Importing the wrong dashboards (No data)

Problem

When loading dashboards, you see the error: "The field associated with this object no longer exists in the data view. Please use another field,"

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Reason #1: You have no data in your data platform

Go to stack management:

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And confirm you see Indices and that they match the dashboard file you imported (ECS vs CODEX -- See Reason #2):

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If you do not see ElastiFlow Indices like the above, you must troubleshoot your flow collector and confirm that:

1. It is running

2. It is receiving flows on the expected port and is listening on that port

3. The host-based firewall is not blocking these packets (common in Red Hat based Linux)

4. The Flow Collector has successfully connected to your data platform (OpenSearch, Elasticsearch etc..)

Reason #2: You've imported the wrong dashboards

There are two sets of dashboards that can be downloaded from: https://github.com/elastiflow/elastiflow_for_elasticsearch

How you configure the following setting in the flow collector will determine which set of dashboards to import: EF_OUTPUT_ELASTICSEARCH_ECS_ENABLE=true/false EF_OUTPUT_OPENSEARCH_ECS_ENABLE=true/false https://docs.elastiflow.com/config_ref_output_elasticsearch#ef_output_elasticsearch_ecs_enable https://docs.elastiflow.com/config_ref_output_opensearch/#ef_output_opensearch_ecs_enable

If you set this flag to 'true' you will import the dashboard file with ECS in its filename:

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If you set this flag to 'false' you will import the dashboard file (light or dark theme) with CODEX in its filename:

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