# Dashboard is not loading says "Visualize: "field" is a required parameter"

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dashboard-is-not-loading-says-visualize-field-is-a-required-parameter/94313
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [July 24, 2017, 11:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dashboard-is-not-loading-says-visualize-field-is-a-required-parameter/94313 "2017-07-24T11:09:54Z")
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### Author: ![shubhrant](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shubhrant/32/20310_2.png) [@shubhrant](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shubhrant)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2017, 11:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dashboard-is-not-loading-says-visualize-field-is-a-required-parameter/94313/1 "2017-07-24T11:09:54Z")

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earlier I was using kibana 4.4 and then update to 5.5.0 now the problem is topbeat dashboard is not loading and the error is showing

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/c/c/ccc5a400e030347cf362624c74122e31ed6e2ef2.png)

I have already remove the index/dashboard and reload it also it shows some conflicts

![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/c/7/c7fca342c31b7885196ea868bc6a536d93432c87.png)

Also I have check related topics on that but my other beats are working fine only topbeat is producing error

any help in this ??

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### Author: ![tudor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tudor/32/3753_2.png) [@tudor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tudor)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2017, 11:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dashboard-is-not-loading-says-visualize-field-is-a-required-parameter/94313/2 "2017-07-24T11:40:29Z")

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Topbeat doesn't have a 5.x version, as it was replaced by Metricbeat. I think the best solution for you is to switch to Metricbeat.

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### Author: ![shubhrant](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shubhrant/32/20310_2.png) [@shubhrant](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shubhrant)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2017, 11:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dashboard-is-not-loading-says-visualize-field-is-a-required-parameter/94313/3 "2017-07-24T11:56:44Z")

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thanks ...  
let me try that 🙂

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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 21, 2017, 11:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dashboard-is-not-loading-says-visualize-field-is-a-required-parameter/94313/4 "2017-08-21T11:56:47Z")

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