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Can't view discover or viz without some non-dotted index present #133273
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We have intentionally added a check for user-created indices and the assumption was that all indices prefixed with a dot are system created ones, which is also the case here. Before we decide on the further action items on this, I would like to understand a use-case for this a bit better. Is it expected from the end user to create a data view on the |
cc @elastic/kibana-app-services (Team:AppServicesSv) as they own the service, so to be in the loop of these conversations |
We have cases where end users will explore the data available (there's more there than what's graphed). But it's not a recommended practice. As such I'd say it's mainly a developer confusion case. |
I think the best course of action here then is to bypass this check in dev environments. I'll have a look into what's the best way to accomplish that |
I've added this check for Discover for now. But since this is used across many apps, how about adding this check to the service directly, @elastic/kibana-app-services? |
Pinging @elastic/kibana-data-discovery (Team:DataDiscovery) |
Closing this because it's not planned to be resolved in the foreseeable future. It will be tracked in our Icebox and will be re-opened if our priorities change. Feel free to re-open if you think it should be melted sooner. |
Kibana version: main
Elasticsearch version: snapshot
Server OS version: macOS
Browser version: Chrome
Browser OS version: latest
Original install method (e.g. download page, yum, from source, etc.): source
Description of the problem including expected versus actual behavior:
If you attempt to load discover or vizualize on a fresh ES/kibana you get greeted with this screen. This is
Previously I would have expected to create a data view to get access to discover. But I work on stack monitoring mostly, so I tend to create a
.monitoring-*
data view.Now doing so doesn't get past the "add integrations".
What seems to work is if I write a non-dotted index
Steps to reproduce:
.monitoring-*
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