# Is not a configured pattern ID. Using the default index pattern

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-not-a-configured-pattern-id-using-the-default-index-pattern/136848>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [June 21, 2018, 12:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-not-a-configured-pattern-id-using-the-default-index-pattern/136848 "2018-06-21T12:29:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![TimWard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/timward/32/19574_2.png) [@TimWard](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TimWard)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 12:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-not-a-configured-pattern-id-using-the-default-index-pattern/136848/1 "2018-06-21T12:29:25Z")

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After upgrading to Elastic Stack 6, I usually get this error message on starting Kibana:

"... is not a configured pattern ID. Using the default index pattern ..."

Does it mean anything? Do I care? How do I stop it?

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**Author:** ![azasypkin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/azasypkin/32/42216_2.png) [@azasypkin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/azasypkin)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 1:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-not-a-configured-pattern-id-using-the-default-index-pattern/136848/2 "2018-06-21T13:49:13Z")

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Hi @TimWard,

Sometimes it can happen when link you use to open discover page includes non-existent index pattern id, Kibana falls back to default index pattern and warns user about that. Links in Kibana may include "state" that would look like `..../discover?_g=()&_a=(....,index:id_of_the_index_pattern.....)`.

So the question is where do you get this link from?

Best,  
Oleg

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**Author:** ![TimWard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/timward/32/19574_2.png) [@TimWard](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TimWard)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 3:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-not-a-configured-pattern-id-using-the-default-index-pattern/136848/3 "2018-06-21T15:18:52Z")

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Ah, that's probably it, I get to Kibana from a favourite stored in the browser - thanks.

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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 19, 2018, 3:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-not-a-configured-pattern-id-using-the-default-index-pattern/136848/4 "2018-07-19T15:18:57Z")

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