KB reads data from Elasticsearch, so yeah an index is the same thing for both.
Basically you either need a timestamp in your docs to use KB3, or move to KB4. On 18 March 2015 at 19:10, Karthik Sharma <karthik.sha...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have inserted some data into elastic search using REST interface.An > example is shown below. > > curl -XPOST "http://xxx.xx.xx.xx:9200/bits/metrics/"; -d @$file > curl -XPOST "http://xxx.xx.xx.xx:9200/bits/aaaaaaa/"; -d @$file > curl -XPOST "http://xxx.xx.xx.xx:9200/bits/bbbbbbb/"; -d @$file > curl -XPOST "http://xxx.xx.xx.xx:9200/bits/ccccccc/"; -d @$file > curl -XPOST "http://xxx.xx.xx.xx:9200/bits/ddddddd/"; -d @$file > > I basically insert `5` object types which are > > metrics > aaaaaaa > bbbbbbb > ccccccc > ddddddd > > All these object types are inserted into the same index `bits`. The data > is inserted at regular intervals of say 30 mins, Meaning I add a set of > JSON document every 30 mins to each of the above five types. However only > on of my object type's have `timestamp` as a part of JSON data. I am using > elasticsearch 1.4 and Kibana 3. I can't seem to sepcify the `index` for the > Kibana dashboard. It does expect a timestamp value. > > Because of this I suspect I am limited in the kinds of graphs that I can > plot.I would like to plot dual axis graphs and some time series data.Is > this correct assumption? > > Is the `index` that Kibana is looking for the same as the `index` in > elasticsearch. In other words Should I rather use the timestamp value (of > when I load the data into elasticsearch) as the elasticsearch rather than > some constant value like `bits` used in the above example. > > As my data does not have the timestamp inherently, What format should my > timestamp (that I am supposed to use as the `index` have, If I should) > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to elasticsearch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/84a65ccc-8428-4287-b9e8-49687bd3b199%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/84a65ccc-8428-4287-b9e8-49687bd3b199%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to elasticsearch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEYi1X_Dy6rV3Hs10HmreQJ7gpbPBF8kc7gqBzvXdDzCi0NdKA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
