# How to join two index in kibana

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-join-two-index-in-kibana/153116
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [October 19, 2018, 6:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-join-two-index-in-kibana/153116 "2018-10-19T06:33:49Z")
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### Author: ![Nethaji](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nethaji/32/72803_2.png) [@Nethaji](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nethaji)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2018, 6:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-join-two-index-in-kibana/153116/1 "2018-10-19T06:33:50Z")

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Hi,

i tried to join two index in kibana, but in visualization part it shows no data found.

can u please explain how to do this?

is there any other available or not?

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### Author: ![Nethaji](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nethaji/32/72803_2.png) [@Nethaji](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nethaji)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2018, 6:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-join-two-index-in-kibana/153116/2 "2018-10-19T06:36:30Z")

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POST /\_aliases  
{  
"actions" : [  
{ "add" : { "indices" : ["softwarelicenseinventory", "softwarelicensedetail"], "alias" : "availablelicensechart" } }  
]  
}

my join index in kibana

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### Author: ![lukas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lukas/32/6812_2.png) [@lukas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lukas)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2018, 3:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-join-two-index-in-kibana/153116/3 "2018-10-19T15:50:20Z")

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When you set up your index pattern, did you use the alias `availablelicensechart`? Do you have any filters applied (including the time range) that might be filtering out any data you have?

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### Author: ![rijinmp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rijinmp/32/24634_2.png) [@rijinmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rijinmp)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2018, 9:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-join-two-index-in-kibana/153116/4 "2018-10-19T21:13:14Z")

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If the two (softwarelicenseinventory", "softwarelicensedetail) indexes are available in kibana ,

then create a new index in kibana -\> Management -\> Index Pattern -\> create new index

and name it " software\* " ...

It will contain all documents of softwarelicenseinventory & softwarelicensedetail

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### Author: ![Nethaji](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nethaji/32/72803_2.png) [@Nethaji](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nethaji)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2018, 6:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-join-two-index-in-kibana/153116/5 "2018-10-20T06:57:03Z")

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there is no filter i used

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### Author: ![Nethaji](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nethaji/32/72803_2.png) [@Nethaji](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nethaji)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2018, 6:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-join-two-index-in-kibana/153116/6 "2018-10-20T06:57:32Z")

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I provided the alias name as index name

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### Author: ![lukas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lukas/32/6812_2.png) [@lukas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lukas)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2018, 4:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-join-two-index-in-kibana/153116/7 "2018-10-22T16:26:07Z")

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Does it show any data in Discover?

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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: [November 19, 2018, 4:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-join-two-index-in-kibana/153116/8 "2018-11-19T16:26:11Z")

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