# \[SOLVED\] Can Kibana discover documents from an index alias name? **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [November 29, 2016, 9:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/solved-can-kibana-discover-documents-from-an-index-alias-name/67454 "2016-11-29T09:04:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cbismuth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9e8a1a/32.png) [@cbismuth](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cbismuth)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 9:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/solved-can-kibana-discover-documents-from-an-index-alias-name/67454/1 "2016-11-29T09:04:31Z")
Hi, I've an index named `logstash-1480234219918` and an alias named `logstash-current` pointing to it. The two URLs below return the same document: - [http://elasticsearch.cloudera:9200/logstash-1480234219918/sd-output/AVik30mpVVug33Zhnb7u](http://elasticsearch.cloudera:9200/logstash-1480234219918/sd-output/AVik30mpVVug33Zhnb7u) - [http://elasticsearch.cloudera:9200/logstash-current/sd-output/AVik30mpVVug33Zhnb7u](http://elasticsearch.cloudera:9200/logstash-current/sd-output/AVik30mpVVug33Zhnb7u) Kibana 5 is setup with `logstash-*` index pattern. I can retrieve documents when discovering with `_index:logstash-1480234219918` query in the search bar, but no document can be fetched when discovering with `_index:logstash-current` query. Can Kibana fetch documents from an alias name as an `_index` value? Thanks, Christophe ---
**Author:** ![Bargs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bargs/32/5429_2.png) [@Bargs](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bargs)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 12:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/solved-can-kibana-discover-documents-from-an-index-alias-name/67454/2 "2016-12-01T00:22:07Z")
No, that won't work unfortunately. `_index` is a part of the document itself, so even if you query the alias you'll see that the `_index` meta field in each hit still refers to the concrete index. ---
**Author:** ![cbismuth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9e8a1a/32.png) [@cbismuth](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cbismuth)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 3:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/solved-can-kibana-discover-documents-from-an-index-alias-name/67454/3 "2016-12-01T15:36:13Z")
Alright I understand, thank you Matt. Is there any way to make Kibana read from the "latest" index? ---
**Author:** ![Bargs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bargs/32/5429_2.png) [@Bargs](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bargs)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 5:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/solved-can-kibana-discover-documents-from-an-index-alias-name/67454/4 "2016-12-01T17:36:15Z")
You could create an index pattern that points specifically to the "logstash-current" alias. Would that work for you? ---
**Author:** ![cbismuth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9e8a1a/32.png) [@cbismuth](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cbismuth)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 10:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/solved-can-kibana-discover-documents-from-an-index-alias-name/67454/5 "2016-12-02T10:45:30Z")
That could be a solution, yes. I'll try to do so, thank you Matt! ---
**Author:** ![cbismuth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9e8a1a/32.png) [@cbismuth](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cbismuth)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 10:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/solved-can-kibana-discover-documents-from-an-index-alias-name/67454/6 "2016-12-02T10:56:29Z")
I have another question Matt: is possible to tell Kibana to discover on a particular index pattern? ---
**Author:** ![Bargs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bargs/32/5429_2.png) [@Bargs](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bargs)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 4:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/solved-can-kibana-discover-documents-from-an-index-alias-name/67454/7 "2016-12-02T16:14:28Z")
If I understand the question correctly, yes you can toggle the index pattern in the top left corner of the Discover app: ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/2X/4/4803117549af6ceba4f1e928c00a6af3de6038af.png) ---
**Author:** ![cbismuth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9e8a1a/32.png) [@cbismuth](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cbismuth)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 10:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/solved-can-kibana-discover-documents-from-an-index-alias-name/67454/8 "2016-12-02T22:09:47Z")
You've totally understood the point, thank you Matt all your answers were very helpful. Our dashboard journey can start! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 10:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/solved-can-kibana-discover-documents-from-an-index-alias-name/67454/9 "2016-12-30T22:09:48Z")
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