# Log file missing

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/log-file-missing/232296>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [May 12, 2020, 6:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/log-file-missing/232296 "2020-05-12T18:29:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![droidus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@droidus](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/droidus)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2020, 6:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/log-file-missing/232296/1 "2020-05-12T18:29:35Z")

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I've noticed that a file is missing from my Kibana dashboard - /var/log/tallylog. How can I figure out why this file is not being populated into my dashboard?

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**Author:** ![jsoriano](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jsoriano/32/27920_2.png) [@jsoriano](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jsoriano)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/log-file-missing/232296/2 "2020-05-12T20:25:47Z")

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Could you give more details on your deployment? 🙂 How is this file expected to be collected?

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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:** [June 9, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/log-file-missing/232296/3 "2020-06-09T20:25:49Z")

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