# Empty query box brings up nothing in Kibana 3 **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [November 14, 2013, 7:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/empty-query-box-brings-up-nothing-in-kibana-3/14418 "2013-11-14T19:34:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alexy\_Khrabrov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e95f7d/32.png) [@Alexy\_Khrabrov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alexy_Khrabrov)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 7:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/empty-query-box-brings-up-nothing-in-kibana-3/14418/1 "2013-11-14T19:34:58Z")
I'm configuring logstash search and using Kibana 3, either embedded or separate, to view the events. With Kibana 2, the default was to have a \* in the search box and all events were shown. With Kibana 3, I get nothing. Originally I've disabled the \_all field. Even when I've enabled it again, I see nothing on an empty query. A single-word query also brings nothing. The original events have a message field which contains everything, so when I say message:xyz, I do get back all the events with xyz. I've set "index.query.default\_field": "message" still to no avail. How does Kibana 3 interpret a seqrch query without the field prefix, and how do I enable it to work again? A+ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 2:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/empty-query-box-brings-up-nothing-in-kibana-3/14418/2 "2017-07-06T02:06:53Z")
Closed on July 6, 2017, 2:06am UTC