# @timestamp not appearing for a particular index in kibana
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-not-appearing-for-a-particular-index-in-kibana/75717
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [February 20, 2017, 10:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-not-appearing-for-a-particular-index-in-kibana/75717 "2017-02-20T10:51:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@gsb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gsb)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2017, 10:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-not-appearing-for-a-particular-index-in-kibana/75717/1 "2017-02-20T10:51:43Z")
I created an index in elastic search with few fields and when i try to get this index in kibana (through setting, time based index events) , I can't see @timestamp field appearing in the fields dropdown. I do have other indexes in same elasticsearch for which same field is appearing.
Do I need to change anything specific to an index for this ?
Thank you.
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### Author:  [@weltenwort](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/weltenwort)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2017, 11:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-not-appearing-for-a-particular-index-in-kibana/75717/2 "2017-02-20T11:03:51Z")
Hi @gsb,
I assume the indexed documents contain a `@timestamp` field? If so, they should be assigned the [`date` type](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.2/date.html) in the mapping. You can check the mapping of your index by querying `${INDEX_NAME}/_mapping` using the Dev Tools Console or any other HTTP client.
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### Author:  [@gsb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gsb)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2017, 12:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-not-appearing-for-a-particular-index-in-kibana/75717/3 "2017-02-20T12:00:17Z")
Hi @weltenwort No I haven't added @timestamp field explicitly and I don't have any date related field in schema/metadata. if that's blocking , How can I use this index in kibana ?
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### Author:  [@nellicus](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nellicus)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2017, 12:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-not-appearing-for-a-particular-index-in-kibana/75717/4 "2017-02-20T12:03:55Z")
@gsb
> [@gsb](#):
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> How can I use this index in kibana ?
> **[Define your index patterns | Kibana Guide \[8.11\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/tutorial-define-index.html#tutorial-define-index)**
_\> Make sure the Index contains time-based events box is unchecked when you create index patterns for these data sets._
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### Author:  [@weltenwort](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/weltenwort)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2017, 12:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-not-appearing-for-a-particular-index-in-kibana/75717/5 "2017-02-20T12:04:12Z")
You can use the index without any date-related fields by unchecking the "Index contains time-based events" checkbox when creating the index pattern.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2017, 12:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timestamp-not-appearing-for-a-particular-index-in-kibana/75717/6 "2017-03-20T12:04:23Z")
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