# Why isn't POST showing up in Kibana Discover tab? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [July 17, 2019, 2:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-isnt-post-showing-up-in-kibana-discover-tab/191034 "2019-07-17T14:43:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![samuelburnett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@samuelburnett](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/samuelburnett)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 2:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-isnt-post-showing-up-in-kibana-discover-tab/191034/1 "2019-07-17T14:43:10Z")
I am using the Developer Console in Kibana to add a document to my index. This is the command: > POST my\_index/\_doc/test02?op\_type=create > { > "user": "USERTEST055" > } I was wondering why this isn't showing up in the discover tab? If I run the GET command it gives me the results I expect. > GET my\_index/\_search > { > "query": {"match": {"user": "USERTEST055"}} > } I am guessing this has something to do with the missing @timestamp field? If so, why isn't a @timestamp field being added when it gets added to the index? ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 2:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-isnt-post-showing-up-in-kibana-discover-tab/191034/2 "2019-07-17T14:58:29Z")
Please format your code, logs or configuration files using `` icon as explained in [this guide](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-the-elasticsearch-category/21) and not the citation button. It will make your post more readable. Or use markdown style like: ```` ``` CODE ``` ```` This is the icon to use if you are not using markdown format: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/7/e/7e6e239431ec2d71cbf1beef741f2e93e7cc762c.jpg) > [@samuelburnett](#): > > If so, why isn't a @timestamp field being added when it gets added to the index? Because elasticsearch just index what you are sending to it. You sent: ```auto { "user": "USERTEST055" } ``` Elasticsearch only indexes that. ---
**Author:** ![samuelburnett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@samuelburnett](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/samuelburnett)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 3:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-isnt-post-showing-up-in-kibana-discover-tab/191034/3 "2019-07-17T15:15:12Z")
Ok, then how do you get a @timestamp field to generate upon creation? ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 3:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-isnt-post-showing-up-in-kibana-discover-tab/191034/4 "2019-07-17T15:16:40Z")
```auto POST test/_doc { "@timestamp": "-ENTER-A-DATE-HERE-", "user": "USERTEST055" } ``` ---
**Author:** ![samuelburnett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@samuelburnett](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/samuelburnett)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 3:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-isnt-post-showing-up-in-kibana-discover-tab/191034/5 "2019-07-17T15:24:04Z")
I have tried this, but it still does not show up in the discover tab and I cannot search for it based on a time range. ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 3:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-isnt-post-showing-up-in-kibana-discover-tab/191034/6 "2019-07-17T15:26:08Z")
> I have tried this What did you enter? > I cannot search for it based on a time range. Do you need to filter by time actually? ---
**Author:** ![samuelburnett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@samuelburnett](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/samuelburnett)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 3:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-isnt-post-showing-up-in-kibana-discover-tab/191034/7 "2019-07-17T15:35:59Z")
``` POST filebeat-7.2.0/_doc/test05?op_type=create { "@timestamp": "2019-07-17T10:25:23Z", "user": "NEWTEST02" } ``` And then I search for what I just created: ``` GET filebeat-7.2.0/_search { "query": {"match": {"user": "NEWTEST02"}} } ``` With results: ``` { "took" : 0, "timed_out" : false, "_shards" : { "total" : 1, "successful" : 1, "skipped" : 0, "failed" : 0 }, "hits" : { "total" : { "value" : 1, "relation" : "eq" }, "max_score" : 3.028522, "hits" : [ { "_index" : "filebeat-7.2.0", "_type" : "_doc", "_id" : "test05", "_score" : 3.028522, "_source" : { "@timestamp" : "2019-07-17T10:25:23Z", "user" : "NEWTEST02" } } ] } } ``` But then I try to search based on a time range: ``` GET filebeat-7.2.0/_search { "query": { "bool": { "filter": [ { "match": { "user": "NEWTEST02" } }, { "range": { "@timestamp": { "gte": "now-30m" } } } ] } } } ``` And I get 0 hits ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 3:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-isnt-post-showing-up-in-kibana-discover-tab/191034/8 "2019-07-17T15:44:04Z")
All timestamps stored in Elasticsearch are in UTC timezone, so the timestamp you provided is more than 30 minutes old unless you ran the query several hours ago. ---
**Author:** ![samuelburnett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@samuelburnett](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/samuelburnett)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 3:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-isnt-post-showing-up-in-kibana-discover-tab/191034/9 "2019-07-17T15:57:51Z")
Thank you, silly mistake on my part. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 4:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-isnt-post-showing-up-in-kibana-discover-tab/191034/10 "2019-08-14T16:03:48Z")
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