# Unable to create index pattern

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-index-pattern/141782
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [July 26, 2018, 1:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-index-pattern/141782 "2018-07-26T13:30:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![youss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/c57346/32.png) [@youss](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/youss)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2018, 1:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-index-pattern/141782/1 "2018-07-26T13:30:05Z")

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Hi all,

I'm facing a problem while creating a kibana index pattern .when i select the index to define ,i failed in the step 2 after selecting my time filter field name, who is set as a date type .

Can anyone help me to solve this problem please ?

Kind Regards,  
Youss

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### Author: ![spalger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spalger/32/14092_2.png) [@spalger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spalger)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2018, 6:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-index-pattern/141782/2 "2018-07-26T18:58:40Z")

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Are you seeing an error of some sort? Can you share a screenshot of what you're experiencing? Without knowing how it failed I can't help much.

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### Author: ![youss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/c57346/32.png) [@youss](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/youss)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2018, 8:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-index-pattern/141782/3 "2018-07-27T08:33:38Z")

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Hello,  
I dont see any error ,the only issue that i had is that i cant create the index pattern when i select the time filter field name .  
These two screenshots explain more the issue

 ![prob1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/a/6/a62af222e8c1d9e586ca53d74aa5fda3b0ca29fa.PNG)  
 ![prob2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/e/5/e57c47bc4f2672095df93e4d8517f44d18a25b72.PNG)

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### Author: ![spalger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spalger/32/14092_2.png) [@spalger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spalger)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2018, 12:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-index-pattern/141782/4 "2018-07-28T00:40:19Z")

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When you click the "Create index pattern" button nothing happens? Can you open the console in your browser ([instructions for chrome here](https://developers.google.com/web/tools/chrome-devtools/console/)) and see if there are any errors logged there?

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### Author: ![youss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/c57346/32.png) [@youss](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/youss)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2018, 8:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-index-pattern/141782/5 "2018-07-30T08:02:01Z")

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I finally resolved the problem by deleting the .kibana index and re-creating my kafkaindex as an index pattern .

Thank you for your help .

Youss

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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: [August 27, 2018, 8:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-index-pattern/141782/6 "2018-08-27T08:02:02Z")

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