# Kibana 4 does not see \_timestamp field
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-4-does-not-see--timestamp-field/22603
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [March 10, 2015, 6:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-4-does-not-see--timestamp-field/22603 "2015-03-10T18:47:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Micah\_Yoder](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Micah_Yoder)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2015, 6:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-4-does-not-see--timestamp-field/22603/1 "2015-03-10T18:47:30Z")
Hi,
I'm pumping data into ElasticSearch (actually using rsyslog instead of
logstash) into a date-based index with a mapping that stores the
\_timestamp. When I go in with Kibana 4.0.1 and start setting it up, it
sees the indexes, but the drop down where you select the time field name is
empty and it will not let me create it. Why is this?
I can create it if I uncheck the box that it's a time-based index and just
enter 'vip\*' for the name, but that is not what I want. Below is the
mapping.
The 'timestamp' field inside 'properties' is a textual field from syslog
that is relatively useless for sorting, but it doesn't show up either.
Thanks for any input!
$ curl [http://elastic.domain.com:9200/vip-2015-03-09/\_mappings?pretty=1](http://elastic.domain.com:9200/vip-2015-03-09/_mappings?pretty=1)
{
"vip-2015-03-09" : {
"mappings" : {
"events" : {
"\_timestamp" : {
"enabled" : true,
"store" : true
},
"properties" : {
"fac" : {
"type" : "string"
},
"msg" : {
"type" : "string"
},
"prog" : {
"type" : "string",
"store" : true
},
"severity" : {
"type" : "string"
},
"source" : {
"type" : "string",
"store" : true
},
"tag" : {
"type" : "string"
},
"timegenerated" : {
"type" : "string"
},
"timestamp" : {
"type" : "string"
}
}
}
}
}
}
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### Author:  [@Micah\_Yoder](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Micah_Yoder)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2015, 10:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-4-does-not-see--timestamp-field/22603/2 "2015-03-17T10:39:21Z")
For the record, I had to add the \_timestamp field into the meta-fields in
the Kibana advanced configuration settings ...
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### Author:  [@mail](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mail)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2015, 5:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-4-does-not-see--timestamp-field/22603/3 "2015-03-26T05:51:45Z")
Thank you so much for posting this! Couldn't figure out how to get past
that first screen. Adding the name of my timestamp field into the
metaFields under Advanced solved it.
On Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at 3:39:21 AM UTC-7, Micah Yoder wrote:
> For the record, I had to add the \_timestamp field into the meta-fields in
> the Kibana advanced configuration settings ...
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### Author:  [@Than\_Toldo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Than_Toldo)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2015, 7:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-4-does-not-see--timestamp-field/22603/4 "2015-04-18T19:12:45Z")
Are you able to apply time filters at kibana 4 dashboards after setting
\_timestamp at metafields?
I'm using kibana 4.1 snapshot, \_timestamp and setting time filter at top
right (eg. last 3 months to now) at a dashboard simply doesnt work.
On Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 7:51:45 AM UTC+2, [ma...@coreyac.com](mailto:ma...@coreyac.com) wrote:
> Thank you so much for posting this! Couldn't figure out how to get past
> that first screen. Adding the name of my timestamp field into the
> metaFields under Advanced solved it.
>
> On Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at 3:39:21 AM UTC-7, Micah Yoder wrote:
>
> > For the record, I had to add the \_timestamp field into the meta-fields in
> > the Kibana advanced configuration settings ...
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 12:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-4-does-not-see--timestamp-field/22603/5 "2017-07-06T00:18:54Z")