# \[timelion\] - I cannot select all of my indexes

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-i-cannot-select-all-of-my-indexes/244910>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** timelion\
**Created:** [August 13, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-i-cannot-select-all-of-my-indexes/244910 "2020-08-13T15:50:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mark\_Duncan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mark_duncan/32/46467_2.png) [@Mark\_Duncan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mark_Duncan)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-i-cannot-select-all-of-my-indexes/244910/1 "2020-08-13T15:50:12Z")

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I have a number of indexes of data that I can select in other visualisation.

But when I try to select or query them in timelion using `index=blah` I cannot select them all.

Why would I not be able to access all indexes in this visualisation?

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**Author:** ![Mark\_Duncan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mark_duncan/32/46467_2.png) [@Mark\_Duncan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mark_Duncan)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 4:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-i-cannot-select-all-of-my-indexes/244910/2 "2020-08-13T16:08:09Z")

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it looks like I can only access 25 indexes - is this number configurable or a fixed thing?

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**Author:** ![tylersmalley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tylersmalley/32/8833_2.png) [@tylersmalley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tylersmalley)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 7:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-i-cannot-select-all-of-my-indexes/244910/3 "2020-08-13T19:44:40Z")

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Out of curiosity, what version are you on?

You can use a pattern here. How are you going about selecting multiple indices?

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**Author:** ![Mark\_Duncan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mark_duncan/32/46467_2.png) [@Mark\_Duncan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mark_Duncan)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 10:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-i-cannot-select-all-of-my-indexes/244910/4 "2020-08-14T10:25:58Z")

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v7.7.1

I have something like 40 kibana index patterns setup.  
and been trying to select them using index=[kibana\_index\_pattern\_name].

the Timelion UI only gives 25 options in the auto prompt as you type index=. manually typing another index pattern name doesn't work.  
sods law the index pattern that I want to use doesn't appear in the first 25!

can you elaborate on your pattern idea please @tylersmalley - is it something different to what I've tried? thanks Tyler

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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:** [September 11, 2020, 10:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-i-cannot-select-all-of-my-indexes/244910/5 "2020-09-11T10:26:00Z")

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