The timeline feature of the Kibana interface to Elasticsearch
Questions tagged [timelion]
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Timelion split multiple times
Is there any possibility to split multiple times in timelion?
Currently I use an expression like this:
.es(q='name:*jvm*', metric=avg:mean, split=name.keyword:10)
.label(regex='.*whatever\.(.*) >.*', label=$1)
resulting in a timeseries…

Franz Ebner
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labelling different lines on split operation
I am using split on 1 of my fields.
It is split into different lines.
If I use .label('something'), then each line has the same name. but I want to give each line a different name.
How to label each line with different name ?

Luv33preet
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Kibana timelion: How to add vertical line
I have a chart displayed in Kibana timelion and I want to add vertical line
For horizontal lines it can be used .value(200) or .static(200) - is there any possibility to add vertical one?

pbaranski
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GroupBy within bucket and get max count within that interval
I have an index that outputs objects and status of that object every 30 seconds. Number of objects remain constant each 30 seconds, but their state can change. I'm trying to generate a graph using timelion of the count of objects in a specific…

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Kibana Timelion plugin how to specify a field in the elastic search
I'm trying to use Timelion plugin for kibana.
I have a dataset in the elasticsearch, the structure may be like this:
{
"_index": "metrics-2016-03",
"_type": "gauge",
"_id": "AVM2O7gbLYPaOnNTBgG0",
"_score": 1,
"_source": {
…

J.Y.Wang
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Percentile aggregation in Timelion
I'm trying to change a Timelion query from averages to percentiles. My current, working query is .es(index=*, metric='avg:duration'). This gives me a nice graph.
Now I change my query to .es(index=*, metric='percentiles:duration:50,95') as…

Jorn
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Timelion series from cumulative sum of array length
I have documents, that look similar to below:
{
dateTime: /* My time field */,
message: {
users: ['1', '2']
},
messageType: 'test'
}
I'd like to construct a timelion series chart that shows me a cumulative sum of the count…

Blue
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How to change scale of y-axis on timelion charts
Can I change y-axis scale on timelion charts? If so, how can I accomplish that?
I'm interested in only changing scale of my y-axis, I don't want to modify values of my series.
In any other visualisations I have that "Y-Axis Scale" option which I can…

Aleksander Stelmaczonek
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How to specify index and date / time field in Timelion?
I'm trying to use the Timelion app in Kibana, but I don't find where to specify the index name and the time field. Is there a way to do that on-the-fly or does it have to be done in a configuration file somewhere? If so, where is that file?

Phil B
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How to display the Top N metrics with Timelion? (Elasticsearch)
I've read a few posts about people trying to display the Top N metrics relative to date histogram. https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-line-chart-limit-number-of-lines-over-date-histogram/52700
The somewhat concensus is to use Timelion to refer to a…

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Timelion Split on a substring of a field
I would like to split my timelion chart on a substring of a particular field by using a regular explression. For example I have a field "URL"…

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how to plot the difference of two Timelion time series alongside them
I have two long time series in timelion with different labels like example1 and example2:
.es(q='(supported_version : true) && NOT (token : Alerter) && (upstream: example )').mvavg(window=1h).divide(.es(q='(supported_version : true) && NOT (token :…

Amir Masud Zare Bidaki
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Daily unique count, weekly unique count in the same Timelion chart
I want to visualize the unique count for a field aggregated daily and weekly per day in the same sheet. But timelion aggregation affects the entire sheet instead of just a single chart.
The expression I am using to get the daily unique count is…

Dat Chu
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Kibana Timelion: Subselect or Subquery to aggregate sum of max
Let's suppose I have the following data on ElasticSearch:
@timestamp; userId; currentPoints
August 7th 2017, 00:30:37.319; myUserName; 4
August 7th 2017, 00:43:22.121; myUserName; 10
August 7th 2017, 00:54:29.177; myUserName; 7
August 7th 2017,…

Alexandre Juma
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How to update date display format in kibana?
I want to change the date display format in kibana. Kibana provides this feature via moment.js, but not enough documentation available, or at least it doesn't work properly.
Current date format: "MMMM Do YYYY, HH:mm:ss.SSS"
Required date format: "DD…

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