# Kibana

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## [Refresh kibana dashboard in another application](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/refresh-kibana-dashboard-in-another-application/88796)

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**Author:** [@moorthyrajesh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/moorthyrajesh)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 9, 2017, 7:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/refresh-kibana-dashboard-in-another-application/88796 "2017-06-09T07:58:56Z")

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I am using a snapshot share feature to show the dashboards prepared in another application . However since i do not want the users to change the set time intervals in the dashboard, I have set a data refresh of 30 minut…

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## [How to customize Kibana dashboard menu in 5.2.1](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-customize-kibana-dashboard-menu-in-5-2-1/88771)

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**Author:** [@rajkamalkool6](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rajkamalkool6)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 9, 2017, 4:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-customize-kibana-dashboard-menu-in-5-2-1/88771 "2017-06-09T04:41:29Z")

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Hi, I am using Kibana 5.2.1 in my server and I am looking to add one more menu item in the dashboard named "Logout" and when I click that my dashboard should navigate to my customized logout page. How it can be imple…

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## [Kibana plugin to select a subset of search results displayed as a result of passing a query to search bar in the Discover tab and then displaying the selected results in another window](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-plugin-to-select-a-subset-of-search-results-displayed-as-a-result-of-passing-a-query-to-search-bar-in-the-discover-tab-and-then-displaying-the-selected-results-in-another-window/88156)

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**Author:** [@Surabhi\_Lodha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Surabhi_Lodha)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2017, 5:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-plugin-to-select-a-subset-of-search-results-displayed-as-a-result-of-passing-a-query-to-search-bar-in-the-discover-tab-and-then-displaying-the-selected-results-in-another-window/88156 "2017-06-08T17:02:41Z")

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I have a use-case in KIbana to develop that allows a user to select a subset of search results displayed as a result of passing a query to search bar in the Discover tab and then displaying the selected results in anothe…

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## [installedPlugins folder missing](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installedplugins-folder-missing/88705)

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**Author:** [@softec17](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/softec17)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2017, 4:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installedplugins-folder-missing/88705 "2017-06-08T16:44:30Z")

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Hello, I have installed kibana through source code. I am able to run kibana and elasticsearch.To create my own plugin in this kibana i followed this link https://www.timroes.de/2015/12/02/writing-kibana-4-plugins-basics/ …

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## [Run two kibana instances as a service in Ubuntu Machine](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-two-kibana-instances-as-a-service-in-ubuntu-machine/88716)

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**Author:** [@PrabakarKaruppasamy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/PrabakarKaruppasamy)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2017, 4:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-two-kibana-instances-as-a-service-in-ubuntu-machine/88716 "2017-06-08T16:38:08Z")

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Hello All, I have installed the Kibana in ubuntu using debian installation option. Can I have one more kibana instance using the same debian installation. Both instance needs to starts automatically when machine sta…

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## [Sort from hi to low value by unique count](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sort-from-hi-to-low-value-by-unique-count/88671)

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**Author:** [@Przem\_Bar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Przem_Bar)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2017, 4:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sort-from-hi-to-low-value-by-unique-count/88671 "2017-06-08T16:15:45Z")

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I need to show all response time by unique occurrence sorted from hi to low So having data like r1:10, r2:10, r3:20 gives me chart with 2 bars Currently tried something like this (but y is cut to histogram range)

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## [Visualize Map Problems](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualize-map-problems/88107)

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**Author:** [@lewis15](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lewis15)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2017, 12:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualize-map-problems/88107 "2017-06-08T12:42:39Z")

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Winlogbeat-\* index has geoip.location as number Using the guide https://www.elastic.co/blog/monitoring-windows-logons-with-winlogbeat geoip.location was empty when examining event logs 4624. After following the instruct…

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## [Timelion queries for 5.3.1 version](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-queries-for-5-3-1-version/87904)

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**Author:** [@amk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amk)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2017, 11:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-queries-for-5-3-1-version/87904 "2017-06-08T11:39:37Z")

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Hi, I wanted to know different working example of timelion series. I am trying to check the unique login by client vs internal user(david,tom) ,Below visualization doesn't work if we change the time-period ( e.g. week …

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## [OSX error install bin/kibana-plugin install x-pack](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/osx-error-install-bin-kibana-plugin-install-x-pack/88191)

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**Author:** [@bargitta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bargitta)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2017, 9:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/osx-error-install-bin-kibana-plugin-install-x-pack/88191 "2017-06-08T09:15:30Z")

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I use OSX with elastic search5.4.0 and kibana 5.4.1, I'm trying to install xpack for kibana, but get following errors. Any ideas? Error: end of central directory record signature not found at /Users/abc/kibana-5.4.…

