# Use multiple index in a chart

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-multiple-index-in-a-chart/44653>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [March 17, 2016, 6:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-multiple-index-in-a-chart/44653 "2016-03-17T06:57:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![pittoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df788c/32.png) [@pittoch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pittoch)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 6:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-multiple-index-in-a-chart/44653/1 "2016-03-17T06:57:40Z")

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Hi

How can I draw charts from multiple index ?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Court](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/court/32/6640_2.png) [@Court](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Court)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 1:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-multiple-index-in-a-chart/44653/2 "2016-03-17T13:40:19Z")

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Kibana doesn't support multiple index patterns per visualization, but you may be able to accomplish it by taking advantage of elasticsearch aliases: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-aliases.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-aliases.html)

Alternatively, you could name your indexes with a similar enough naming convention that you could use a wildcard index pattern to match against each of them.

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 1:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-multiple-index-in-a-chart/44653/3 "2017-07-06T13:58:49Z")

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