# Kibana unable to locate packetbeat index **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Created:** [October 26, 2015, 6:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-unable-to-locate-packetbeat-index/32956 "2015-10-26T06:46:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![niraj\_kumar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/niraj_kumar/32/4130_2.png) [@niraj\_kumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/niraj_kumar)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 6:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-unable-to-locate-packetbeat-index/32956/1 "2015-10-26T06:46:57Z")
Hi, I have uploaded the custom dashboard and visualization using the beats dashboard. But when i go to view my dashboard , kibana is unable to find the index. ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/2X/b/bbaf554eac211c044052dcf02ad4c19e0940202a.png) Can anyone help me to triage the issue. I have verified the topbeat and packetbeat yml files and they are pointing to correct elasticsearch IP. Regards Niraj ---
**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:** [October 26, 2015, 6:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-unable-to-locate-packetbeat-index/32956/2 "2015-10-26T06:50:14Z")
Are you sure the index exists? If you go to the settings area, do you have the pattern defined as well. ---
**Author:** ![niraj\_kumar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/niraj_kumar/32/4130_2.png) [@niraj\_kumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/niraj_kumar)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 6:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-unable-to-locate-packetbeat-index/32956/3 "2015-10-26T06:57:33Z")
Here is my indices stats green open .marvel-2015.10.19 1 1 5614 0 22.6mb 11.3mb green open packetbeat-2015.10.23 5 1 16319 0 10.8mb 5.3mb green open packetbeat-2015.10.19 5 1 13914 0 10mb 5mb green open packetbeat-2015.10.25 5 1 12025 0 17.6mb 8.9mb green open .marvel-2015.10.22 1 1 8608 0 39.4mb 19.7mb green open topbeat-2015.10.26 5 1 238039 0 173.1mb 90.2mb green open packetbeat-2015.10.24 5 1 7804 0 5.8mb 2.8mb green open .marvel-2015.10.24 1 1 8599 0 38.4mb 19.2mb green open twitter 5 1 0 0 1.2kb 720b green open .marvel-2015.10.20 1 1 8619 0 38.9mb 19.4mb green open .packetbeat-topology 5 1 1 0 13.2kb 6.7kb green open .marvel-2015.10.23 1 1 8605 0 40.2mb 20.1mb green open packetbeat-2015.10.18 5 1 1782 0 2mb 1mb green open .marvel-2015.10.26 1 1 2488 0 23.5mb 11.7mb green open packetbeat-2015.10.22 5 1 17682 0 11.5mb 5.7mb green open packetbeat-2015.10.21 5 1 13638 0 9.1mb 4.6mb green open .marvel-2015.10.25 1 1 8596 0 39.4mb 19.7mb green open .kibana 1 1 93 0 211.3kb 74.3kb green open packetbeat-2015.10.20 5 1 5739 0 4.5mb 2.2mb green open .marvel-2015.10.21 1 1 8615 0 40.5mb 20.2mb ---
**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:** [October 26, 2015, 7:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-unable-to-locate-packetbeat-index/32956/4 "2015-10-26T07:01:39Z")
Right, but did you add the pattern in KB as well? ---
**Author:** ![niraj\_kumar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/niraj_kumar/32/4130_2.png) [@niraj\_kumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/niraj_kumar)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 7:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-unable-to-locate-packetbeat-index/32956/5 "2015-10-26T07:03:17Z")
Yes i did. I believe this is what you meant. I am sorry if you suggested something else. ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/2X/8/81bbe6fbae02fed7eb56d2de6447cb39148d5ccf.png) ---
**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:** [October 26, 2015, 7:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-unable-to-locate-packetbeat-index/32956/6 "2015-10-26T07:22:02Z")
Except the pattern in the viz's is `[packetbeat-]YYYY.MM.dd`, not `packetbeat-*`. ---
**Author:** ![niraj\_kumar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/niraj_kumar/32/4130_2.png) [@niraj\_kumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/niraj_kumar)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 7:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-unable-to-locate-packetbeat-index/32956/7 "2015-10-26T07:24:44Z")
I mean what difference does both make,it is just a regex to add all packetbeat. Or am i taking it wrong. How do i fix it would be my question rather. ---
**Author:** ![niraj\_kumar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/niraj_kumar/32/4130_2.png) [@niraj\_kumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/niraj_kumar)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 7:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-unable-to-locate-packetbeat-index/32956/8 "2015-10-26T07:37:20Z")
Thanks for the hint. I finally fixed it. ---
**Author:** ![rafaellamuniz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rafaellamuniz/32/8885_2.png) [@rafaellamuniz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rafaellamuniz)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 11:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-unable-to-locate-packetbeat-index/32956/9 "2015-12-10T11:27:57Z")
I'm getting the same error. How did you fix this issue? ---
**Author:** ![rafaellamuniz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rafaellamuniz/32/8885_2.png) [@rafaellamuniz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rafaellamuniz)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 12:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-unable-to-locate-packetbeat-index/32956/10 "2015-12-10T12:53:04Z")
I solved this issue updating the Dashboard templates. I downloaded the package "beats-dashboards-1.0.0" and than I executed the ./load.sh. Now the dashboard is working fine. The link was very useful: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/libbeat/current/getting-started.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/libbeat/current/getting-started.html) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 9:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-unable-to-locate-packetbeat-index/32956/11 "2017-07-05T21:57:33Z")