# Index alias as Index name

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-alias-as-index-name/89602
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [June 15, 2017, 5:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-alias-as-index-name/89602 "2017-06-15T17:58:00Z")
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### Author: ![mruthyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@mruthyu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mruthyu)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2017, 5:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-alias-as-index-name/89602/1 "2017-06-15T17:58:00Z")

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Whether index alias can be used as index name while adding index in Kibana for search and visualization?

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### Author: ![Bargs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bargs/32/5429_2.png) [@Bargs](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bargs)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2017, 9:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-alias-as-index-name/89602/2 "2017-06-15T21:08:21Z")

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Yep, aliases should work fine

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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, 2017, 9:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-alias-as-index-name/89602/3 "2017-07-13T21:08:57Z")

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