# Setting default index in Kibana 4 **URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-default-index-in-kibana-4/1304 **Category:** Kibana **Created:** [May 26, 2015, 11:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-default-index-in-kibana-4/1304 "2015-05-26T11:01:51Z") **Posts on this page:** 3 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![BozidarS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a3d4f5/32.png) [@BozidarS](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/BozidarS) #### Post date: [May 26, 2015, 11:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-default-index-in-kibana-4/1304/1 "2015-05-26T11:01:51Z")
I can't define default index in Kibana 4.0.2, as you can see on the image below. It doesn't saves if I enter it manually in "Advanced" tab, it only glitches when I click on "Set as default index" button but it doesn't make needed changes. I'm using Couchbase 3.0.3, transport-couchbase plugin 2.0, ElasticSearch 1.5.2. I've tried reinstalling everything (except couchbase), one by one, always the same. I've googled it whole day, nothing. Someone has any idea? Here is how it looks: ![](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/uploads/default/original/a/b/ab037c4195f8964c76721e7aa57423845762b23f.gif) ---
### Author: ![BozidarS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a3d4f5/32.png) [@BozidarS](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/BozidarS) #### Post date: [May 26, 2015, 12:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-default-index-in-kibana-4/1304/2 "2015-05-26T12:59:57Z")
Solved it. After changing couchbase\_template.json it's needed to set curl -XPUT [http://localhost:9200/\_template/couchbase](http://localhost:9200/_template/couchbase) -d @/usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins/transport-couchbase/couchbase\_template.json Then it should work. ---
### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system) #### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 2:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-default-index-in-kibana-4/1304/3 "2017-07-06T14:19:04Z")