Maps uses the to get documents and aggregation results from Elasticsearch. To troubleshoot these requests, open the Inspector, which shows the most recent requests for each layer. You can switch between different requests using the Request dropdown.

    Index not listed when adding layer

      • Ensure response specifies type as or geo_shape.

    • Verify your geospatial data is correctly mapped in your .

      • Open your index pattern in Stack Management.
      • Ensure your geospatial field type is geo_point or geo_shape.
      • Ensure your geospatial field is searchable and aggregatable.
      • If your geospatial field type does not match your Elasticsearch mapping, click the Refresh button to refresh the field list from Elasticsearch.

    • Index patterns with thousands of fields can exceed the default maximum payload size. Increase for large index patterns.

    Features are not displayed

    • Use Inspector to view Elasticsearch responses. Ensure the response is not empty.

    • Ensure fill color and border color are distinguishable from map tiles. It’s hard to see white features on a white background.

    Tiles are not displayed

    • Ensure your tile server has configured Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) so tile requests from your Kibana domain have permission to access your tile server domain.
    • Ensure tiles have the required coordinate system. Vector data must use EPSG:4326 and tiles must use EPSG:3857.

    Coordinate and region map visualizations not available in New Visualization menu

    Kibana’s out-of-the-box settings no longer offers coordinate and region maps as a choice in the New Visualization menu because you can create these maps in the Maps app. If you want to create new coordinate and region map visualizations, set to true.