# Kibana i see Indices and fields but cannot Chart or Visualize - Please HELP

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-i-see-indices-and-fields-but-cannot-chart-or-visualize-please-help/1186>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [May 22, 2015, 5:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-i-see-indices-and-fields-but-cannot-chart-or-visualize-please-help/1186 "2015-05-22T17:53:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![gitvegas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e79b87/32.png) [@gitvegas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gitvegas)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 5:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-i-see-indices-and-fields-but-cannot-chart-or-visualize-please-help/1186/1 "2015-05-22T17:53:55Z")

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This is really basic. I curled the sample bank data to elasticsearch. On Kibana i see under Indices bank and on visualize all the fields (example age, balance etc) on LEFT but cannot see charts on RIGHT. Always says No Results Found. On left I select Y-Axis - Agg as Average and Field as Balance and X-Axis Agg as Terms and Field as Age all from drop downs and say APPLY. No error or No Chart. Please suggest what am i doing wrong here, its been 3 days i m trying to figure this out

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2015, 2:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-i-see-indices-and-fields-but-cannot-chart-or-visualize-please-help/1186/2 "2015-05-24T02:12:31Z")

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Have you set the right timeframe using the time picker?

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**Author:** ![kitex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f14d63/32.png) [@kitex](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kitex)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2015, 4:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-i-see-indices-and-fields-but-cannot-chart-or-visualize-please-help/1186/3 "2015-05-24T04:29:02Z")

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In addition to time range you have selected from top right of kibana, you need to have timestamp field for visualization.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2015, 11:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-i-see-indices-and-fields-but-cannot-chart-or-visualize-please-help/1186/4 "2015-05-24T23:25:57Z")

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Or you need to tell KB there is no time field.

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 2:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-i-see-indices-and-fields-but-cannot-chart-or-visualize-please-help/1186/5 "2017-07-06T14:19:08Z")

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