# Change Index on Visualisatons

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-index-on-visualisatons/58593>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [August 22, 2016, 4:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-index-on-visualisatons/58593 "2016-08-22T16:29:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 6:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-index-on-visualisatons/58593/2 "2016-08-22T18:31:12Z")

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Hi Alvaro,

It's not possible to change the index pattern of an existing visualization. Instead, you will need to rebuild the visualization using the new index pattern.

Thanks,  
CJ

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