# Kibana not showing events logged by logstash in elasticsearch db

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-showing-events-logged-by-logstash-in-elasticsearch-db/13763>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 26, 2013, 10:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-showing-events-logged-by-logstash-in-elasticsearch-db/13763 "2013-09-26T10:11:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Suraj\_Sharma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Suraj\_Sharma](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Suraj_Sharma)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 10:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-showing-events-logged-by-logstash-in-elasticsearch-db/13763/1 "2013-09-26T10:11:57Z")

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Following are my configuration settings:-  
Logstash: is used as an indexer  
ElasticSearch: used to store the events and indexes them. RUNNING ON ALL  
DEFAULT SETTINGS.  
Kibana: Used as the GUI and is of RUBY version. RUNNING ON ALL DEFAULT  
SETTINGS.

WHEN THE NUMBER OF EVENTS RECEIVED IS LESS SAY 4-5 (in past 15 mins), THE  
KIBANA INTERFACE IS NOT SHOWING THEM IN THE 'LAST 15 MINUTE WINDOW'.

Here is the total test cases that i have run:-

CASE 1 : (CASE1\_logstash\_sent\_single\_event.png +  
CASE1\_kibana\_not\_showing\_single\_event.png)  
Logstash: In this i have sent a single event (as shown in  
logstash logs) to elasticsearch server.  
Kibana: is also running from this and is not showing any  
entry.  
CASE 2 : (CASE2\_logshatsh\_sent\_2events\_per\_second.png +  
CASE2\_kibana\_not\_showing\_this\_event.png)  
Logstash: It was logging events with rate of 2 per seconds  
Kibana: Kibana interface is still not showing any thing.  
CASE 3 : (CASE3\_logstash\_sent\_8events\_per\_second.png +  
CASE3\_kibana\_started\_showing.png)  
Logstash: it started showing events with rate 8 per seconds  
Kibana: It started showing all the events along with the  
previous "SMALL Frequented" events.  
CASE 4: (CASE4\_when\_i\_select\_to\_inspect.png +  
CASE4\_kibana\_shown\_nothing\_on\_select.png)  
WHEN I SELECT TO INSPECT THE "SMALL Frequented" EVENTS,  
KIBANA AGAIN SHOWS NOTHING.

My Question: Is there a threshold or something which is controlling this...?

Also can you explain me the significance and actual need of the following  
configuration options in kibana (Taken from KibanaConf.rb):-

1. Analyze\_limit (my\_value=default=2000)
2. Analyze\_show (my\_value=default=25)
3. Rss\_show (my\_value=default=25)
4. Export\_show (my\_value=default=2000)

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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, 2:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-showing-events-logged-by-logstash-in-elasticsearch-db/13763/2 "2017-07-06T02:14:36Z")

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