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[docs] Updates Connect to ES to reflect Index Pattern wizzard (#13918)

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@ -17,21 +17,14 @@ To configure the Elasticsearch indices you want to access with Kibana:
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. Specify an index pattern that matches the name of one or more of your Elasticsearch indices. By default,
Kibana guesses that you're working with data being fed into Elasticsearch by Logstash. If that's the case,
you can use the default `logstash-*` as your index pattern. The asterisk (*) matches zero or more
characters in an index's name. If your Elasticsearch indices follow some other naming convention, enter
an appropriate pattern. The "pattern" can also simply be the name of a single index.
. Select the index field that contains the timestamp that you want to use to perform time-based
. Specify an index pattern that matches the name of one or more of your Elasticsearch indices. The pattern
can include an asterisk (*) to matches zero or more characters in an index's name. When filling out your
index pattern, any matched indices will be displayed.
. Click *Next Step* to select the index field that contains the timestamp you want to use to perform time-based
comparisons. Kibana reads the index mapping to list all of the fields that contain a timestamp. If your
index doesn't have time-based data, disable the *Index contains time-based events* option.
index doesn't have time-based data, choose *I don't want to use the Time Filter* option.
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WARNING: Using event times to create index names is *deprecated* in this release of Kibana. Support for
this functionality will be removed entirely in the next major Kibana release. Elasticsearch 2.1 includes
sophisticated date parsing APIs that Kibana uses to determine date information, removing the need to
specify dates in the index pattern name.
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. Click *Create* to add the index pattern. This first pattern is automatically configured as the default.
. Click *Create index pattern* to add the index pattern. This first pattern is automatically configured as the default.
When you have more than one index pattern, you can designate which one to use as the default by clicking
on the star icon above the index pattern title from *Management > Index Patterns*.