# Use Kibana Date picker calendar on imported data

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-kibana-date-picker-calendar-on-imported-data/377557>\
**Category:** Elastic Search\
**Created:** [April 27, 2025, 8:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-kibana-date-picker-calendar-on-imported-data/377557 "2025-04-27T20:33:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Robin\_Gorry](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/robin_gorry/32/142231_2.png) [@Robin\_Gorry](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Robin_Gorry)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2025, 8:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-kibana-date-picker-calendar-on-imported-data/377557/1 "2025-04-27T20:33:55Z")

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I am working on a PoC to visualise 5 years worth of data records.  
I have used the PHP client to import 5 years worth of data into my Indicies.  
I have a date field in each document called 'DateObtained' which is a date format 'yyyy-MM-dd'.  
I want to visualise this data using Kibana, this includes using the Date picker on the top right to filter the data.  
This is currently not working and after much searching I can't see any documentation around this concept, although I must assume that this is a common need.

How do I get the Date picker to filter my data?  
Do I need to add a new date field with a different date format?  
Is there a way to point the Date picker to a specific field in my Indices?

Any help would be appreciated.

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2025, 10:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-kibana-date-picker-calendar-on-imported-data/377557/2 "2025-04-27T22:01:56Z")

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Hi @Robin_Gorry Welcome to the community!.

First always include the version you're on. So what version are you on?

When you create a dataview, you can select the date field that it uses and then discover will work off of that date field.

See the docs here

> **[Data views | Elastic Docs](https://www.elastic.co/docs/explore-analyze/find-and-organize/data-views)**
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> By default, analytics features such as Discover require a data view to access the Elasticsearch data that you want to explore. A data view can point to...

> Open the Timestamp field dropdown, and then select the default field for filtering your data by time.

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**Author:** ![Robin\_Gorry](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/robin_gorry/32/142231_2.png) [@Robin\_Gorry](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Robin_Gorry)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2025, 10:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-kibana-date-picker-calendar-on-imported-data/377557/3 "2025-04-27T22:25:34Z")

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Thanks @stephenb for your reply.  
I'm using v 8.17.4.  
Thank you very much for pointing me straight to the field I needed to use.  
I've spent hours trawling search results for that.