# How can I compare similar indexes

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-compare-similar-indexes/370011>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 4, 2024, 1:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-compare-similar-indexes/370011 "2024-11-04T13:53:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![mortenb123](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mortenb123/32/37227_2.png) [@mortenb123](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mortenb123)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2024, 1:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-compare-similar-indexes/370011/1 "2024-11-04T13:53:57Z")

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Events show up in kibana:

 ![kibana-demo-data-1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/6/9/691c2cfb2a5573e83cd7f48402ec7ab925e35893.png)

but in Elastic dev console I cant see anything:

 ![kibana-demo-data-2-console](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/7/d/7d2e7ad9ccc6435f2806f5233b3e11c9a7b37e02.png)

if I just change the index it works for `fido2.trk.events-test12*` but not  
`fido2.demo.events-test12*`

I've used stack management to check indexes for same type and they look all the same. (Same keys and same types on keys and keywords).

So is there a way to compare an index to another?

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**Author:** ![jessgarson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jessgarson/32/129841_2.png) [@jessgarson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jessgarson)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-compare-similar-indexes/370011/2 "2024-11-04T15:11:18Z")

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Thanks for reaching out, @mortenb123. [This older forum post](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/compare-two-indexes/269254/15) on a similar subject might be helpful here.

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**Author:** ![mortenb123](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mortenb123/32/37227_2.png) [@mortenb123](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mortenb123)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2024, 10:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-compare-similar-indexes/370011/3 "2024-12-06T10:23:11Z")

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The solution was that kibana uses its own index management, while elastic uses the direct name, so someone had made an index shortcut in kibana that accidentally looked like the old indexes that had been renamed.

Going directly into index-management and looking up the indexes and using this match fixed it.

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**Author:** ![jessgarson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jessgarson/32/129841_2.png) [@jessgarson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jessgarson)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2024, 4:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-compare-similar-indexes/370011/4 "2024-12-06T16:06:51Z")

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Thanks, @mortenb123.