# Refresh Index not visible

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/refresh-index-not-visible/273421>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [May 19, 2021, 2:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/refresh-index-not-visible/273421 "2021-05-19T14:35:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![wickerman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/wickerman/32/66173_2.png) [@wickerman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wickerman)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 2:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/refresh-index-not-visible/273421/1 "2021-05-19T14:35:39Z")

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Hello,

I've been using ELK for almost a year now. Great Journey!  
Currently, I can't seem to see the refresh option in Kibana after opening the index.  
Only the delete icon is visible.

Any ideas, on what caused this or how I can refresh the index pattern? as some fields are not available for analysis in the dashboard.

 ![Screenshot 2021-05-19 at 17.29.26](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/4/c/4c2d0c2d2efd6694716659e7fd6d3f99edcfb8fa.png)

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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:** [May 19, 2021, 2:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/refresh-index-not-visible/273421/2 "2021-05-19T14:45:36Z")

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hi @wickerman ,

did you upgrade to 7.11 or higher?

The refresh button is now removed. It should automatically detect changes to your index. Does a refresh of kibana-edit help?

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**Author:** ![wylie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/wylie/32/81794_2.png) [@wylie](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wylie)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 2:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/refresh-index-not-visible/273421/3 "2021-05-19T14:47:26Z")

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Yes, the index pattern automatically refreshes starting in 7.11: [What’s new in 7.11 | Kibana Guide [7.11] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/7.11/whats-new.html#index-patterns-refresh)

If you are missing fields then this means that your Elasticsearch mappings may not contain the fields you are looking for.

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**Author:** ![wickerman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/wickerman/32/66173_2.png) [@wickerman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wickerman)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 2:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/refresh-index-not-visible/273421/4 "2021-05-19T14:47:50Z")

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Yes,

I didn't know the refresh button was removed. The auto-refresh works, I now realize I didn't see the fields because "hide missing fields" was activated by default. But it's hidden within "filter by type"

Solved the issue.

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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 16, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/refresh-index-not-visible/273421/5 "2021-06-16T14:48:42Z")

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