# Timelion not showing any data **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Tags:** timelion\ **Created:** [July 13, 2017, 10:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-not-showing-any-data/92995 "2017-07-13T10:56:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Filip\_M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d9b06d/32.png) [@Filip\_M](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Filip_M)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 10:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-not-showing-any-data/92995/1 "2017-07-13T10:56:13Z")
Hi everyone, I have an issue with timelion and visual builder which are not showing any data ( q:\* \> count(0.0) ) even thou I have indexes in elasticsearch and other dashboards/visualizations works fine. I am running Kibana 5.5.0 but the problem was there even with 5.1.x. Any ideas what could cause the problem? Thanks ---
**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:** [July 13, 2017, 4:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-not-showing-any-data/92995/2 "2017-07-13T16:27:20Z")
Is this the case even for a very simple expression, like `.es(*)`? Are you sure the timepicker is set to a time range that includes data? If yes to both questions, do you see any errors in your Kibana/ES logs or in your browser's dev tools console? ---
**Author:** ![Filip\_M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d9b06d/32.png) [@Filip\_M](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Filip_M)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 7:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-not-showing-any-data/92995/3 "2017-07-14T07:43:07Z")
Yes I was testing timelion with simple expression .es(\*) and set the time picker for the time window which shows data in visualizations tab. Is there any specified field mapping or date format timeline is expecting to find? ---
**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:** [July 14, 2017, 2:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-not-showing-any-data/92995/4 "2017-07-14T14:21:06Z")
If the date format works in the rest of Kibana it should work in Timelion I think. However, you might need to change a couple of advanced settings (in Kibana's management section): ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/a/b/ab14b393a4a52dd7c73b459701ad7a9acede9845.png) If that doesn't help, you might try enabling verbose logging in order to look at the actual queries Timelion is sending to ES. You can do this by adding `elasticsearch.logQueries: true` to your kibana.yml and starting kibana with the `--verbose` flag ---
**Author:** ![Filip\_M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d9b06d/32.png) [@Filip\_M](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Filip_M)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 6:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-not-showing-any-data/92995/5 "2017-07-17T06:41:10Z")
OK, it seams I figured it out. So for future reference. **Explanation** Timelion does not use _Time filter field name_ specified for the index on _Create index patter_ site in Kibana. Instead, it expect the date field to be named according to _timelion:es.timefield_ parameter. What worked for me was setting the timefield parameter in Timelion e.g. `.es(timefield=Time)` ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2017, 6:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-not-showing-any-data/92995/6 "2017-08-14T06:41:10Z")
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