# 400 bad request in UI when trying to save a watch in Kibana **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [May 29, 2018, 3:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/400-bad-request-in-ui-when-trying-to-save-a-watch-in-kibana/133711 "2018-05-29T15:29:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![maryjomcguinness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@maryjomcguinness](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/maryjomcguinness)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2018, 3:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/400-bad-request-in-ui-when-trying-to-save-a-watch-in-kibana/133711/1 "2018-05-29T15:29:51Z")
Can someone please help. Why am I getting a 400 bad request when trying to save a watch. I am using version 5.5.1 and I have checked the json is valid. ---
**Author:** ![tylersmalley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tylersmalley/32/8833_2.png) [@tylersmalley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tylersmalley)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2018, 10:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/400-bad-request-in-ui-when-trying-to-save-a-watch-in-kibana/133711/2 "2018-05-29T22:28:29Z")
Is there anything in the Elasticsearch logs which indicates the issue? ---
**Author:** ![maryjomcguinness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@maryjomcguinness](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/maryjomcguinness)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 12:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/400-bad-request-in-ui-when-trying-to-save-a-watch-in-kibana/133711/3 "2018-05-30T12:38:09Z")
Where can I check the Elasticsearch logs? ---
**Author:** ![rashmi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rashmi/32/16391_2.png) [@rashmi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rashmi)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 12:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/400-bad-request-in-ui-when-trying-to-save-a-watch-in-kibana/133711/4 "2018-05-30T12:51:05Z")
Can you provide more informations about: the OS how did you install how do you start the service everything you think useful? Cheers Rashmi ---
**Author:** ![maryjomcguinness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@maryjomcguinness](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/maryjomcguinness)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2018, 1:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/400-bad-request-in-ui-when-trying-to-save-a-watch-in-kibana/133711/5 "2018-05-31T13:14:06Z")
Hi Rashmi, I installed it using IBM Cloud Private 2.1.0.3 which usually installs Kibana. I did the install on a Linux VM - x86\_64 x86\_64 x86\_64 GNU/Linux. The UI seems to be there and functioning ok apart from when I try to save the watcher. Anything I should try and enable? Thanks in advance ---
**Author:** ![tylersmalley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tylersmalley/32/8833_2.png) [@tylersmalley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tylersmalley)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/400-bad-request-in-ui-when-trying-to-save-a-watch-in-kibana/133711/6 "2018-05-31T17:36:08Z")
Is Elasticsearch also install on IBM Cloud? Do you have access to the instance Elasticsearch is on? ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2018, 5:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/400-bad-request-in-ui-when-trying-to-save-a-watch-in-kibana/133711/7 "2018-05-31T17:40:37Z")
Do you have X-Pack installed on both Kibana and Elasticsearch? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 5:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/400-bad-request-in-ui-when-trying-to-save-a-watch-in-kibana/133711/8 "2018-06-28T17:40:44Z")
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