# Dashboard error: Could not locate that index-pattern although it exists

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dashboard-error-could-not-locate-that-index-pattern-although-it-exists/112876
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [December 21, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dashboard-error-could-not-locate-that-index-pattern-although-it-exists/112876 "2017-12-21T18:26:51Z")
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### Author: ![nixhoofd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/59ef9b/32.png) [@nixhoofd](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nixhoofd)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2018, 3:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dashboard-error-could-not-locate-that-index-pattern-although-it-exists/112876/11 "2018-01-05T15:18:14Z")

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I have had the same issue. Apparently it was looking for the index pattern ID, not the name. I fixed mine by deleting the old index pattern and adding a new one with the same name and the ID (the ID field is available under advanced options) set to the ID the error returns. In your case that would be `metricbeat-*`. It is still strange though and I don't believe this is the best solution.

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