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* Update tutorial-define-index.asciidoc Forgot to update alt text in previous pr. Additionally, it is unclear in the image where the "time field" dropdown is located. * Update docs/getting-started/tutorial-define-index.asciidoc Co-authored-by: Kaarina Tungseth <kaarina.tungseth@elastic.co>
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[[tutorial-define-index]]
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=== Define your index patterns
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Index patterns tell {kib} which {es} indices you want to explore.
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An index pattern can match the name of a single index, or include a wildcard
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(*) to match multiple indices.
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For example, Logstash typically creates a
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series of indices in the format `logstash-YYYY.MMM.DD`. To explore all
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of the log data from May 2018, you could specify the index pattern
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`logstash-2018.05*`.
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[float]
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==== Create the index patterns
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First you'll create index patterns for the Shakespeare data set, which has an
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index named `shakespeare,` and the accounts data set, which has an index named
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`bank`. These data sets don't contain time series data.
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. Open the menu, then go to *Stack Management > {kib} > Index Patterns*.
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. If this is your first index pattern, the *Create index pattern* page opens.
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. In the *Index pattern name* field, enter `shakes*`.
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image::images/tutorial-pattern-1.png[Image showing how to enter shakes* in Index Pattern Name field]
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. Click *Next step*.
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. On the *Configure settings* page, *Create index pattern*.
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You’re presented a table of all fields and associated data types in the index.
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. Create a second index pattern named `ba*`.
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[float]
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==== Create an index pattern for the time series data
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Create an index pattern for the Logstash index, which
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contains the time series data.
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. Create an index pattern named `logstash*`, then click *Next step*.
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. From the *Time field* dropdown, select *@timestamp, then click *Create index pattern*.
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image::images/tutorial_index_patterns.png[Image showing how to create an index pattern]
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NOTE: When you define an index pattern, the indices that match that pattern must
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exist in Elasticsearch and they must contain data. To check if the indices are
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available, open the menu, go to *Dev Tools > Console*, then enter `GET _cat/indices`. Alternately, use
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`curl -XGET "http://localhost:9200/_cat/indices"`.
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For Windows, run `Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "http://localhost:9200/_cat/indices"` in Powershell.
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