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## [Expanding data over single bar](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/expanding-data-over-single-bar/88655)

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**Author:** [@Varun\_Patel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Varun_Patel)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2017, 7:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/expanding-data-over-single-bar/88655 "2017-06-08T07:57:26Z")

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I am using bar char to display data monthly. I have data for single month and rest of month have no data. Then by default kibana expands over that single month. is it possible that other months does not have bar …

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## [Formatting Date field](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/formatting-date-field/88580)

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**Author:** [@Varun\_Patel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Varun_Patel)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2017, 7:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/formatting-date-field/88580 "2017-06-08T07:51:04Z")

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I have date field which has default format. I want to change format of that field to MMM-YYYY. How can I do so ?

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## [Tile Map zoom in disabled on Kibana 5.4.0](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tile-map-zoom-in-disabled-on-kibana-5-4-0/85095)

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**Author:** [@maenu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/maenu)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2017, 6:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tile-map-zoom-in-disabled-on-kibana-5-4-0/85095 "2017-06-08T06:12:12Z")

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Hi I have exactly the same Tile Map visualization (Shaded Circle Markers), once on Kibana 5.3.0 and once on Kibana 5.4.0. The Tile Maps use external WMS source. In Kibana 5.4.0, the zoom is restricted to a certain l…

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## [Procedure/process for up-gradation of kibana from 5.0 to 5.4](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/procedure-process-for-up-gradation-of-kibana-from-5-0-to-5-4/88385)

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**Author:** [@kiranilla](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kiranilla)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2017, 5:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/procedure-process-for-up-gradation-of-kibana-from-5-0-to-5-4/88385 "2017-06-08T05:28:49Z")

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As i would like to upgrade my kibana 5.0 to 5.4, could you please help me in knowing the procedure or process for it. As uninstall and re-install will be easy but the data (visualizers, dashboards and scripted fields) wh…

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## [Search query issues in Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-query-issues-in-kibana/87822)

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**Author:** [@Steve\_1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Steve_1)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2017, 5:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-query-issues-in-kibana/87822 "2017-06-07T17:12:13Z")

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I have the following log message in Kibana: INFO : Sample.101-20170530.20170530-102.103.sample When I search for numbers 102 or 103, I don't get any results, though I get results when I search either for 101 or for 2…

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## [Kibana Package creation issue](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-package-creation-issue/88149)

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**Author:** [@sravya](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sravya)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2017, 4:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-package-creation-issue/88149 "2017-06-07T16:30:34Z")

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Hi! iwas trying to create kibana rpm package "npm run build -- --rpm", and ran into this issue. Fatal error: Path must be a string. Received true npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE npm ERR! errno 1 npm ERR! kibana@6.0.0-alpha2 bu…

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## [Kibana running issue](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-running-issue/88312)

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**Author:** [@Ximeng\_Zhao](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ximeng_Zhao)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2017, 3:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-running-issue/88312 "2017-06-07T15:52:52Z")

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Hello All, I installed elasticsearch 5-2-2 and kibana 5-2-2 on a single ec2 instance. I can run my elasticsearch without any issue. But when I tried to run kibana, it gives the following error. In my kibana.yml, I did …

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## [Visualize time series based data](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualize-time-series-based-data/88566)

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**Author:** [@Sara\_Lussi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sara_Lussi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2017, 1:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualize-time-series-based-data/88566 "2017-06-07T13:22:09Z")

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How can I visualize a time serie that is indexed in Elasticsearch? Can I create a visualization with timelion? I can't find how to do it.

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## [Kibana is not running and also web page is not coming](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-is-not-running-and-also-web-page-is-not-coming/88456)

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**Author:** [@shyamalaponnada](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shyamalaponnada)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2017, 12:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-is-not-running-and-also-web-page-is-not-coming/88456 "2017-06-07T12:55:56Z")

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Hi I have insatlled the kibana 5.4.1 version. Kibana is started but that is not running.when i observed the stdout file i am getting below file return binding.open(pathModule.\_makeLong(path), stringToFlags(flags), m…

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## [Why nothing shows in timelion of kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-nothing-shows-in-timelion-of-kibana/88557)

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**Author:** [@Tony\_Wang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tony_Wang)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2017, 12:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-nothing-shows-in-timelion-of-kibana/88557 "2017-06-07T12:05:24Z")

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Hi I have stored lots of data into Elastic Search with python directly. Now I want to display them in timelion dashboard. But nothing data found there. The time format I stored looks well. Is anything else wrong with m…

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## [How to get a random search reporting](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-a-random-search-reporting/88157)

