# Unable to create new visualizations

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-new-visualizations/160230>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [December 10, 2018, 5:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-new-visualizations/160230 "2018-12-10T17:50:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![kwhalley\_par](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b77776/32.png) [@kwhalley\_par](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kwhalley_par)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 5:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-new-visualizations/160230/1 "2018-12-10T17:50:37Z")

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Hi,

I'm using a kibana instance hosted on AWS. I have a searchable index, but when I click 'Visualize' and expect to see a page of different visualizations I can work with, and then create through a webpage I am instead taken to elk/app/kibana#/management/kibana/objects/savedVisualizations/5.6.7?\_g=() with an error message saying visualization type is missing and has a form for creating a visualization via code.

This also happens if I try and create a visualization via a dashboard, but I can create a dashboard (empty)  
How do I enable / fix so I can use the WYSIWYG editor?

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**Author:** ![vnallamothu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/35a633/32.png) [@vnallamothu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vnallamothu)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 8:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-new-visualizations/160230/2 "2018-12-10T20:06:23Z")

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Are you able to create index-patterns?

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**Author:** ![kwhalley\_par](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b77776/32.png) [@kwhalley\_par](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kwhalley_par)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 10:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-new-visualizations/160230/3 "2018-12-10T22:33:25Z")

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No, I'm not. I get an error 'child "pattern" fails because ["pattern" is required]' and I don't have a time field to select in the drop down

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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 7, 2019, 10:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-new-visualizations/160230/4 "2019-01-07T22:46:54Z")

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