# Missing .kibana index in kibana 4.0

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-kibana-index-in-kibana-4-0/52266>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [June 8, 2016, 11:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-kibana-index-in-kibana-4-0/52266 "2016-06-08T23:36:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![abhi.kedari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@abhi.kedari](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/abhi.kedari)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2016, 11:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-kibana-index-in-kibana-4-0/52266/1 "2016-06-08T23:36:29Z")

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Is it possible to have .kibna index in kibana 4.0.\*?  
I need this because I would like to create visualization in kibana from my java code.  
If not is there any other way by which i can create new visualization from java code in kibana 4.0?

Thanks,  
Abhishek

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**Author:** ![abhi.kedari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@abhi.kedari](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/abhi.kedari)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2016, 11:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-kibana-index-in-kibana-4-0/52266/2 "2016-06-08T23:55:28Z")

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I found it with index name .kibana-4.

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 1:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-kibana-index-in-kibana-4-0/52266/3 "2017-07-06T13:51:06Z")

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