# Why isn't POST showing up in Kibana Discover tab?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-isnt-post-showing-up-in-kibana-discover-tab/191034>\
**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")\
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**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")

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> [@samuelburnett](#):
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> 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.

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