# \[field \[@timestamp\] doesn't exist\]

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/field-timestamp-doesnt-exist/46970>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 11, 2016, 9:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/field-timestamp-doesnt-exist/46970 "2016-04-11T09:48:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![suhae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7bcc69/32.png) [@suhae](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/suhae)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 9:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/field-timestamp-doesnt-exist/46970/1 "2016-04-11T09:48:24Z")

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Hello all,  
i have a problem with Kibana about @timestamp.  
i insert log using logstash\_format and no error happen.

yellow open logstash-2016.02.01 5 1 21 0 72.9kb 72.9kb  
yellow open logstash-2016.03.11 5 1 10 0 38.5kb 38.5kb

then, configure index well in kibana.

referer string

agent string

code string

\_index string

method string

remote string

path string

@timestamp date

size string

host string

\_source \_source

user string

\_id string

\_type string

\_score number

but whenever i try to look Discover tab in kibana, get this error :

[2016-04-11 18:39:26,821][DEBUG][action.fieldstats] [Tex Dawson] [logstash-2016.01.14][4], node[cJq78nGWTXONlSL-Ptk54A], [P], v[2], s[STARTED], a[id=3ebAih60Rg26W9ShzSAiGw]: failed to execute [org.elasticsearch.action.fieldstats.FieldStatsRequest@68261a67]  
RemoteTransportException[[Tex Dawson][192.168.1.32:9300][indices:data/read/field\_stats[s]]]; nested: IllegalArgumentException[field [@timestamp] doesn't exist];  
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: field [@timestamp] doesn't exist

does anyone know this problem?

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**Author:** ![torann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@torann](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/torann)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 7:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/field-timestamp-doesnt-exist/46970/2 "2016-04-28T07:59:46Z")

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Hello,  
I have the same issue with kibana.

[2016-04-28 09:11:47,105][DEBUG][action.fieldstats] [noeud-0] [.kibana][0], node[ksDDAdWPQsW7W0h3wAezyA], [P], v[18], s[STARTED], a[id=dvF8UZSNTu-oYnQ4IZY98Q]: failed to execute [org.elasticsearch.action.fieldstats.FieldStatsRequest@370e6523]  
RemoteTransportException[[noeud-0][172.17.30.46:9300][indices:data/read/field\_stats[s]]]; nested: IllegalArgumentException[field [@timestamp] doesn't exist];  
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: field [@timestamp] doesn't exist

Someone ?

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**Author:** ![suhae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7bcc69/32.png) [@suhae](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/suhae)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 8:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/field-timestamp-doesnt-exist/46970/3 "2016-04-28T08:19:28Z")

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hello  
i resolved this by importing time field.  
i am using fluentd, not logstash, is default as no time field.  
(if you using fluentd, refer to this.)

or you should check time field using this :  
POST /\_search  
{  
"query": { "match\_all": {} }  
}

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**Author:** ![torann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@torann](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/torann)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 8:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/field-timestamp-doesnt-exist/46970/4 "2016-04-28T08:52:09Z")

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Thanks!  
I'll check 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:** [July 5, 2017, 10:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/field-timestamp-doesnt-exist/46970/5 "2017-07-05T22:55:37Z")

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