# How to discover the data Index Pattern .monitoring-es-\*

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-discover-the-data-index-pattern-monitoring-es/86700>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [May 22, 2017, 3:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-discover-the-data-index-pattern-monitoring-es/86700 "2017-05-22T15:59:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![yapro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/97f17d/32.png) [@yapro](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yapro)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 3:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-discover-the-data-index-pattern-monitoring-es/86700/1 "2017-05-22T15:59:00Z")

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How to discover the data Index Pattern .monitoring-es-\*

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**Author:** ![ppisljar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ppisljar/32/11588_2.png) [@ppisljar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ppisljar)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 4:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-discover-the-data-index-pattern-monitoring-es/86700/2 "2017-05-22T16:00:08Z")

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did you add an index pattern ? go to management-\>index patterns-\>create index pattern ...  
after you created it you should be able to find it in discover (as well as visualize, .. )

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**Author:** ![yapro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/97f17d/32.png) [@yapro](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yapro)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 4:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-discover-the-data-index-pattern-monitoring-es/86700/3 "2017-05-22T16:06:06Z")

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Yes, look at that

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/b/7/b7cec2b1a64b2b9981544b183dad2768d2e20acc.png)

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**Author:** ![ppisljar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ppisljar/32/11588_2.png) [@ppisljar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ppisljar)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 4:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-discover-the-data-index-pattern-monitoring-es/86700/4 "2017-05-22T16:25:28Z")

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and you don't see your index in Discover ?

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**Author:** ![yapro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/97f17d/32.png) [@yapro](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yapro)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 4:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-discover-the-data-index-pattern-monitoring-es/86700/5 "2017-05-22T16:30:05Z")

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Yes it is ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/6/6/66b78bb9e0f748f4970bfecf5a237a66ed536212.png)

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**Author:** ![ppisljar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ppisljar/32/11588_2.png) [@ppisljar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ppisljar)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 4:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-discover-the-data-index-pattern-monitoring-es/86700/6 "2017-05-22T16:42:56Z")

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click on the logstash-\* (its a dropdown ..) and select the index you want

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**Author:** ![yapro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/97f17d/32.png) [@yapro](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yapro)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 4:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-discover-the-data-index-pattern-monitoring-es/86700/7 "2017-05-22T16:49:28Z")

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No, its not a dropdown. Click by logstash-\* give nothing

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**Author:** ![ppisljar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ppisljar/32/11588_2.png) [@ppisljar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ppisljar)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 4:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-discover-the-data-index-pattern-monitoring-es/86700/8 "2017-05-22T16:57:19Z")

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on the arrow next to it ?

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**Author:** ![yapro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/97f17d/32.png) [@yapro](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yapro)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 5:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-discover-the-data-index-pattern-monitoring-es/86700/9 "2017-05-22T17:17:52Z")

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Thank you, you opened my eyes ))

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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 19, 2017, 5:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-discover-the-data-index-pattern-monitoring-es/86700/10 "2017-06-19T17:17:54Z")

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