# Cannot create index pattern using alias using elasticsearch 6.2.2

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-create-index-pattern-using-alias-using-elasticsearch-6-2-2/122363
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [March 3, 2018, 10:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-create-index-pattern-using-alias-using-elasticsearch-6-2-2/122363 "2018-03-03T10:05:29Z")
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### Author: ![amiyadutta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f4b2a3/32.png) [@amiyadutta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amiyadutta)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2018, 10:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-create-index-pattern-using-alias-using-elasticsearch-6-2-2/122363/1 "2018-03-03T10:05:29Z")

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Hi,

I have created one alias by combining two filebeat indexces but not able to create index pattern in Kibana.

I have go through following links -

[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-aliases.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-aliases.html)

also visited following forum and come to know that it's know issue, could you please let us know when this issue get resolved.  
We are using elasticsearch 6.2.2

Forum Link - [Cannot create index pattern using alias](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-create-index-pattern-using-alias/121653)

Our configuration and output as follows -

POST /\_aliases  
{  
"actions" : [  
{ "add" : { "index" : "filebeat-2018.02.27", "alias" : "alias02" } },  
{ "add" : { "index" : "filebeat-2018.02.26", "alias" : "alias02" } }  
]  
}

Curl output -

curl [http://localhost:9200/\_cat/aliases?v](http://localhost:9200/_cat/aliases?v)  
alias index filter routing.index routing.search  
alias02 filebeat-2018.02.27 - - -  
alias02 filebeat-2018.02.28 - - -

GET output -

GET /\_alias/alias02

{  
"filebeat-2018.02.27": {  
"aliases": {  
"alias02": {}  
}  
},  
"filebeat-2018.02.28": {  
"aliases": {  
"alias02": {}  
}  
}  
}

Please help.

Thanks

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### Author: ![tsullivan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tsullivan/32/31077_2.png) [@tsullivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tsullivan)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2018, 8:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-create-index-pattern-using-alias-using-elasticsearch-6-2-2/122363/2 "2018-03-03T20:08:02Z")

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> [@amiyadutta](#):
>
> could you please let us know when this issue get resolved.

We won't be able to give updates in the forums. To be informed of when the issue will be resolved, please watch the issue in Github: [Kibana Unable to set index pattern for Alias · Issue #16705 · elastic/kibana · GitHub](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/16705). A Github issue can be subscribed to, and users can get notification emails when there are updates.

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2018, 8:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-create-index-pattern-using-alias-using-elasticsearch-6-2-2/122363/3 "2018-03-31T20:08:18Z")

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