# Cant Create index pattern

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-create-index-pattern/241405>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [July 16, 2020, 7:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-create-index-pattern/241405 "2020-07-16T07:32:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![shmuel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@shmuel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shmuel)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 7:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-create-index-pattern/241405/1 "2020-07-16T07:32:39Z")

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The "Next Step" is blank...

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**Author:** ![Mikhail\_Shustov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mikhail_shustov/32/49186_2.png) [@Mikhail\_Shustov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mikhail_Shustov)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 8:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-create-index-pattern/241405/2 "2020-07-16T08:26:08Z")

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> Kibana looks for the names of Elasticsearch indices that match your input.

> **[Index patterns has been renamed to data views. | Kibana Guide \[master\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/master/index-patterns.html)**

Are you sure that `smsc*` exists in Elasticsearch?  
Can you see it when request `GET /_cat/indices`? You can use Kibana **DevTools** to request ES API.

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**Author:** ![shmuel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@shmuel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shmuel)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 12:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-create-index-pattern/241405/3 "2020-07-16T12:20:50Z")

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Thanks.

Its Elasticsearch issue...

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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:** [August 13, 2020, 12:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-create-index-pattern/241405/4 "2020-08-13T12:20:59Z")

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