# Timelion elasticsearch documentation

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-elasticsearch-documentation/357326>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** timelion\
**Created:** [April 13, 2024, 12:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-elasticsearch-documentation/357326 "2024-04-13T00:10:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Rakrish](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rakrish/32/126729_2.png) [@Rakrish](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rakrish)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2024, 12:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-elasticsearch-documentation/357326/1 "2024-04-13T00:10:52Z")

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Hello - Any good documentation reference for Kibana elastsearch timelion.

Thx!

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2024, 2:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-elasticsearch-documentation/357326/2 "2024-04-13T02:23:09Z")

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Hi @Rakrish Welcome to the community

What version are you on?

And what are you trying to accomplish?  
If you are in a more recent version there may be other approaches

Current docs

> **[Timelion | Kibana Guide \[8.13\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/timelion.html#_tutorial_create_visualizations_with_timelion)**

Old original tutorial

> **[Getting Started with Time Series Analysis in Kibana](https://www.elastic.co/blog/timelion-tutorial-from-zero-to-hero)**
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> A tutorial for timelion - the time series composer in Kibana - explaining everything you need to start working with timelion....

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**Author:** ![Rakrish](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rakrish/32/126729_2.png) [@Rakrish](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rakrish)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2024, 5:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-elasticsearch-documentation/357326/3 "2024-04-15T05:30:05Z")

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v 7.9.3

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2024, 5:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-elasticsearch-documentation/357326/4 "2024-04-15T05:35:42Z")

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First 7.9 is completely ancient :). And you should upgrade as a matter of urgency.

So here are the docs for 7.9

> **[Timelion | Kibana Guide \[7.9\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/7.9/timelion.html#_tutorial_create_visualizations_with_timelion)**

That in the article are probably your best bets.

Most folks use lens now if you could get to 7.17 and of course into 8.x where there are many improvements?

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**Author:** ![Rakrish](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rakrish/32/126729_2.png) [@Rakrish](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rakrish)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2024, 9:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-elasticsearch-documentation/357326/5 "2024-04-15T21:38:04Z")

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Thanks @stephenb  
Will plan for upgrade to 8.x soon.

However will need to work with 7.9 for the time being.