# Getting hex value as index name while retrieving visualization added in kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-hex-value-as-index-name-while-retrieving-visualization-added-in-kibana/147960>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [September 10, 2018, 12:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-hex-value-as-index-name-while-retrieving-visualization-added-in-kibana/147960 "2018-09-10T12:36:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shenakshi\_Majhail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@Shenakshi\_Majhail](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shenakshi_Majhail)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2018, 12:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-hex-value-as-index-name-while-retrieving-visualization-added-in-kibana/147960/1 "2018-09-10T12:36:12Z")

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We were trying to put a visualization directly in Kibana/ElasticSearch using "/.kibana/visualization/" API. We are currently using 6.2.3 version of elasticsearch. After creating the visualization we got the following response:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/0/d/0dfba8d1caaba943eabdf48bb2a50f245cf41654.png)

Here, we got index name as a hex value. Now when we want to retrieve the visualization , we donot know the index name we need to query. Can you please elaborate what does this hex value signify and how is this mapping maintained.

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**Author:** ![Joe\_Fleming](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/joe_fleming/32/3561_2.png) [@Joe\_Fleming](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Joe_Fleming)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2018, 7:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-hex-value-as-index-name-while-retrieving-visualization-added-in-kibana/147960/2 "2018-09-10T19:18:17Z")

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That value is a UUID value that points to a specific index pattern in Kibana. All saved objects have a UUID (your visualization there does too, note the `_id` value in the document). You can find out which index pattern a couple ways:

- If you open the index pattern in Kibana's management screen, you can see the UUID value in the URL

 ![39](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/2/f/2f592785e8fbe671cceb94e2aa6c6dda33531f27.png)

- If you query the `.kibana` index, for documents with `"type": "index-pattern"`, using curl or the Console in Kibana.

 ![23](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/d/d/ddb6ec40973f877b8464c7373236985873e72ef7.png)

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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:** [October 8, 2018, 7:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-hex-value-as-index-name-while-retrieving-visualization-added-in-kibana/147960/3 "2018-10-08T19:18:20Z")

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