# Index Lifecycle Policies - Create a new index every week

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-lifecycle-policies-create-a-new-index-every-week/208655>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** ilm-index-lifecycle-management\
**Created:** [November 20, 2019, 8:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-lifecycle-policies-create-a-new-index-every-week/208655 "2019-11-20T08:50:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![gerard1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/gerard1/32/53507_2.png) [@gerard1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gerard1)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2019, 8:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-lifecycle-policies-create-a-new-index-every-week/208655/1 "2019-11-20T08:50:52Z")

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I'm trying to create indexes with the format: filebeat-7.4.0-yyyy-mm-dd every 7 days, but apparently doesn't work as expected. What I did was adjusting the Index Policy (that comes with the Cloud instance by default) in Kibana as it follows:

Hot phase: Active (enable rollover)  
Maximum age: 7 days

However, after 7 days, I don't see any new indexes...  
I'm missing something?

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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:** [December 18, 2019, 8:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-lifecycle-policies-create-a-new-index-every-week/208655/2 "2019-12-18T08:50:58Z")

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