# How can I create index pattern from console?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-create-index-pattern-from-console/162399>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [December 29, 2018, 7:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-create-index-pattern-from-console/162399 "2018-12-29T07:49:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Russ91](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ebca7d/32.png) [@Russ91](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Russ91)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 7:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-create-index-pattern-from-console/162399/1 "2018-12-29T07:49:05Z")

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Hi. I try create new index pattern in Kibana 5.6 from console.  
curl -XPOST -u AdminUser "[http://URL](http://URL):PORT/.kibana/doc/index-pattern:NEW-index-pattern-_" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d'  
{  
"type" : "index-pattern",  
"index-pattern" : {  
"title": "NEW-index-pattern-_",  
"timeFieldName": "Date"  
}  
}'  
But in don't work. Fail with timeout.  
Help please, what need to change in my command?

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**Author:** ![Marius\_Dragomir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marius_dragomir/32/42087_2.png) [@Marius\_Dragomir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marius_Dragomir)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 2:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-create-index-pattern-from-console/162399/2 "2019-01-07T14:57:21Z")

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That is not a supported method of creating index patterns in Kibana. You need to use the Kibana API for this: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/master/saved-objects-api-create.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/master/saved-objects-api-create.html)

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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:** [February 4, 2019, 2:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-create-index-pattern-from-console/162399/3 "2019-02-04T14:57:29Z")

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