# Unable to create index pattern in kibana 6.5

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-index-pattern-in-kibana-6-5/246479
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [August 26, 2020, 3:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-index-pattern-in-kibana-6-5/246479 "2020-08-26T15:08:10Z")
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### Author: ![divya\_lakshmi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/divya_lakshmi/32/72393_2.png) [@divya\_lakshmi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/divya_lakshmi)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2020, 3:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-index-pattern-in-kibana-6-5/246479/1 "2020-08-26T15:08:10Z")

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Hi,

I am using kibana 6.5 and recently changed to 3 node cluster.  
after that when i tried to create index pattern to build visulaization it neither throwing error nor getting created.But struck as creating index.

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/9/2/9260b5493055501af41584bbc6340156f3f3b5f2.png)

read only is get to false.cleared old indices,no cluster block exception.

Kindly help

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### Author: ![mattkime](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mattkime/32/43522_2.png) [@mattkime](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mattkime)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2020, 3:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-index-pattern-in-kibana-6-5/246479/2 "2020-08-26T15:24:05Z")

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Are there any errors in your browser console, the kibana logs, or the elasticsearch logs?

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### Author: ![divya\_lakshmi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/divya_lakshmi/32/72393_2.png) [@divya\_lakshmi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/divya_lakshmi)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2020, 11:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-index-pattern-in-kibana-6-5/246479/3 "2020-08-29T11:27:48Z")

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Issue is fixed after making .kibana index as read only as False

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### Author: ![Aniket\_Salvi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aniket_salvi/32/45433_2.png) [@Aniket\_Salvi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Aniket_Salvi)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2020, 5:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-index-pattern-in-kibana-6-5/246479/4 "2020-09-04T05:56:00Z")

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@divya_lakshmi how to set .kibana index as read only to false?

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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 2, 2020, 5:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-index-pattern-in-kibana-6-5/246479/5 "2020-10-02T05:56:22Z")

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