# Can kibana do visualization with multiple indexes at a time? **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [November 4, 2021, 12:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-kibana-do-visualization-with-multiple-indexes-at-a-time/288406 "2021-11-04T12:26:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@shi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shi)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2021, 12:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-kibana-do-visualization-with-multiple-indexes-at-a-time/288406/1 "2021-11-04T12:26:45Z")
Can kibana do visualization incorporating multiple indexes at a time in one view? thanks and regards shini ---
**Author:** ![aaron-nimocks](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aaron-nimocks/32/73965_2.png) [@aaron-nimocks](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aaron-nimocks)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2021, 12:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-kibana-do-visualization-with-multiple-indexes-at-a-time/288406/2 "2021-11-04T12:31:59Z")
Yes. Create an [Index Pattern](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/index-patterns.html#settings-create-pattern) and comma separate your indexes you want to use. Or you can use a wild card if they naming convention supports that. Using wildcard - `index*` Using comma separated - `index1,index2,index3` Then when you select that index pattern for your visualization it will use all those indexes. ---
**Author:** ![shi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@shi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shi)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2021, 1:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-kibana-do-visualization-with-multiple-indexes-at-a-time/288406/3 "2021-11-04T13:18:41Z")
thanks sir for your immediate reply. ---
**Author:** ![Marco\_Liberati](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marco_liberati/32/82953_2.png) [@Marco\_Liberati](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marco_Liberati)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2021, 2:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-kibana-do-visualization-with-multiple-indexes-at-a-time/288406/4 "2021-11-04T14:21:34Z")
In case your indexes cannot fall into a single IndexPattern/Dataview you can use Lens and select for each visualization layer a distinct indexpattern/dataview. ---
**Author:** ![shi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@shi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shi)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2021, 4:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-kibana-do-visualization-with-multiple-indexes-at-a-time/288406/5 "2021-11-04T16:48:51Z")
sir, How to create multiple visualization layers. I have gone through this link [Create visualizations with Lens | Kibana Guide [7.15] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/lens.html) . Can you share some links explaining multiple visualization layer creation. thanks and regards shini ---
**Author:** ![Marco\_Liberati](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marco_liberati/32/82953_2.png) [@Marco\_Liberati](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marco_Liberati)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2021, 5:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-kibana-do-visualization-with-multiple-indexes-at-a-time/288406/6 "2021-11-04T17:11:27Z")
When you are using a bar/line/area chart it is possible to add layers and select for each one the index pattern you like (you have to configure them as pointed out by @aaron-nimocks above) ![Screenshot 2021-11-04 at 18.08.03](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/3/c/3c1087058a9d2ce3bb1a6a2b74c317681271868b.png) ---
**Author:** ![shi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@shi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shi)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2021, 5:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-kibana-do-visualization-with-multiple-indexes-at-a-time/288406/7 "2021-11-04T17:46:17Z")
thanks for the detailed reply shini ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2021, 5:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-kibana-do-visualization-with-multiple-indexes-at-a-time/288406/8 "2021-12-02T17:47:00Z")
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