# New index not appearing in kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/new-index-not-appearing-in-kibana/67371>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [November 28, 2016, 3:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/new-index-not-appearing-in-kibana/67371 "2016-11-28T15:31:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![deepankar32](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@deepankar32](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/deepankar32)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 3:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/new-index-not-appearing-in-kibana/67371/1 "2016-11-28T15:31:15Z")

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Hi,

I have created index in elastic search through PIG.  
The new index is not appearing in Kibana Discover section for search.  
But I can see the index in elastic search.

Please help how to fix this.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![thomasneirynck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/thomasneirynck/32/23313_2.png) [@thomasneirynck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/thomasneirynck)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 4:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/new-index-not-appearing-in-kibana/67371/2 "2016-11-28T16:17:52Z")

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@deepankar32

You'll probably need to create your index pattern first. This is a mapping from Kibana to your Elasticsearch index. Go to Management \> Index Pattern \> Add New

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I'd suggest to go through the Getting Started section of Kibana. There's a section that shows you how to create an index pattern. [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/tutorial-define-index.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/tutorial-define-index.html)

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**Author:** ![deepankar32](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@deepankar32](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/deepankar32)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 7:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/new-index-not-appearing-in-kibana/67371/3 "2016-11-28T19:15:53Z")

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Thanks.  
Now if we don't have any time stamp in documents that we are indexing than how we can create index pattern in Kibana. Please suggest.

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**Author:** ![thomasneirynck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/thomasneirynck/32/23313_2.png) [@thomasneirynck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/thomasneirynck)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/new-index-not-appearing-in-kibana/67371/4 "2016-11-28T20:25:51Z")

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That's fine. You can create an index without timestamp. You will not have that combobox option.

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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:** [December 26, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/new-index-not-appearing-in-kibana/67371/5 "2016-12-26T20:25:50Z")

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