# Creating an Index-based Engine is broken on the GUI in app-search

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-an-index-based-engine-is-broken-on-the-gui-in-app-search/379790>\
**Category:** Elastic Search\
**Tags:** elastic-app-search\
**Created:** [July 3, 2025, 7:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-an-index-based-engine-is-broken-on-the-gui-in-app-search/379790 "2025-07-03T19:17:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![ndesanto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ndesanto/32/143393_2.png) [@ndesanto](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ndesanto)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 7:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-an-index-based-engine-is-broken-on-the-gui-in-app-search/379790/7 "2025-07-17T19:32:04Z")

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I figured it out from another forum post. If any of your indexes are closed on elastic this index-based engine creation breaks. You have to only have open indexes for some reason...

Solution can be found here: [Problem create Engine - Enterprise Search encountered an error. Check Kibana Server logs for details](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-create-engine-enterprise-search-encountered-an-error-check-kibana-server-logs-for-details/341835)

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