# Unable to create watch for reporting : Cannot parse attachment of type \[reporting\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [December 11, 2016, 7:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-watch-for-reporting-cannot-parse-attachment-of-type-reporting/68637 "2016-12-11T07:58:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Prashant\_Agrawal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/prashant_agrawal/32/74982_2.png) [@Prashant\_Agrawal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Prashant_Agrawal)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2016, 7:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-watch-for-reporting-cannot-parse-attachment-of-type-reporting/68637/1 "2016-12-11T07:58:33Z")
I am creating a watch to send dashboard report using mail action , but while running the PUT request I am getting an error as "Cannot parse attachment of type [reporting]" Here is my simple watch which I am trying to post. ``` PUT _xpack/watcher/watch/test { "trigger": { "schedule": { "interval": "1h" } }, "input": { "simple": { "name": "Prashant" } }, "actions": { "reminder_email": { "email": { "to": "test@gmail.com", "from": "test@gmail.com", "subject": "Alert : Test", "body": "Dear {{ctx.payload.name}}, Email Reporting sample test", "attachments": { "dashboard.pdf": { "reporting": { "url": "localhost:5601/api/reporting/generate/dashboard/IP-dashboard" } } } } } } } ``` Any help on this would be highly appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2016, 8:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-watch-for-reporting-cannot-parse-attachment-of-type-reporting/68637/2 "2016-12-11T20:45:31Z")
Hey, which Elasticsearch version are you using? Is it 5.1.1? --Alex ---
**Author:** ![Prashant\_Agrawal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/prashant_agrawal/32/74982_2.png) [@Prashant\_Agrawal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Prashant_Agrawal)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 2:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-watch-for-reporting-cannot-parse-attachment-of-type-reporting/68637/3 "2016-12-12T02:31:01Z")
Hi @spinscale: I am using version 5.0.0 ---
**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 7:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-watch-for-reporting-cannot-parse-attachment-of-type-reporting/68637/4 "2016-12-12T07:39:54Z")
Hey, reporting is only supported from version 5.1 on. --Alex ---
**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 7:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-watch-for-reporting-cannot-parse-attachment-of-type-reporting/68637/5 "2016-12-12T07:47:10Z")
I meant, the `reporting` attachment type in watcher, to be specific. Sorry for the confusion. ---
**Author:** ![Prashant\_Agrawal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/prashant_agrawal/32/74982_2.png) [@Prashant\_Agrawal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Prashant_Agrawal)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 9:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-watch-for-reporting-cannot-parse-attachment-of-type-reporting/68637/6 "2016-12-12T09:50:23Z")
Thanks @spinscale : I will check the same with 5.1 version.. Just one more Q's , I used an older approach as : ``` PUT _watcher/watch/test { "trigger" : { "schedule": { "interval": "1h" } }, "actions" : { "email_admin" : { "email": { "to": "'prashanttct07@gmail.com'", "subject": "Error Monitoring Report", "attachments" : { "error_report.pdf" : { "http" : { "content_type" : "application/pdf", "request" : { "method": "POST", "headers": { "kbn-xsrf": "reporting" }, "read_timeout": "300s", "auth":{ "basic":{ "username":"elastic", "password":"changeme" } }, "url": "http://0.0.0.0:5601/api/reporting/generate/dashboard/Dash01?_g=(time:(from:now-1d%2Fd,mode:quick,to:now))&sync" } } } } } } } } ``` So here also I am getting a failure with below error message. ``` "status": "failure", "reason": "Watch[test] attachment[error_report.pdf] HTTP error status host[52.31.61.200], port[5601], method[POST], path[/api/reporting/generate/dashboard/Dash01], status[401]" } ``` So if possible can you let me know how I can get it working in 5.0.0, if I am not planning to upgrade for now. ---
**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 12:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-watch-for-reporting-cannot-parse-attachment-of-type-reporting/68637/7 "2016-12-12T12:15:47Z")
Hey, 401 means an authorization error. Can you check if the credentials are correct and also ensure this works with curl on the command line? --Alex ---
**Author:** ![Prashant\_Agrawal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/prashant_agrawal/32/74982_2.png) [@Prashant\_Agrawal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Prashant_Agrawal)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 1:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-watch-for-reporting-cannot-parse-attachment-of-type-reporting/68637/8 "2016-12-12T13:33:47Z")
Yes, creds are correct as I logged in to Kibana with same credentials ... Just to confirm here I have to give the same credentials which i used to login to kibana? Also, do you see if any issue with the query ? As I rechecked and credentials are correct ---
**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 8:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-watch-for-reporting-cannot-parse-attachment-of-type-reporting/68637/9 "2016-12-13T08:04:24Z")
Hey, you should remove the `sync` parameter if you use the `reporting` action as well. Again, can you please make sure this works via curl with the same credentials? If the user is able to create a dashboard in the UI, then this call should work as well. --Alex ---
**Author:** ![Prashant\_Agrawal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/prashant_agrawal/32/74982_2.png) [@Prashant\_Agrawal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Prashant_Agrawal)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 9:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-watch-for-reporting-cannot-parse-attachment-of-type-reporting/68637/10 "2016-12-13T09:22:03Z")
So far I have not upgraded it to 5.1 and its running with 5.0. So just curious if I can get it work with 5.0 it does not matters if it is reporting action or HTTP ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 9:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-watch-for-reporting-cannot-parse-attachment-of-type-reporting/68637/11 "2017-01-10T09:22:05Z")
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