# Timelion shows an error when no data is available

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-shows-an-error-when-no-data-is-available/150712>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** timelion\
**Created:** [October 2, 2018, 1:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-shows-an-error-when-no-data-is-available/150712 "2018-10-02T13:18:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ewelina\_Zielinska](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ewelina_zielinska/32/33960_2.png) [@Ewelina\_Zielinska](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ewelina_Zielinska)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2018, 1:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-shows-an-error-when-no-data-is-available/150712/1 "2018-10-02T13:18:33Z")

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Hello Elastic Team,

I have a problem with setting up a Timelion visualization for periodic events that occur rarely. When the time window is too short and no data points fall in it, a red error is displayed. You can see the details in the screenshots attached.  
Here's how I'm trying to add elements and what the output is:

 ![08](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/d/6/d6d77d0faf6d7d4a528087edeb1f384b6d9a909c.png)

1. Empty visualization is shown, which is what I expected

 ![32](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/7/6/765e8df6f624e71c58f451e4210748d7a3652b09.png)  
2. I added a split, no visualization is shown (not what I expected, but this doesn't bug me that much)

 ![57](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/2/e/2e2ea4c709fee7d18dc452bd6ed352bda91640af.png)  
3. I added .sum() and I see errors.

In my use-case no data is a perfectly normal situation, especially if a short time window is chosen (like "Last 15 minutes") and these errors make it impossible to include such a visualization in my Dashboard. I'm using Kibana 6.3.2. Is it a bug? Is there a workaround? I'm good with showing an empty chart, no chart or a constant line at 0 level.

Best regards  
Ewelina

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**Author:** ![thomasneirynck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/thomasneirynck/32/23313_2.png) [@thomasneirynck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/thomasneirynck)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2018, 3:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-shows-an-error-when-no-data-is-available/150712/2 "2018-10-02T15:08:24Z")

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hi @Ewelina_Zielinska,

This looks like a bug. I would go and log this here: [https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/new](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/new)

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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:** [October 30, 2018, 3:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-shows-an-error-when-no-data-is-available/150712/3 "2018-10-30T15:08:25Z")

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