# Graph Exploration Times Out

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/graph-exploration-times-out/127693>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-graph\
**Created:** [April 11, 2018, 7:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/graph-exploration-times-out/127693 "2018-04-11T19:12:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![PaulCarsten](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/paulcarsten/32/29189_2.png) [@PaulCarsten](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/PaulCarsten)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 7:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/graph-exploration-times-out/127693/1 "2018-04-11T19:12:40Z")

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Hello,

I'm a relative newcomer to X-Pack's Graph function and I'm having some issues with timeouts. I find that whenever I try to create a graph it runs for a little while, returns some nodes, then tells me "exploration timed out." It seems odd to me that I'm getting a timeout while still getting a functional graph. Should I interpret the nodes I get back as an incomplete search? Does the timeout refer to something else?

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**Author:** ![rashmi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rashmi/32/16391_2.png) [@rashmi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rashmi)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 4:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/graph-exploration-times-out/127693/2 "2018-04-12T04:21:32Z")

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@Mark_Harwood any inputs here on Graph Timeouts?

Cheers  
Rashmi

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**Author:** ![Mark\_Harwood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mark_harwood/32/10538_2.png) [@Mark\_Harwood](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mark_Harwood)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 7:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/graph-exploration-times-out/127693/3 "2018-04-12T07:57:47Z")

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> [@PaulCarsten](#):
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> Should I interpret the nodes I get back as an incomplete search?

Hi Paul, yes. The search was cut short because it exceeded the timeout in the settings (defaults to 5 seconds). You can change it here:

 ![Kibana-6](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/5/0/50290fa356aa76d41cc7ebef99d99264b9c89954.png)

As for the cause of slowness - what settings are you using for:

- number of fields?
- number of terms from each field?
- sample size (shown in the above screenshot)?

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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:** [May 10, 2018, 7:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/graph-exploration-times-out/127693/4 "2018-05-10T07:57:54Z")

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Closed on May 10, 2018, 7:57am UTC

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