# No matching indices found with metricbeat

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-matching-indices-found-with-metricbeat/139572>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** metricbeat\
**Created:** [July 11, 2018, 1:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-matching-indices-found-with-metricbeat/139572 "2018-07-11T13:01:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![asalma](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/asalma/32/32199_2.png) [@asalma](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/asalma)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 1:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-matching-indices-found-with-metricbeat/139572/1 "2018-07-11T13:01:37Z")

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![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/a/9/a9f6a6d146199c1ac2ce2e7390d835bbd8aef788.png)

Please what this error means ?

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**Author:** ![jtstorey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@jtstorey](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jtstorey)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 1:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-matching-indices-found-with-metricbeat/139572/2 "2018-07-11T13:52:19Z")

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That means that no data is making it into elasticsearch. Possibly a configuration problem with metricbeat. You are searching for that metricbeat index, but it has not been created.

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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 8, 2018, 1:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-matching-indices-found-with-metricbeat/139572/3 "2018-08-08T13:52:19Z")

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