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**Author:** [@Raj\_Kumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Raj_Kumar)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2017, 11:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-a-random-search-reporting/88157 "2017-06-07T11:24:06Z")

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Hi All, Am trying to schedule reporting using Xpack,is it possible to get the reporting in random orders instead of count of documents for example in visualize --\> data table Top 5 can be A,BC,D,E based on count o…

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## [Logarithmic scale for KIbana Time Series ( Timelion and Visual Builder)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logarithmic-scale-for-kibana-time-series-timelion-and-visual-builder/88490)

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**Author:** [@warunac](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warunac)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2017, 11:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logarithmic-scale-for-kibana-time-series-timelion-and-visual-builder/88490 "2017-06-07T11:07:34Z")

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Could you please add logarithmic scale for Time Series ( Timelion and Visual Builder) An example of logarithmic scale usage. If we use logarithmic scale for this chart we can spred all dots like below chart

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## [Toggling legend in embedded visualizations](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/toggling-legend-in-embedded-visualizations/86448)

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**Author:** [@kostja79](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kostja79)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2017, 10:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/toggling-legend-in-embedded-visualizations/86448 "2017-06-07T10:32:40Z")

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I embedded some Kibana visualizations in my html pages via iframe. How can I toggle every legend on load? Thanks

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## [Kibana source installation error](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-source-installation-error/83986)

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**Author:** [@sravya](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sravya)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2017, 10:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-source-installation-error/83986 "2017-06-07T10:19:43Z")

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git clone https://github.com/root/kibana.git kibana Initialized empty Git repository in /opt/kibana/.git/ error: Couldn't resolve host 'github.com' while accessing https://github.com/root/kibana.git/info/refs fatal: H…

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## [Not able to export scripted field - Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-export-scripted-field-kibana/88503)

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**Author:** [@Varun\_Patel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Varun_Patel)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2017, 9:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-export-scripted-field-kibana/88503 "2017-06-07T09:53:43Z")

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I am using elastic version 5.3.0 and elastic version 5.2.0. When i am exporting my dashboard. All the dashboard is exported successfully, but scripted field is not getting exported. Please let me know if i need to …

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## [Changing label on x-axis](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-label-on-x-axis/88505)

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**Author:** [@Varun\_Patel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Varun_Patel)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2017, 9:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-label-on-x-axis/88505 "2017-06-07T09:42:57Z")

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I am using bar chart to generate data. Using Date-Histogram and splitting it monthly. Here x-axis shows starting date of the month, but i want to have month name (viz Jan, Feb etc). So is it included in latest releas…

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## [Only netflow v5 is shown although both v9 and v5 are collected](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/only-netflow-v5-is-shown-although-both-v9-and-v5-are-collected/86929)

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**Author:** [@massimo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/massimo)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2017, 7:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/only-netflow-v5-is-shown-although-both-v9-and-v5-are-collected/86929 "2017-06-07T07:04:29Z")

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Hello, as the topic says netflow information (v5 and v9) is sent to logstash. Both are processed and stored in elasticsearch as expected. When opening the index in Kibana only v5 logs are shown although there are much …

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## [Kibana Discover](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-discover/88228)

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**Author:** [@Aris\_Pratama](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Aris_Pratama)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2017, 6:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-discover/88228 "2017-06-07T06:48:22Z")

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Before that, i'm sorry for my bad english. Are kibana discover can't add more than 5 host? because there are 7 hosts that i need to monitor, but when i already config my filebeat then open my kibana, there are only fiv…

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## [Visualization with Green/Red dots](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualization-with-green-red-dots/88468)

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**Author:** [@joshuaclark](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/joshuaclark)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2017, 6:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualization-with-green-red-dots/88468 "2017-06-07T06:36:56Z")

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Is there a way to create a visualization with Red and Green dots like is done for the monitoring status?

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## [Parsing exception](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parsing-exception/88372)

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**Author:** [@moorthyrajesh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/moorthyrajesh)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2017, 4:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parsing-exception/88372 "2017-06-07T04:10:06Z")

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I am getting the error "Discover: \[parsing\_exception\] \[range\] query does not support \[ranges\], with { line=1 & col=115 }" { "aggs": { "range": { "date\_range": { "field": "paiddate", "format":…

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## [Use Kibana on top of SQL Server or Oracle](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-kibana-on-top-of-sql-server-or-oracle/88471)

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**Author:** [@Ocean](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ocean)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 6, 2017, 8:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-kibana-on-top-of-sql-server-or-oracle/88471 "2017-06-06T20:58:08Z")

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Is there any mechanism with which I can consume SQL Server or Oracle database through Kibana ? Thanks

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