# Kibana

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/c/elastic-stack/kibana/7.md?page=997

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## [Parameterized dashboards](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parameterized-dashboards/51786)

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**Author:** [@Developer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Developer)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2017, 3:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parameterized-dashboards/51786 "2017-02-18T15:22:05Z")

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Hi I have about 10 different visualizations in my Kibana and 5 elasticseach indexes, each of them contains a very very big scope of documents with the same structure (They were separated for more quick search). So, I…

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## [Calculate increments in a specific field](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/calculate-increments-in-a-specific-field/75470)

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**Author:** [@rmartin1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rmartin1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2017, 1:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/calculate-increments-in-a-specific-field/75470 "2017-02-18T13:42:28Z")

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With the new funcionality Logstash-Api in Logstash 5.2.1 I have the need of represent in kibana the number of pipeline.events.in but I don´t like the cumulative sum (that i can get with timelion) I would wish represent t…

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## [How to add filters on healthmetric in json input](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-add-filters-on-healthmetric-in-json-input/75485)

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**Author:** [@mehdichilla](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mehdichilla)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2017, 1:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-add-filters-on-healthmetric-in-json-input/75485 "2017-02-18T13:40:18Z")

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Hello, we use kibana 5.1.1 & elasticsearch 5.1.1 with gauge-sg et health metric plugins. I am trying to filter in the construction of my visualization the values a zero of the deconnected people. Would you have a trac…

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## [Timelion: how to scale y axis?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-how-to-scale-y-axis/75490)

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**Author:** [@asp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/asp)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2017, 1:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-how-to-scale-y-axis/75490 "2017-02-18T13:37:25Z")

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Hi, my values which are shown in a timelion chart are in percent. How can I scale the y axis to a fix range from 0 to 100?

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## [Restarting Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restarting-kibana/41017)

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**Author:** [@w0lverine](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/w0lverine)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2017, 3:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restarting-kibana/41017 "2017-02-18T03:56:41Z")

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I have installed sense and now I need to restart kibana and besides finding the process and killing it I can not find a command to restart the service. sudo service kibana restart I feel like doesn't actually restart…

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## [Replace Kibana Logo](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/replace-kibana-logo/75452)

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**Author:** [@Uma\_Ananthu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Uma_Ananthu)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2017, 3:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/replace-kibana-logo/75452 "2017-02-18T03:48:19Z")

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Hi I am trying to replace Kibana logo and i have my corporate SVG image with same name as Kibana. I have replaced in the following path in kibana 5.2.0 version and its not getting replaced. Even I tried restarting kibana…

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## [Hide the menu sidebar from url param](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hide-the-menu-sidebar-from-url-param/75438)

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**Author:** [@whoami](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/whoami)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2017, 3:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hide-the-menu-sidebar-from-url-param/75438 "2017-02-18T03:43:30Z")

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any way that I can hide the menu sidebar by one url param

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## [Kibana with Security - All users in user\_search.base\_dn can view Kibana?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-with-security-all-users-in-user-search-base-dn-can-view-kibana/75551)

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**Author:** [@JustinKuspa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JustinKuspa)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2017, 6:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-with-security-all-users-in-user-search-base-dn-can-view-kibana/75551 "2017-02-17T18:38:42Z")

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When setting up Kibana 5.1.1 with X-Pack Security, is there a way to restrict access to the main kibana page? When testing, it appears that all users in the search base are able to authenticate and view the main page, e…

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## [Kibana 5.x - visualizing counts with nested? data: any guidance appreciated](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-x-visualizing-counts-with-nested-data-any-guidance-appreciated/75394)

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**Author:** [@durantto](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/durantto)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2017, 6:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-x-visualizing-counts-with-nested-data-any-guidance-appreciated/75394 "2017-02-17T18:21:42Z")

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Hello all, I have been at this for a few hours now, seemingly simple task, and I am not sure of the best way to visualize the data we are working with and I was hoping I could reach out for help for guidance: We have…

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## [Login expiration Issue (Kibana 5.2)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/login-expiration-issue-kibana-5-2/74135)

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**Author:** [@111148](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/111148)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2017, 5:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/login-expiration-issue-kibana-5-2/74135 "2017-02-17T17:20:26Z")

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Hello, i have ELK cluster on Azure. (3 Windows server nodes) and recently I have updated all ELK stack to the 5.2 version. But now i am facing with login issue when more than one node is up and i see "session expired err…

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## [Why is data considered differently for different indexes in kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-is-data-considered-differently-for-different-indexes-in-kibana/74006)

