- Kibana Guide: other versions:
- Introduction
- Set Up Kibana
- Getting Started
- Discover
- Visualize
- Dashboard
- Timelion
- Canvas
- Machine Learning
- Infrastructure
- Logs
- APM
- Graphing Connections in Your Data
- Dev Tools
- Monitoring
- Management
- Reporting from Kibana
- REST API
- Kibana Plugins
- Contributing to Kibana
- Limitations
- Release Highlights
- Breaking Changes
- Release Notes
- Kibana 6.5.4
- Kibana 6.5.3
- Kibana 6.5.2
- Kibana 6.5.1
- Kibana 6.5.0
- Kibana 6.4.3
- Kibana 6.4.2
- Kibana 6.4.1
- Kibana 6.4.0
- Kibana 6.3.2
- Kibana 6.3.1
- Kibana 6.3.0
- Kibana 6.2.4
- Kibana 6.2.3
- Kibana 6.2.2
- Kibana 6.2.1
- Kibana 6.2.0
- Kibana 6.1.4
- Kibana 6.1.3
- Kibana 6.1.2
- Kibana 6.1.1
- Kibana 6.1.0
- Kibana 6.0.1
- Kibana 6.0.0
- Kibana 6.0.0-rc2
- Kibana 6.0.0-rc1
- Kibana 6.0.0-beta2
- Kibana 6.0.0-beta1
- Kibana 6.0.0-alpha2
- Kibana 6.0.0-alpha1
IMPORTANT: No additional bug fixes or documentation updates
will be released for this version. For the latest information, see the
current release documentation.
Using the Logs UI
editUsing the Logs UI
editCustomize the Logs UI to focus on the data you want to see and control how you see it.

Use the power of Search
editThe Search bar is always available. Use it to perform adhoc and structured searches.
Jump to a specific time period
editUse the time selector to focus on a specific timeframe.
Customize your view
editUse Customize to adjust your console view and to set the time scale of the log data.
-
Text size. Select
Small
,Medium
, orLarge
. - Wrap long lines. Enable or disable line wrap.
- Minimap Scale. Set the scale to year, month, week, day, hour, or minute.
Stream or pause logs
editYou can stream data for live log tailing, or pause streaming to focus on historical log data. When you are streaming logs, the most recent log appears at the bottom on the console. Historical data offers infinite scrolling.
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