# How can I view more than 500 docs on the Discover tab?

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-view-more-than-500-docs-on-the-discover-tab/25194
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [July 8, 2015, 11:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-view-more-than-500-docs-on-the-discover-tab/25194 "2015-07-08T23:16:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![jerrac](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jerrac/32/52980_2.png) [@jerrac](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jerrac)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2015, 11:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-view-more-than-500-docs-on-the-discover-tab/25194/1 "2015-07-08T23:16:18Z")

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I remember being able to set how many docs were visible in the main doc list in Kibana 3. With Kibana 4, I can't find any way to view any number of docs except for 500. How can I do that? Either reduce the number, or increase it.

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### Author: ![eperry](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/eperry/32/551_2.png) [@eperry](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/eperry)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2015, 12:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-view-more-than-500-docs-on-the-discover-tab/25194/2 "2015-07-09T00:16:00Z")

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under settings change the

discover:sampleSize  
The number of rows to show in the table

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### Author: ![jerrac](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jerrac/32/52980_2.png) [@jerrac](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jerrac)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2015, 3:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-view-more-than-500-docs-on-the-discover-tab/25194/3 "2015-07-09T15:56:49Z")

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Thanks @eperry!

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### Author: ![Amitesh\_Gautam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2bfe46/32.png) [@Amitesh\_Gautam](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Amitesh_Gautam)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2017, 6:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-view-more-than-500-docs-on-the-discover-tab/25194/4 "2017-02-08T06:37:59Z")

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thanks a lot !!!

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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: [July 6, 2017, 1:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-view-more-than-500-docs-on-the-discover-tab/25194/5 "2017-07-06T13:33:13Z")

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