# Timelion tutorial

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-tutorial/108689>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** timelion\
**Created:** [November 22, 2017, 9:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-tutorial/108689 "2017-11-22T09:55:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 12\
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**Author:** ![Bruno\_Seznec](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Bruno\_Seznec](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bruno_Seznec)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2017, 9:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-tutorial/108689/1 "2017-11-22T09:55:06Z")

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Hi  
trying to follow the timelion tutorial from an Elastic cloud instance

> **[Timelion Tutorial – From Zero to Hero](https://www.timroes.de/timelion-tutorial-from-zero-to-hero)**
>
> A tutorial for timelion - the time series composer in Kibana - explaining
> everything you need to start working with timelion.

I cannot succeed to load data from world bank 🙂  
.wbi(country=de, indicator=NY.GDP.MKTP.CD), .wbi(country=fr, indicator=NY.GDP.MKTP.CD)

Thanks  
Bruno ![Screenshot from 2017-11-22 10:56:30](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/4/0/40c3de1389f61934dc8120253abe72b253b71593.png)

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**Author:** ![bhavyarm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bhavyarm/32/22392_2.png) [@bhavyarm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bhavyarm)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2017, 6:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-tutorial/108689/2 "2017-11-22T18:32:48Z")

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Hi Bruno,

Which version of ES/Kibana you are on?

Thanks,  
Bhavya

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**Author:** ![Bruno\_Seznec](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Bruno\_Seznec](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bruno_Seznec)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2017, 9:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-tutorial/108689/3 "2017-11-22T21:29:20Z")

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Hi bhavyarm,  
I use the pre-installed version on Elastic Cloud.  
I think version 5.  
1bca45 is the cluster ID

Regards  
Bruno

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**Author:** ![Bruno\_Seznec](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Bruno\_Seznec](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bruno_Seznec)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2017, 9:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-tutorial/108689/4 "2017-11-22T21:34:22Z")

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ES version seems to be 5.6.4  
Bruno

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**Author:** ![bhavyarm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bhavyarm/32/22392_2.png) [@bhavyarm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bhavyarm)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2017, 9:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-tutorial/108689/5 "2017-11-22T21:46:30Z")

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So timelion pulls data directly from Worldbank and there was no data for [NY.GDP.MKTP.CD](http://NY.GDP.MKTP.CD). I will log a bug and raise it with our timelion folks 🙂

Thanks for posting here Bruno.

Thanks,  
Bhavya

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**Author:** ![Bruno\_Seznec](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Bruno\_Seznec](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bruno_Seznec)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2017, 9:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-tutorial/108689/6 "2017-11-22T21:56:24Z")

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Thanks Bhavya !

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**Author:** ![timroes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/timroes/32/19712_2.png) [@timroes](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/timroes)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2017, 3:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-tutorial/108689/7 "2017-11-23T15:55:18Z")

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Hi Bruno,

the issue in this case is, that Worldbank doesn't have data for 2017 and you selected a time range that is completely within 2017. In that case you really won't get any data as a result. We will anyway keep that ticket open to see whether we could improve on the error message in that case.

As soon as you select a larger time frame (e.g. the last 40 years) you will also see a chart.

Cheers,  
Tim

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**Author:** ![Bruno\_Seznec](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Bruno\_Seznec](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bruno_Seznec)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2017, 4:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-tutorial/108689/8 "2017-11-27T16:17:51Z")

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Hi Tim  
in fact .wbi(country=FR,indicator=SP.POP.TOTL,offset=-6y)  
doesn't give more data ?  
Thanks for a command with non void data

Regards  
Bruno

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**Author:** ![timroes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/timroes/32/19712_2.png) [@timroes](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/timroes)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2017, 6:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-tutorial/108689/9 "2017-11-27T18:09:49Z")

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Hei Bruno,

executing the given command in my Kibana, does return data and does not fail:

![screenshot-20171127-190910](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/5/5/553235bbabb61da878a94019dd78b2aa6b409138.png)

You still receive an error with that command?

Cheers,  
Tim

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**Author:** ![Bruno\_Seznec](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Bruno\_Seznec](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bruno_Seznec)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 1:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-tutorial/108689/10 "2017-12-08T13:43:59Z")

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Hi Tim  
Thanks it works !  
I thinks , I misunderstood the GUI and don't click on the arrow  
Regards  
Bruno

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**Author:** ![timroes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/timroes/32/19712_2.png) [@timroes](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/timroes)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 2:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-tutorial/108689/11 "2017-12-08T14:27:48Z")

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Okay great it solved the issue.

_Hint:_ You can also press Ctrl + Enter on your keyboard to submit the current timelion expression.

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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:** [January 5, 2018, 2:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-tutorial/108689/12 "2018-01-05T14:27:56Z")

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