# Using fscrawler index in kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-fscrawler-index-in-kibana/179784>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [May 6, 2019, 1:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-fscrawler-index-in-kibana/179784 "2019-05-06T13:58:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![kumar4](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kumar4/32/48326_2.png) [@kumar4](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kumar4)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 1:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-fscrawler-index-in-kibana/179784/1 "2019-05-06T13:58:38Z")

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i created and index in fscrawler for indexing my pdf and image content and now i want tu use that index in kibana should i create and index pattern with the same name or just go to dicover to visulaiez data

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**Author:** ![LeeDr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leedr/32/9289_2.png) [@LeeDr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/LeeDr)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 1:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-fscrawler-index-in-kibana/179784/2 "2019-05-10T13:42:42Z")

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Hi Kumar,

You do have to create an index pattern in Kibana to be able to access the data in Discover.

Regards,  
Lee

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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:** [June 7, 2019, 1:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-fscrawler-index-in-kibana/179784/3 "2019-06-07T13:42:46Z")

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