# How can I create aliases (readable names) for urls in heartbeat monitor yml file for Kibana visualization

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**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** heartbeat\
**Created:** [November 12, 2019, 8:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-create-aliases-readable-names-for-urls-in-heartbeat-monitor-yml-file-for-kibana-visualization/207587 "2019-11-12T20:49:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Abhimanyu\_Sharma](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/abhimanyu_sharma/32/57399_2.png) [@Abhimanyu\_Sharma](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Abhimanyu_Sharma)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2019, 8:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-create-aliases-readable-names-for-urls-in-heartbeat-monitor-yml-file-for-kibana-visualization/207587/1 "2019-11-12T20:49:59Z")

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Hi I have a yml file for heartbeat monitor configuration containing urls for various services in the following format :

- type: http  
schedule: '@every 180s'  
urls:
  - [http://service1/getStatus](http://service1/getStatus)
  - [http://service2/getStatus](http://service2/getStatus)  
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How can I create/add aliases in such a way that against each url I can fetch the service and display only the service name in kibana visualizations and dashboards?

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**Author:** ![philippkahr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/philippkahr/32/100137_2.png) [@philippkahr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/philippkahr)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2019, 9:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-create-aliases-readable-names-for-urls-in-heartbeat-monitor-yml-file-for-kibana-visualization/207587/2 "2019-11-12T21:43:22Z")

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Hi,

```auto
- type: http 
  name: "My Fancy Service 1"
  enabled: true
  schedule: '@every 30s'
  urls: ["https://myfancy.service.com/getStatus"]

- type: http 
  name: "My other service"
  enabled: true
  schedule: '@every 30s'
  urls: ["https://myother.service.com/getStatus"]

```

you could just use `name: "servicename"`

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**Author:** ![Abhimanyu\_Sharma](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/abhimanyu_sharma/32/57399_2.png) [@Abhimanyu\_Sharma](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Abhimanyu_Sharma)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2019, 2:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-create-aliases-readable-names-for-urls-in-heartbeat-monitor-yml-file-for-kibana-visualization/207587/3 "2019-11-14T14:13:59Z")

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Thanks @philippkahr! It works.

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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:** [December 12, 2019, 2:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-create-aliases-readable-names-for-urls-in-heartbeat-monitor-yml-file-for-kibana-visualization/207587/4 "2019-12-12T14:14:03Z")

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