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**Author:** [@nethis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nethis)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2017, 12:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-is-data-considered-differently-for-different-indexes-in-kibana/74006 "2017-02-17T12:32:00Z")

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Hi, For an index A, the field EventTemplateName value is CustomEvent and this is same for all the documents, and in kibana graphs, its showing in lower case customevent. Now, I changed my indexing strategy to weekl…

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## [Kibana yum repo](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-yum-repo/75336)

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**Author:** [@rboorugu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rboorugu)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2017, 11:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-yum-repo/75336 "2017-02-17T11:36:36Z")

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the repo below will install the latest Kibana version (which now is 5.2.1) - how can i install a specific version (l am looking for Kibana 5.0.0). I am using Yum. Thanks, \[kibana-5.x\] name=Kibana repository for 5.x pac…

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## [Kibana with Multinode Elasticsearch cluster](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-with-multinode-elasticsearch-cluster/75337)

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**Author:** [@etp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/etp)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2017, 6:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-with-multinode-elasticsearch-cluster/75337 "2017-02-17T06:39:03Z")

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Hi, I have setup a cluster with 3 nodes on which I have installed Elasticsearch. On one of the nodes I have installed Kibana also. I would like to know, how would I configure this setup such that Kibana may read from the…

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## [Status : "kibana is not working" but it works on browser. Why?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/status-kibana-is-not-working-but-it-works-on-browser-why/75261)

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**Author:** [@tanimoto](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tanimoto)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2017, 6:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/status-kibana-is-not-working-but-it-works-on-browser-why/75261 "2017-02-17T06:51:26Z")

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I rebooted OS and kibana automatically restarted by demon. I checked status and it says kibana is not working. error log is as below {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2017-02-16T01:58:20Z","tags":\["status","plugin:kibana…

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## [Kibana optimize/bundules before start](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-optimize-bundules-before-start/74458)

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**Author:** [@whoami](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/whoami)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2017, 5:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-optimize-bundules-before-start/74458 "2017-02-17T05:51:34Z")

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can I run some command to generate the optimize/bundles files before I run ./kibana

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## [Two Index Patterns For Same Index?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/two-index-patterns-for-same-index/75423)

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**Author:** [@spur01](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spur01)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2017, 3:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/two-index-patterns-for-same-index/75423 "2017-02-17T03:10:50Z")

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We recently set up an import on our Elastic cloud and set up one index to hold a summary of those imports (datatype1) as well as summaries of the imports (datatype2). I can't seem to find a way to create two distinct i…

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## [Suggestions of field names and values in search](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/suggestions-of-field-names-and-values-in-search/75392)

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**Author:** [@John16](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/John16)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2017, 11:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/suggestions-of-field-names-and-values-in-search/75392 "2017-02-16T23:12:54Z")

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Hello, Is it possible to turn on suggest of field names in search line in Kibana? I have an index with a lot of fields and it would be very convenient to have an suggest for them (like in Google search). Also, there …

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## [Je n'ai plus accès à mes anciens index ES](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/je-nai-plus-acces-a-mes-anciens-index-es/74538)

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**Author:** [@amir\_BH](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amir_BH)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2017, 8:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/je-nai-plus-acces-a-mes-anciens-index-es/74538 "2017-02-16T20:20:32Z")

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Bonsoir, j'ai installé Syslog-ng/Elasticsearch/Kibana et je viens de me rendre compte que lorsque je filtre les logs via la date dans kibana il ne m'affiche plus les logs d'hier ou d'il y a 2/3 jours, il ne m'affiche q…

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## [Kibana Screens Empty](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-screens-empty/75384)

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**Author:** [@saintpaul1984](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/saintpaul1984)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2017, 8:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-screens-empty/75384 "2017-02-16T20:14:53Z")

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I recently upgraded to 5.2.0, hosted by elastic.co (https://www.elastic.co/cloud/as-a-service) from v 2.3. At the same time, I also upgraded Kibana to the latest version. However, when I log into Kibana only Timeline …

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## [Kibana: how to calculate a delta metric in table visualization?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-how-to-calculate-a-delta-metric-in-table-visualization/73646)

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**Author:** [@asp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/asp)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-how-to-calculate-a-delta-metric-in-table-visualization/73646 "2017-02-16T19:46:22Z")

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Hi, I have logs, which contain statistical absolute values. Each minute I get the statistics, how many transactions a service has processed since start of the service. So it is a steadily growing number until the next …

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## [Logsatsh reading logs but not showing in kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logsatsh-reading-logs-but-not-showing-in-kibana/75044)

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**Author:** [@wolfghost](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wolfghost)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2017, 2:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logsatsh-reading-logs-but-not-showing-in-kibana/75044 "2017-02-16T14:58:13Z")

