# Regex for defining index patterns

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/regex-for-defining-index-patterns/201207>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [September 26, 2019, 10:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/regex-for-defining-index-patterns/201207 "2019-09-26T10:16:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![amitavmohanty01](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/amitavmohanty01/32/58017_2.png) [@amitavmohanty01](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amitavmohanty01)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2019, 10:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/regex-for-defining-index-patterns/201207/1 "2019-09-26T10:16:20Z")

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I want to define an index pattern like `log_sample-2019.09.1[0-2]`. How can I do that in Kibana?

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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:** [September 26, 2019, 2:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/regex-for-defining-index-patterns/201207/2 "2019-09-26T14:16:25Z")

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I don't think we support regexes, but if it's only 3 names you could use a comma-separated list for the index pattern.

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**Author:** ![amitavmohanty01](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/amitavmohanty01/32/58017_2.png) [@amitavmohanty01](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amitavmohanty01)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2019, 9:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/regex-for-defining-index-patterns/201207/3 "2019-09-26T21:08:02Z")

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Thanks for the suggestion, @wylie . How can I do that?

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**Author:** ![henizPB2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8dc957/32.png) [@henizPB2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/henizPB2)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 11:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/regex-for-defining-index-patterns/201207/4 "2019-09-27T11:15:18Z")

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How to redefine it? Where do we find index patterns?

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[thermostats](https://thermostats.me/)

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**Author:** ![amitavmohanty01](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/amitavmohanty01/32/58017_2.png) [@amitavmohanty01](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amitavmohanty01)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2019, 12:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/regex-for-defining-index-patterns/201207/5 "2019-10-04T12:36:18Z")

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@wylie can I do it via the API?

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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:** [October 4, 2019, 2:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/regex-for-defining-index-patterns/201207/6 "2019-10-04T14:36:03Z")

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Kibana index patterns are in the Kibana -\> Management -\> Index patterns section. You can use a comma to separate the names, such as `filebeat*,metricbeat*` would be my index names.

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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:** [November 1, 2019, 2:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/regex-for-defining-index-patterns/201207/7 "2019-11-01T14:36:04Z")

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