# Visual time builder

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visual-time-builder/109273>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [November 27, 2017, 8:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visual-time-builder/109273 "2017-11-27T20:19:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![mad-max](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mad-max](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mad-max)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2017, 8:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visual-time-builder/109273/1 "2017-11-27T20:19:31Z")

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Hi at all,

I would like to use two indexes with common fields in visualization time builder.  
how can I configure the possibility to use them both.  
thank you so much.  
M

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**Author:** ![tylersmalley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tylersmalley/32/8833_2.png) [@tylersmalley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tylersmalley)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 4:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visual-time-builder/109273/2 "2017-11-28T04:20:50Z")

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If the index patterns have a similar name, you can use a wildcard (ex: `logstash-*`). If that is not an option, you can create an alias which points to both of the indices.

[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-aliases.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-aliases.html)

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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:** [December 26, 2017, 4:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visual-time-builder/109273/3 "2017-12-26T04:21:04Z")

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