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Logsash is giving \[root@localhost bin\]# /usr/share/logstash/bin/logstash -f logstash.conf WARNING: Could not find logstash.yml which is typically located in $LS\_HOME/config or /etc/logstash. You can specify the path us…

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## [How to disable the "Welcome to X-Pack" Message?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-disable-the-welcome-to-x-pack-message/75302)

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**Author:** [@logger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/logger)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2017, 1:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-disable-the-welcome-to-x-pack-message/75302 "2017-02-16T13:48:27Z")

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Hi, I am looking for a way to disable this message. I don´t know how to get rid of it. I would accept the message, but it appears every time I login again.

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## [Horizontally scrollable bar chart](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/horizontally-scrollable-bar-chart/75189)

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**Author:** [@GautamP](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/GautamP)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2017, 6:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/horizontally-scrollable-bar-chart/75189 "2017-02-16T06:02:03Z")

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Hi, I have a large no. of jobs which I'm representing on the x-axis with their corresponding times on the y axis. As I keep increasing the size of the buckets, all the jobs become stacked beside one another and become …

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## [Tile Map not working ? DNS lookup problem](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tile-map-not-working-dns-lookup-problem/74638)

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**Author:** [@paulkeogh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/paulkeogh)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2017, 10:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tile-map-not-working-dns-lookup-problem/74638 "2017-02-15T22:59:58Z")

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I have a viz with a tile map - the geopoint data in the docs is found and looks fine. However, no map is displayed. Opening the Chrome dev console, I see a GET to https://otile3-s.mqcdn.com/tiles/1.0.0/map/2/1/1.jpeg …

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## [Kibana Monitoring shows only 10 logstash nodes](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-monitoring-shows-only-10-logstash-nodes/75238)

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**Author:** [@Dan\_Markhasin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dan_Markhasin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2017, 9:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-monitoring-shows-only-10-logstash-nodes/75238 "2017-02-15T21:36:45Z")

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We're using Kibana to monitoring our logstash instances, and I noticed that Kibana only displays 10 nodes, even though I have more. I confirmed that all instances are reporting correctly by examining the .monitoring-logs…

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## [Stacked discovery timelines](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/stacked-discovery-timelines/75204)

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**Author:** [@Chris\_Clifton](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Chris_Clifton)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2017, 8:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/stacked-discovery-timelines/75204 "2017-02-15T20:41:38Z")

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In kibana 5, what's best way to set up multiple discovery timelines, ideally on top of each other so we can correlate events? Custom dashboard? Or does timelion do this better? i.e., apache access logs with a search patt…

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## [How to make a new custom global variable?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-make-a-new-custom-global-variable/75163)

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**Author:** [@valereds](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/valereds)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2017, 8:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-make-a-new-custom-global-variable/75163 "2017-02-15T20:39:53Z")

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Hi all, I need to make a custom global variable (to write inside the kibana.yml) and maybe access to its value from the 'config' service inside my controllers. Can anyone explain me how kibana deals with settings variabl…

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## [Field \[\] used in expression does not exist in mappings, even after creating…?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/field-used-in-expression-does-not-exist-in-mappings-even-after-creating/73515)

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**Author:** [@informatico](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/informatico)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2017, 4:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/field-used-in-expression-does-not-exist-in-mappings-even-after-creating/73515 "2017-02-15T16:40:38Z")

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Hi, I am very new to both Elasticsearch and Kibana, which I am using for a current project. I have data coming in from an external source, and one of the fields I have in Discover of Kibana is 'clearancetime'. This fi…

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## [Error when setting default index in Kibana 5.1](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-when-setting-default-index-in-kibana-5-1/75060)

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**Author:** [@StephenGoodall](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/StephenGoodall)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2017, 11:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-when-setting-default-index-in-kibana-5-1/75060 "2017-02-15T11:29:54Z")

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Hi, I've recently taken a snapshot from a 2.3 cluster and restored it to a 5.1 cluster. (The AWS hosted service version :frowning: ) When I go to Kibana and make a new index pattern it lets me, but if I try to set any …

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## [Legend Y-Axis too large](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/legend-y-axis-too-large/74904)

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**Author:** [@Beuhlet\_Reseau](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Beuhlet_Reseau)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2017, 10:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/legend-y-axis-too-large/74904 "2017-02-15T10:06:17Z")

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Hello, I have a problem with the order of magnitude of the data I have 3 applications who genere data trafic. One of them genere very much trafic. So in visualize i split graph in 3 parts but, the legend does not adap…

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