# No matching indices found: No indices match pattern \* - even when indices exist

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-matching-indices-found-no-indices-match-pattern-even-when-indices-exist/124376>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [March 17, 2018, 12:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-matching-indices-found-no-indices-match-pattern-even-when-indices-exist/124376 "2018-03-17T00:04:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![stcleezy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stcleezy/32/36582_2.png) [@stcleezy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stcleezy)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 9:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-matching-indices-found-no-indices-match-pattern-even-when-indices-exist/124376/5 "2018-03-19T21:14:03Z")

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OK I figured it out... I'm not really sure why this fixed it but:

The index name needs to be specified as the Index pattern ID, located in the Advanced Settings.

![3-19-2018%202-11-46%20PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/2/3/23dba28be4428e253800228ed2b3bde0cff773e7.png)

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