[docs] Updates Connect to ES to reflect Index Pattern wizzard (#13918)
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. Specify an index pattern that matches the name of one or more of your Elasticsearch indices. By default,
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. Specify an index pattern that matches the name of one or more of your Elasticsearch indices. The pattern
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Kibana guesses that you're working with data being fed into Elasticsearch by Logstash. If that's the case,
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can include an asterisk (*) to matches zero or more characters in an index's name. When filling out your
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you can use the default `logstash-*` as your index pattern. The asterisk (*) matches zero or more
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index pattern, any matched indices will be displayed.
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characters in an index's name. If your Elasticsearch indices follow some other naming convention, enter
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. Click *Next Step* to select the index field that contains the timestamp you want to use to perform time-based
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an appropriate pattern. The "pattern" can also simply be the name of a single index.
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. Select the index field that contains the timestamp that you want to use to perform time-based
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comparisons. Kibana reads the index mapping to list all of the fields that contain a timestamp. If your
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comparisons. Kibana reads the index mapping to list all of the fields that contain a timestamp. If your
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index doesn't have time-based data, disable the *Index contains time-based events* option.
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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
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. Click *Create index pattern* to add the index pattern. This first pattern is automatically configured as the default.
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this functionality will be removed entirely in the next major Kibana release. Elasticsearch 2.1 includes
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sophisticated date parsing APIs that Kibana uses to determine date information, removing the need to
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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.
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When you have more than one index pattern, you can designate which one to use as the default by clicking
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When you have more than one index pattern, you can designate which one to use as the default by clicking
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on the star icon above the index pattern title from *Management > Index Patterns*.
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on the star icon above the index pattern title from *Management > Index Patterns*.
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