# Index pattern are shown only after elasticsearch index started to be populated

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-pattern-are-shown-only-after-elasticsearch-index-started-to-be-populated/116118>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [January 18, 2018, 6:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-pattern-are-shown-only-after-elasticsearch-index-started-to-be-populated/116118 "2018-01-18T18:25:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![anon24174512](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb8c5e/32.png) [@anon24174512](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/anon24174512)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 6:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-pattern-are-shown-only-after-elasticsearch-index-started-to-be-populated/116118/1 "2018-01-18T18:25:46Z")

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Hello,

If I create an index with this kind of query :  
curl -u elastic:elastic -XPUT $elastic\_host:$elastic\_port/$index1

Right after the index is not proposed in Kibana when going for creating an index pattern. Once I started to populate it, the auto-discovery proposes me to add the index. If I enter directly the name of the index, it does not find the index.

Is it the normal behaviour ?

Thanks

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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:** [January 18, 2018, 8:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-pattern-are-shown-only-after-elasticsearch-index-started-to-be-populated/116118/2 "2018-01-18T20:57:53Z")

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Yes, only indices that contain documents are proposed in the list.

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**Author:** ![anon24174512](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb8c5e/32.png) [@anon24174512](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/anon24174512)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 6:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-pattern-are-shown-only-after-elasticsearch-index-started-to-be-populated/116118/3 "2018-01-19T06:42:21Z")

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Thanks for the clarification !

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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:** [February 16, 2018, 6:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-pattern-are-shown-only-after-elasticsearch-index-started-to-be-populated/116118/4 "2018-02-16T06:42:24Z")

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