# Kibana not creating index automatically
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-creating-index-automatically/101318
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [September 21, 2017, 10:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-creating-index-automatically/101318 "2017-09-21T10:57:40Z")
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### Author:  [@DILIP\_SHARMA](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DILIP_SHARMA)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2017, 10:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-creating-index-automatically/101318/1 "2017-09-21T10:57:40Z")
Hi
i am using logstash to upload data , once data is upload i can see my index name
in dev tool using this command -
GET /\_cat/indices?v
but i cant find that index in kiabana index list ,
there is anyway its create index automatically in kibana , bcz i creating date pattern index from logstash .
thanks.
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### Author:  [@bhavyarm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bhavyarm)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2017, 1:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-creating-index-automatically/101318/2 "2017-09-21T13:03:00Z")
Hi Dilip,
You will have to create your index pattern in Kibana. [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/index-patterns.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/index-patterns.html)
So for your logstash index pattern - if you use logstash-\*, you will create an index pattern which will have data from all dates on your logs. If you want for a particular day then you can use:[logstash-]YYYY.MM.DD.
Thanks,
Bhavya
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2017, 1:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-creating-index-automatically/101318/3 "2017-10-19T13:03:00Z")
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