# How kibana gets data from elastic search

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-kibana-gets-data-from-elastic-search/133265>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [May 25, 2018, 6:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-kibana-gets-data-from-elastic-search/133265 "2018-05-25T06:35:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![vinod\_hy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@vinod\_hy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vinod_hy)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 6:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-kibana-gets-data-from-elastic-search/133265/1 "2018-05-25T06:35:19Z")

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Hi All,

May i please know how kibana dashboard gets data from elastic search.  
Does kibana poll at regular intervals to elastic search path as mentioned in the yml file for kibana?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 6:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-kibana-gets-data-from-elastic-search/133265/2 "2018-05-25T06:43:41Z")

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It uses the APIs and just requests data as needed.

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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:** [June 22, 2018, 6:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-kibana-gets-data-from-elastic-search/133265/3 "2018-06-22T06:43:44Z")

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