# APM Index Pattern is created automatically in Kibana
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-index-pattern-is-created-automatically-in-kibana/288404
**Category:** APM
**Tags:** docker, ui
**Created:** [November 4, 2021, 12:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-index-pattern-is-created-automatically-in-kibana/288404 "2021-11-04T12:16:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@RdrgPorto](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/RdrgPorto)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2021, 12:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-index-pattern-is-created-automatically-in-kibana/288404/1 "2021-11-04T12:16:01Z")
**Kibana version** : 7.14.2
**Elasticsearch version** : 7.14.2
**APM Server version** : 7.14.2
**APM Agent language and version** : NodeJS ^3.17.0
**Browser version** : Microsoft Edge 95.0.1020.40
**Original install method (e.g. download page, yum, deb, from source, etc.) and version**: Kubernetes with official Docker image [docker.elastic.co/apm/apm-server:7.14.2](http://docker.elastic.co/apm/apm-server:7.14.2)
**Fresh install or upgraded from other version?** Upgraded from 7.9.2
**Is there anything special in your setup?** For example, are you using the Logstash or Kafka outputs? Are you using a load balancer in front of the APM Servers? Have you changed index pattern, generated custom templates, changed agent configuration etc.
APM Server --\> Apache Kafka --\> Logstash --\> Elasticsearch
**Description of the problem including expected versus actual behavior. Please include screenshots (if relevant)**:
Hi, everyone
I have configured Kibana with the follow configuration:
```auto
apm_oss.indexPattern: "apm-*"
apm_oss.errorIndices: "apm-*"
apm_oss.onboardingIndices: "apm-*"
apm_oss.spanIndices: "apm-*"
apm_oss.transactionIndices: "apm-*"
apm_oss.metricsIndices: "apm-*"
apm_oss.sourcemapIndices: "apm-*"
```
However, there is an index\_pattern created which is called ` traces-apm*,logs-apm*,metrics-apm*,apm-*`. If I remove this index\_pattern, it is created again when I enter in APM section.
Is it normal this kind of behaviour ?
Thanks in advance,
Rodrigo
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### Author:  [@sqren](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sqren)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2021, 1:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-index-pattern-is-created-automatically-in-kibana/288404/2 "2021-11-04T13:09:59Z")
Hi there,
Yes, this is the expected behaviour. If you don't want this you can disable it with this config:
```auto
xpack.apm.autocreateApmIndexPattern: false
```
Furthermore, I've created [an issue](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/117143) to set a human-readable title for the index pattern. If the index pattern was called "APM UI" would that improve the experience?
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### Author:  [@RdrgPorto](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/RdrgPorto)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2021, 1:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-index-pattern-is-created-automatically-in-kibana/288404/3 "2021-11-04T13:58:16Z")
> [@sqren](#):
>
> `xpack.apm.autocreateApmIndexPattern`
Hi,
Thank very much 😃. Should this setting be added to [APM settings in Kibana](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/7.14/apm-settings-kb.html) doc?
Regarding your question, I would rather **apm-ui**. However, in my opinion, it would be nice to **configure all these features in kibana.yml** in order to **get a GitOps culture**.
Regards 🖖
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### Author:  [@sqren](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sqren)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-index-pattern-is-created-automatically-in-kibana/288404/4 "2021-11-04T14:20:08Z")
> Should this setting be added to [APM settings in Kibana](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/7.14/apm-settings-kb.html) doc?
Good idea, it probably should! Would you mind [opening an issue](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/new?assignees=&labels=Team%3Aapm&template=APM.yml&title=%5BAPM%5D+) to propose this?
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@RdrgPorto](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/RdrgPorto)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2021, 7:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-index-pattern-is-created-automatically-in-kibana/288404/5 "2021-11-05T07:33:34Z")
Hi,
I just created the issue [#117618](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/117618).
Thanks,
Regards
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2021, 3:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-index-pattern-is-created-automatically-in-kibana/288404/6 "2021-11-26T03:33:49Z")
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