# Simple visualization \*\*without timestamp?\*\* **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [September 23, 2015, 4:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simple-visualization-without-timestamp/29853 "2015-09-23T16:46:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Brian\_Walsh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/brian_walsh/32/1087_2.png) [@Brian\_Walsh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Brian_Walsh)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 4:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simple-visualization-without-timestamp/29853/1 "2015-09-23T16:46:31Z")
Hello. I've used ELK in the past, although its been 2+ years since the last project. I have quick proof-of-concept up and running using 3 clusters & a tribe node. I've been able to get Kibana to connect and discover with no problem. However, the dataset in question does not have a timestamp field ( it's a set of meta around lab samples and measurements ). Is there a reference/example/tutorial out there about how to use Kibana for datasets **without a timestamp?** ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 12:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simple-visualization-without-timestamp/29853/2 "2015-09-24T00:29:12Z")
Just setup the index pattern without checking any of the timestamp relevant boxes and you should be ok. Then just build graphs like you normally would. ---
**Author:** ![Brian\_Walsh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/brian_walsh/32/1087_2.png) [@Brian\_Walsh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Brian_Walsh)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 4:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simple-visualization-without-timestamp/29853/3 "2015-09-24T16:21:26Z")
@warkolm - thanks very much ---
**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, 2:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simple-visualization-without-timestamp/29853/4 "2017-07-06T14:12:33Z")