-timeseries-like-timelion-in-table-object/102375)

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**Author:** [@Cristian](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Cristian)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2017, 4:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/possible-to-create-a-timeseries-like-timelion-in-table-object/102375 "2017-10-06T16:39:11Z")

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Hi All, I have created som pretty cool charts in timelion. Now, I would like to see the same data in a table instead but cant re-use the expression in the visualization part of kibana. Is there a possibility to create t…

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## [Error unable to completely restore the url](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-unable-to-completely-restore-the-url/102128)

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**Author:** [@massim0](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/massim0)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2017, 2:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-unable-to-completely-restore-the-url/102128 "2017-10-06T14:23:10Z")

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Hello All, I use kibana 5.5.2. When i login in kibana appears: "Error unable to completely restore the URL, be sure to use the share functionally". Someone can help me to solve this problem. thank you so much.

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## [How to add custom queries in one visualization?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-add-custom-queries-in-one-visualization/102458)

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**Author:** [@mounika](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mounika)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2017, 1:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-add-custom-queries-in-one-visualization/102458 "2017-10-06T13:51:13Z")

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Hi, I have the below scenario, how to apply this scenario in one visualization? I have a component and different values in that component. each has unique name, I want to group the same set of names in one pie chart. f…

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## [How to use the .max() in timelion](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-the-max-in-timelion/102286)

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**Author:** [@Cristian](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Cristian)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2017, 11:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-the-max-in-timelion/102286 "2017-10-06T11:39:54Z")

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Hi All, I use this expression: Exp1 .es(\_exists\_:candles.highMid, timefield=candles.time,offset=-1d).if(eq, 0, null, .es(timefield=candles.time,offset=-1d,metric=sum:candles.highMid)).fit(average) and this expression…

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## [Creating a -timestamp field](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-a-timestamp-field/100999)

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**Author:** [@annette](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/annette)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2017, 10:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-a-timestamp-field/100999 "2017-10-06T10:11:50Z")

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Hi I need to display all 'documents' outstanding at a certain time every day (Say 1 pm everyday). Can anyone please help on how I will be able to work out what the current date time is now.

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## [How to generate dynamic term or field in kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-generate-dynamic-term-or-field-in-kibana/102211)

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**Author:** [@ajit](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ajit)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2017, 8:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-generate-dynamic-term-or-field-in-kibana/102211 "2017-10-06T08:57:21Z")

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I need dynamically generated field. Suppose I have Subject1 and Subject2 terms or fields and values are 40 and 50 respectively. In data table I need percentage term dynamically based on these two fields. I am taking only…

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