# Kibana 3 - unable to set "Time field" as "@fields.date" **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [October 9, 2013, 7:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-3-unable-to-set-time-field-as-fields-date/13890 "2013-10-09T19:20:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![subin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@subin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/subin)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 7:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-3-unable-to-set-time-field-as-fields-date/13890/1 "2013-10-09T19:20:24Z")
Hello, The default "Time Field" setting in 'timepicker' panel of Kibana 3 is set to as - @timestamp. I'd like to set this to @fields.date which would be the exact timestamp in a log entry. But when I set it to @fields.date I get a blank dashboard as seen in the attached screenshot 'kibana-3.png'. Please advise. Thanks, -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![shadyabhi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/edb3f5/32.png) [@shadyabhi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shadyabhi)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 7:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-3-unable-to-set-time-field-as-fields-date/13890/2 "2013-10-09T19:32:46Z")
There is no information regarding how your document looks like. What's the mapping like? Does @fields.date exist? Is it mapped as a string or as date? On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 12:50 AM, subin [ksubins321@gmail.com](mailto:ksubins321@gmail.com) wrote: > Hello, > > The default "Time Field" setting in 'timepicker' panel of Kibana 3 is set to > as - @timestamp. I'd like to set this to @fields.date which would be the > exact timestamp in a log entry. But when I set it to @fields.date I get a > blank dashboard as seen in the attached screenshot 'kibana-3.png'. Please > advise. > > Thanks, > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- Regards, Abhijeet Rastogi (shadyabhi) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![subin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@subin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/subin)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 8:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-3-unable-to-set-time-field-as-fields-date/13890/3 "2013-10-10T08:51:05Z")
Sorry for that. Yes, @fields.date do exist. My data would look like: {"@source":"file://loghost/logs/remote/mail/mail.log","@tags":["mx-mail","mx-mail3"],"@fields":{"date":["Aug 5 00:24:10"],"host":["mx-mail3"],"service":["postfix/smtpd[11985]"],"program":["postfix/smtpd"],"pid":["11985"],"message":["connect from unknown[113.160.101.48]"]},"@timestamp":"2013-08-05T00:24:10-04:00","@source\_path":"/logs/remote/mail/mail.log","@source\_host":"loghost","@message":"connect from unknown[10.0.4.27]","@type":"postfix"} The mapping I use for these logs is - > * * * Subin \* \* On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 1:02 AM, Abhijeet Rastogi [abhijeet.1989@gmail.com](mailto:abhijeet.1989@gmail.com)wrote: > There is no information regarding how your document looks like. What's > the mapping like? Does @fields.date exist? Is it mapped as a string or > as date? > > On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 12:50 AM, subin [ksubins321@gmail.com](mailto:ksubins321@gmail.com) wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > The default "Time Field" setting in 'timepicker' panel of Kibana 3 is > > set to > > as - @timestamp. I'd like to set this to @fields.date which would be the > > exact timestamp in a log entry. But when I set it to @fields.date I get a > > blank dashboard as seen in the attached screenshot 'kibana-3.png'. Please > > advise. > > > > Thanks, > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). > > -- > Regards, > Abhijeet Rastogi (shadyabhi) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/eW5Hdz8uPjc/unsubscribe](https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/eW5Hdz8uPjc/unsubscribe). > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 2:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-3-unable-to-set-time-field-as-fields-date/13890/4 "2017-07-06T02:13:07Z")