# Unable to create data stream in Elastic Search 7.9

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-data-stream-in-elastic-search-7-9/320829>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** datastreams\
**Created:** [December 8, 2022, 9:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-data-stream-in-elastic-search-7-9/320829 "2022-12-08T21:14:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![zain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/6a8cbe/32.png) [@zain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zain)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2022, 9:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-data-stream-in-elastic-search-7-9/320829/1 "2022-12-08T21:15:00Z")

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Hello,

I am trying to create data streams in my Elasticsearch which is 7.9 using this [guide](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.9/set-up-a-data-stream.html) but unable to create as I cannot see options to route to State Management \> Index Management as I can see both are different options in the menu, Also further mentioned options in the guide are also not available. Any help is appreciated. Thanks

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2022, 10:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-data-stream-in-elastic-search-7-9/320829/2 "2022-12-08T22:04:53Z")

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It's not available in the distribution you are using. You need to use the official version of elastic and preferably 8.x or 7.17.

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**Author:** ![zain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/6a8cbe/32.png) [@zain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zain)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 7:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-data-stream-in-elastic-search-7-9/320829/3 "2022-12-09T07:29:41Z")

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Thanks for the response. Will consider upgrading it to said version. Will it affect any of the index related operations which I am doing today in my cluster?

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 8:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-data-stream-in-elastic-search-7-9/320829/4 "2022-12-09T08:03:16Z")

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Probably but I can't tell as I don't really know and use non official distributions.

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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 6, 2023, 8:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-data-stream-in-elastic-search-7-9/320829/5 "2023-01-06T08:04:09Z")

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