# Map does not shade as mentioned in guide

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/map-does-not-shade-as-mentioned-in-guide/241045>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** maps\
**Created:** [July 14, 2020, 3:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/map-does-not-shade-as-mentioned-in-guide/241045 "2020-07-14T03:21:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![GraceYu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dbc845/32.png) [@GraceYu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/GraceYu)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 3:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/map-does-not-shade-as-mentioned-in-guide/241045/1 "2020-07-14T03:21:08Z")

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Hi,

I have followed the tutorial guide and seems the word map does not shade as mentioned in the guide. I have tried zoom in and out. Anyone, can guide on how to trace where the problem is ?

[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/maps-add-choropleth-layer.html#maps-add-choropleth-layer](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/maps-add-choropleth-layer.html#maps-add-choropleth-layer)

Add a choropleth layer  
Now that you have a map, you’ll want to add layers to it. The first layer you’ll add is a choropleth layer to shade world countries by web log traffic. Darker shades symbolize countries with more web log traffic, and lighter shades symbolize countries with less traffic.

Thanks.

 ![Map](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/9/1/9100803996241dd5cd0bd35feeb80beff1c72be9.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![GraceYu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dbc845/32.png) [@GraceYu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/GraceYu)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 3:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/map-does-not-shade-as-mentioned-in-guide/241045/2 "2020-07-14T03:25:56Z")

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Hi,

I am able to display now by selecting last 7 days. Anyone knows what the dates selection is for ?

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![GraceYu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dbc845/32.png) [@GraceYu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/GraceYu)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 4:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/map-does-not-shade-as-mentioned-in-guide/241045/3 "2020-07-14T04:59:04Z")

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I think I need to figure out the timestamp in the kibana log sample

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**Author:** ![jsanz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jsanz/32/53734_2.png) [@jsanz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jsanz)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 8:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/map-does-not-shade-as-mentioned-in-guide/241045/4 "2020-07-14T08:43:01Z")

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I think you need to go to your `Discover` application in Kibana, select the index pattern and check the date histogram to see the bounds of your dataset. When you add a Kibana sample data, the timestamp of the datasets is written relative to your current time.

For the `Kibana Sample Logs` dataset the timespan is 10 days since you added the dataset

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/5/2/52a873ac67e55cdb27dfe33d117a963fd4619736.png)

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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:** [August 11, 2020, 8:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/map-does-not-shade-as-mentioned-in-guide/241045/5 "2020-08-11T08:43:04Z")

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