# Metricbeat vsphere dashboards

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-vsphere-dashboards/233594>\
**Category:** Metrics\
**Created:** [May 20, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-vsphere-dashboards/233594 "2020-05-20T18:51:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![thatone08](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thatone08](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/thatone08)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-vsphere-dashboards/233594/1 "2020-05-20T18:51:01Z")

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I am getting this when trying to view the vsphere dashboards

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/4/6/46b3037154c2e60ddd71daa1fec5daffc5562d23.png)

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**Author:** ![Zacqary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/zacqary/32/60839_2.png) [@Zacqary](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Zacqary)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2020, 7:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-vsphere-dashboards/233594/2 "2020-05-20T19:51:58Z")

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Looks like you're getting an error message in un-parsed Markdown. The `click here to re-create it` should be a link to the URL for the index pattern management page, but for some reason it's not parsing it correctly. In any case, you can try re-creating your `metricbeat-*` index pattern and see if that restores your dashboards. You can read the [docs for managing index patterns](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/managing-fields.html), but I can describe the steps here:

- Go to the Index Pattern Management page. In Kibana 7.7, this page is located at `[YOUR://KIBANA.URL]/app/kibana#/management/kibana/index_patterns`. You can also get here by clicking the icon shaped like a gear on the left toolbar, and then clicking Kibana \> Index Patterns in the menu that appears:  
 ![Screen Shot 2020-05-20 at 2.40.17 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/0/5/0514489c27d48de55e09adda1ef130cc9a887d2f.png)
- Click the `Create Index Pattern` button in the upper right corner of the screen  
 ![Screen Shot 2020-05-20 at 2.44.50 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/3/1/31f1662be8bf69f506562056ee7ee59d210ee0be.png)
- Enter `metricbeat-*` in the Index Pattern field and then click Next Step  
 ![Screen Shot 2020-05-20 at 2.45.22 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/a/b/ab1ec55c2dd070309684c1aa4abb07908221f2b1.png)
- Configure your time field. The value for this is usually `@timestamp` if you're using default Metricbeat settings  
 ![Screen Shot 2020-05-20 at 2.45.45 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/4/2/4245fa37626ae065e82c171c94aba7e86be2b556.png)

Let me know if that works!

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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 17, 2020, 7:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-vsphere-dashboards/233594/3 "2020-06-17T19:52:11Z")

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