# Kibana dashboard - fails to show index pattern available

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-dashboard-fails-to-show-index-pattern-available/100446>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [September 14, 2017, 4:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-dashboard-fails-to-show-index-pattern-available/100446 "2017-09-14T04:07:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![rajendar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@rajendar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rajendar)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 4:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-dashboard-fails-to-show-index-pattern-available/100446/1 "2017-09-14T04:07:12Z")

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Hi,  
I am using EFK stack . My data is pushed by fluentd to ES and i could verify the  
index being created @ ES by url [http://ES:9200/\_cat/indices](http://ES:9200/_cat/indices).  
My queries are  
(i) Do we need to initialize or create index pattern @ kibana dashboard during first time.,  
Although the index being available @ES? How we can automate by preventing the user to create index pattern @ kibana UI ?

Inorder to automate  
(ii) I set the default index by command line (CURL) and also on the configuration file  
Kibana.yaml ( index name, discover) , but still when i access Kibana UI, it prompts for creating the index pattern.

After i "create" all the index patterns through kibana UI ( each index pattern created once through the "mangement" tab), i can able to repeat the step II and then i able to view kibana dashboard without prompting for index pattern and isolating the other indexes.

Kindly suggest for automation of viewing the index through kibana UI.

thanks,  
RK

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**Author:** ![Nathan\_Reese](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nathan_reese/32/84829_2.png) [@Nathan\_Reese](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nathan_Reese)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 4:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-dashboard-fails-to-show-index-pattern-available/100446/2 "2017-09-14T16:55:15Z")

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Kibana does not auto discover the indices from your Elasticsearch cluster. Index patterns must be configured in Kibana to be usable. [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/tutorial-define-index.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/tutorial-define-index.html) for more details

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**Author:** ![rajendar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@rajendar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rajendar)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2017, 1:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-dashboard-fails-to-show-index-pattern-available/100446/3 "2017-09-15T01:27:33Z")

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Hi,  
Thanks for your mail.  
Is there anyway b which i can add the index by command line, similar to the way of adding through kibana UI (index-pattern, create)?  
I tried by command line, although it create index @ES, but unable to view @kibana UI. Also i would like to know is there any difference in parameter passed by kibana which i fails by sending by command line?  
I pass the parameters (command line) for creating index as (title, timefiledname) but kibana requires  
(indexPattern, { timeFieldName, intervalName, notExpandable) ?

Kindly suggest.

thanks n regards,  
RK

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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:** [October 13, 2017, 1:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-dashboard-fails-to-show-index-pattern-available/100446/4 "2017-10-13T01:27:44Z")

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