Index Pattern not available when creating a Map layer

[JoshuaKFarrar]

I had issues getting Discover to allow me to select data from an index pattern, but fixed this by setting my new index pattern as the default. When attempting to create a map layer from this index pattern, it is not listed in the list of available index patterns.

[bhavyarm]

Hello,

For your indexpattern to appear for a map layer - it needs to have geo data.
Can you check your mapping and see if you have data of type geo_point and geo_shape?

https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/geo-queries.html

Thanks,
Bhavya

[JoshuaKFarrar]

@bhavyarm: I re-created my index with a custom field mapping and was able to create a map visualization. Thank you!