# Kibana can't find the index

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-cant-find-the-index/280076>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [July 30, 2021, 11:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-cant-find-the-index/280076 "2021-07-30T11:34:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![its-ogawa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/its-ogawa/32/120829_2.png) [@its-ogawa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/its-ogawa)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2021, 11:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-cant-find-the-index/280076/1 "2021-07-30T11:34:56Z")

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I have registered the following index in elasticsearch.

```auto
# curl --user {usr}:{pw} -X GET http://localhost:9200/_cat/indices/test-*?v
health status index uuid pri rep docs.count docs.deleted store.size pri.store.size
yellow open test-2021.07.30 l0qAIjyuR2WDSCjiEik6pg 1 1 3 0 28.2kb 28.2kb

```

Then, on kibana's `Create index pattern` page, I entered `test-*` for `index pattern name`.  
However, I cannot create the index because it is not found.  
Why is this?

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**Author:** ![Marius\_Dragomir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marius_dragomir/32/42087_2.png) [@Marius\_Dragomir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marius_Dragomir)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2021, 6:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-cant-find-the-index/280076/2 "2021-08-03T18:41:03Z")

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that looks indeed weird. Does it find any other indices or it has troubles only with this one?

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2021, 7:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-cant-find-the-index/280076/3 "2021-08-03T19:48:10Z")

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Hi @its-ogawa

Exactly which Kibana page are you On? And What version are you on?

I common mistake is to not actually go into the Create Index Pattern Page

 ![Screen Shot 2021-08-03 at 12.45.56 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/c/c/ccf195f5fe7da0c807f09012a043c99961ae3838.png)

 ![Screen Shot 2021-08-03 at 12.46.55 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/5/1588b962d2c57e82c8c8f21ca77786d8357eaf11.png)

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**Author:** ![its-ogawa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/its-ogawa/32/120829_2.png) [@its-ogawa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/its-ogawa)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2021, 1:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-cant-find-the-index/280076/4 "2021-08-04T01:10:48Z")

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Thanks for your comments.

Apparently, I can't find any other indexes either.

Just to add, just to be sure.  
This ElasticSearch has a track record of setting up several indexes before and checking them with Kibana.  
It is currently serving as the foundation for WorkplaceSearch.

This time, we will register logs from Filebeat and Logstash to another ElasticSearch.  
We are in the process of setting up this ElasticSearch on a trial basis.

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**Author:** ![its-ogawa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/its-ogawa/32/120829_2.png) [@its-ogawa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/its-ogawa)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2021, 1:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-cant-find-the-index/280076/5 "2021-08-04T01:12:54Z")

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Thanks for your comment.

Your guess is very astute, LOL.  
I sometimes make mistakes too, but this is not the case.

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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:** [September 1, 2021, 1:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-cant-find-the-index/280076/6 "2021-09-01T01:13:37Z")

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