# Kibana setting timepicker:timeDefaults via API is failing in 7.12

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-setting-timepicker-timedefaults-via-api-is-failing-in-7-12/270770>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [April 20, 2021, 9:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-setting-timepicker-timedefaults-via-api-is-failing-in-7-12/270770 "2021-04-20T21:58:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![xyz2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/e480ec/32.png) [@xyz2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/xyz2)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 9:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-setting-timepicker-timedefaults-via-api-is-failing-in-7-12/270770/1 "2021-04-20T21:58:58Z")

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The following request reports bad request on upgrading to 7.12

api/kibana/settings/timepicker:timeDefaults  
{

```
"value": {
    "from": "now-24h",
    "to": "now",
    "mode": "quick"
}

```

}

Error:  
{  
"statusCode": 400,  
"error": "Bad Request",  
"message": "[validation [timepicker:timeDefaults].mode]: definition for this key is missing"  
}

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**Author:** ![xyz2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/e480ec/32.png) [@xyz2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/xyz2)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 4:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-setting-timepicker-timedefaults-via-api-is-failing-in-7-12/270770/2 "2021-04-21T16:33:04Z")

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Can some one please suggest if any documentation exists for the new changes in this API.  
Setting it via front end is also giving the same error.

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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:** [April 22, 2021, 2:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-setting-timepicker-timedefaults-via-api-is-failing-in-7-12/270770/3 "2021-04-22T14:06:54Z")

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Remove the "mode" from the json doc. this not a valid config any more.

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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:** [May 20, 2021, 2:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-setting-timepicker-timedefaults-via-api-is-failing-in-7-12/270770/4 "2021-05-20T14:07:49Z")

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