# I am not able to add filebeat index pattern

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-am-not-able-to-add-filebeat-index-pattern/236687>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [June 11, 2020, 11:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-am-not-able-to-add-filebeat-index-pattern/236687 "2020-06-11T11:05:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sesha\_Sai\_Suhash\_Des](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sesha_sai_suhash_des/32/46276_2.png) [@Sesha\_Sai\_Suhash\_Des](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sesha_Sai_Suhash_Des)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 11:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-am-not-able-to-add-filebeat-index-pattern/236687/1 "2020-06-11T11:05:51Z")

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" **Your index pattern doesn't match any indices, but you have 1 index which looks similar.**"

This is what it shows when I try to add filebeat-\* as an index. I have filebeat running on my machine.  
Can someone help me find the mistake.

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**Author:** ![jsoriano](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jsoriano/32/27920_2.png) [@jsoriano](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jsoriano)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-am-not-able-to-add-filebeat-index-pattern/236687/2 "2020-06-15T15:48:57Z")

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Hi @Sesha_Sai_Suhash_Des,

Please check that filebeat is writing to an index starting with `filebeat-`. If you are used to the Kibana management UI, you can find the available indexes there, along with the number of documents written to them. Please also check if you have other index patterns that may be related to filebeat.

Also, consider using `filebeat setup` to setup dashboards and index patterns, you can read more about this here: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/7.7/load-kibana-dashboards.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/7.7/load-kibana-dashboards.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:** [July 13, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-am-not-able-to-add-filebeat-index-pattern/236687/3 "2020-07-13T17:48:59Z")

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