# I want to show in kibana today's index YYYY-MM-DD by default

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-want-to-show-in-kibana-todays-index-yyyy-mm-dd-by-default/198065
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [September 4, 2019, 2:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-want-to-show-in-kibana-todays-index-yyyy-mm-dd-by-default/198065 "2019-09-04T14:23:23Z")
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### Author: ![Aaron\_Caldwell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aaron_caldwell/32/45755_2.png) [@Aaron\_Caldwell](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Aaron_Caldwell)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2019, 8:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-want-to-show-in-kibana-todays-index-yyyy-mm-dd-by-default/198065/2 "2019-09-04T20:22:40Z")

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Hello,

You could potentially set up an Index Alias as described in [this thread](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/picking-latest-index-in-kibana-dashboard/192945/2). Would that work for you?

Regards,  
Aaron

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