# Kibana advanced watch: Version is “-1”? **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [March 5, 2019, 8:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-advanced-watch-version-is-1/170987 "2019-03-05T20:53:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mariner191](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Mariner191](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mariner191)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2019, 8:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-advanced-watch-version-is-1/170987/1 "2019-03-05T20:53:58Z")
Kibana advanced watch: Version is “-1”? Watcher Lab (#1) indicates versions are a Positive Number. What does the negative sign indicate? Does it reference at all to the "failed to execute watch input"? Thank you! ![Elastic_Forum_Image5c3_Watcher_Negative%20Version](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/4/b/4bda15698312d2be8c63969386cb04df2a4bfa7a.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![cjcenizal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/cjcenizal/32/11216_2.png) [@cjcenizal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cjcenizal)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 1:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-advanced-watch-version-is-1/170987/2 "2019-03-07T01:56:21Z")
Hi there, the reason you're seeing a version of -1 is because you're using the [inline execute API](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.6/watcher-api-execute-watch.html#watcher-api-execute-inline-watch). The watch you're executing doesn't actually exist in an index (it's just in the body of the `_execute` call), so there's no document for ES to perform versioning on. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2019, 1:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-advanced-watch-version-is-1/170987/3 "2019-04-04T01:56:24Z")
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