# Is there any changes to be done in Kibana, when changing the ES data path?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-any-changes-to-be-done-in-kibana-when-changing-the-es-data-path/73034>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [January 27, 2017, 4:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-any-changes-to-be-done-in-kibana-when-changing-the-es-data-path/73034 "2017-01-27T16:07:09Z")\
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Hi @Kulasangar_Gowrisang,

since Kibana only ever talks to the Elasticsearch HTTP API no changes should be necessary in your case. The actual location of the data is a node-specific configuration and invisible to Kibana.

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