# Timelion not working

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-not-working/42606>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** timelion\
**Created:** [February 24, 2016, 3:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-not-working/42606 "2016-02-24T15:32:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Carlos\_Vega\_Moreno](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/carlos_vega_moreno/32/3773_2.png) [@Carlos\_Vega\_Moreno](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Carlos_Vega_Moreno)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 3:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-not-working/42606/1 "2016-02-24T15:32:04Z")

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I just installed timelion but no data is shown when I try to draw metrics. Is not my first time using timelion and I did not change any conf file, the datasource index is "\_all". Nothing shows.

I then enabled the initial tutorial of timelion on kibana and added the proper timestamp field to the config file, still:

> "Could not validate elasticsearch config: Unknown error. "

And nothing shows. Any ideas? Permissions look ok to me. I even gave 777 permissions as a try, without a change.

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**Author:** ![LeeDr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leedr/32/9289_2.png) [@LeeDr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/LeeDr)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2016, 4:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-not-working/42606/2 "2016-02-25T16:31:27Z")

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Hi Carlos,

Which version of Kibana are you on? And about when did you install Timelion?

Regards,  
Lee

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**Author:** ![Carlos\_Vega\_Moreno](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/carlos_vega_moreno/32/3773_2.png) [@Carlos\_Vega\_Moreno](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Carlos_Vega_Moreno)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2016, 8:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-not-working/42606/3 "2016-02-25T20:58:12Z")

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4.4.1 and I just installed it and removed again and try it again haha. Nothing new yet 😕

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**Author:** ![LeeDr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leedr/32/9289_2.png) [@LeeDr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/LeeDr)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2016, 9:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-not-working/42606/4 "2016-02-25T21:33:12Z")

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Hi Carlos,

But you are getting data OK in kibana?

I also have kibana 4.4.1 with timelion installed and its working OK for me. I have the default timelion.json configuration (see below).

```
{
  "quandl": {
    "key": ""
  },
  "es": {
    "timefield": "@timestamp",
    "default_index": "_all",
    "allow_url_parameter": false
  },
  "graphite": {
    "url": "https://www.hostedgraphite.com/UID/ACCESS_KEY/graphite"
  },
  "default_interval": "1h",
  "max_buckets": 2000
}

```

Did you install timelion like this?  
`./bin/kibana plugin -i elastic/timelion`

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/2X/c/c27f5a472d35a45b9f4514066e804269f8162b87.png)

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**Author:** ![LeeDr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leedr/32/9289_2.png) [@LeeDr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/LeeDr)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2016, 9:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-not-working/42606/5 "2016-02-25T21:42:44Z")

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If you are getting data in kibana, then its likely a problem with your timefield configuration.

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**Author:** ![Carlos\_Vega\_Moreno](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/carlos_vega_moreno/32/3773_2.png) [@Carlos\_Vega\_Moreno](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Carlos_Vega_Moreno)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2016, 10:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-not-working/42606/6 "2016-02-25T22:33:59Z")

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I installed it like that. Kibana is OK and I'm using a timestamp field from a different index. I just copied the timelion conf file from a working set. I tried with different indices with different date fields. Nothing worked ☹

There's an issue opened here:

> <https://github.com/elastic/timelion/issues/23>

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 2:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-not-working/42606/7 "2017-07-06T14:01:06Z")

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