Geo_point not found

Elastic Stack Kibana
1

Hi,
i have found some threads on this topic on Kibana 4.x version nothing on 5.3.
Is there a fix for this?

{
"template": "flight-track-*",
"settings": {
"number_of_shards": 1,
"number_of_replicas" : 0,
"index.refresh_interval": "5s"
},
"mappings": {
"default": {
"properties": {
"flight": {
"type": "keyword"
},
"altitude": {
"type": "integer"
},
"vert_rate": {
"type": "integer"
},
"speed": {
"type": "integer"
},
"seen": {
"type": "integer"
},
"squawk": {
"type": "keyword"
},
"validposition": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"messages": {
"type": "integer"
},
"hex": {
"type": "keyword"
},
"location": {
"type": "geo_point"
},
"track": {
"type": "integer"
},
"airline": {
"type": "keyword"
},
"validtrack": {
"type": "boolean"
}
},
"_all": {
"enabled": false
}
}
}
}

2

I don't understand what you are asking. This looks like an index template, so presumably your index mappings will have a location field of type geo_point. Is the mapping in Elasticsearch not being set correctly or something?
What's the issue?

3

Good Morning Joe
I am getting the error;

Field

No Compatible Fields: The "flight-track-*" index pattern does not contain any of the following field types: geo_point

On the discover tab I can display many locations.

I am not sure what I am doing wrong.

Ian

4

My guess is the field mapping isn't right for some reason.

If you look at your index pattern in Management > Index Patterns, what type does it say the field is?

If it doesn't say geo_point, that's the issue. Take a look at the mappings in Elasticsearch, via GET /flight-track-*/_mapping, make sure that all of the location fields in every index is of type geo_point.

5

Hi Joe, you are correct.
I am setting
,
"location": {
"type": "geo_point"

but Kibana>Management>index patterns show location = string

location string

I must have something wrong with my conf files.

Thanks for increasing my understanding of Kibana
Ian