# Unable to create dashboards using "ip-x.x.x.x" String

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-dashboards-using-ip-x-x-x-x-string/41363>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [February 10, 2016, 9:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-dashboards-using-ip-x-x-x-x-string/41363 "2016-02-10T09:48:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 2:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-dashboards-using-ip-x-x-x-x-string/41363/5 "2016-02-10T14:20:35Z")

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You will need to update the index template and then create a new index and write your data there. Look at [this post for some options how this can be done](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-mappings-of-large-elastic-search-index/27186).

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