Export Documents as CSV

[dennismphil]

Is there any way to CSV export the results on Discover tab in Kibana 4 Beta 2?

Edit 6 Sep 2018: CSV reporting is available for free in X-Pack starting in version 6.0.0. Starting with 6.3.0, CSV reporting is available in the default distribution of Kibana. For 5.3-5.6, @fbaligand maintains a community plugin and comments on this issue when it is updated.

[rashidkpc]

Currently there is no way to export doc results as CSV, this is something we want to implement on the backend so we can return more results than would be reasonable in javascript.

[dennismphil]

Much wanted feature. Looking forward to it

[ZeAleks]

+1

[abdalians]

+1

[ikazoy]

+1

[AlexB030]

Then what is the meaning of the Export-Button when in the Discover-Panel? There is a button, that is not doing anything atm.
Or am I misinterpreting its meaning?

[AlexIoannides]

+1

[snasirca]

+1. In order for our support team to be able to use Kibana fully, we need the ability to export a subset of documents (the search results) to CSV.

[damageco]

+1
This functionnality is a much wanted feature for our users too.

[srgshames]

+1

[ZeAleks]

It is now working with the last beta ...

[damageco]

@ZeAleks No, in last beta it's just the export of synthesis results, not the documents.

[Stefan129]

+1
Please add this function...

[dcinzona]

+1

[rashidkpc]

Now that the server is nodeJS based it should be fairly simple to add a route with a size parameter that loads a savedSearch object and exports its results to CSV

[ignaciovazquez]

+1

[Funbit]

+1

[zaakiy]

+1

[ajrasch]

+1

[dc-afinnell]

It seems all visualizations EXCEPT the Table has export.

[gerlachry]

+1

[luzili]

+1

[a1exus]

Per Kibana 6.0.0-alpha2 is released | Elastic - CSV Export is available through Kibana 6.0.0-alpha2+

[shoaibjdev]

@fbaligand - I'm on Kibana version 5.6.8, will the csv-export v5.6.4 work on this version of Kibana?

[fbaligand]

@shoaibjdev normally yes.
But it could override some changes provided by kibana 5.6.5+ in discover part.
I will try to release the patch for kibana 5.6.8 today.

[fbaligand]

Hi @shoaibjdev

I just released the csv-export patch for Kibana 5.6.8. You can get it here :
https://github.com/fbaligand/kibana/releases/download/v5.6.8-csv-export/csv-export-patch.tar.gz

[visaversa]

Hello!
I have kibana 5.6.8 and I tried to install patch from here
https://github.com/fbaligand/kibana/releases/download/v5.6.8-csv-export/csv-export-patch.tar.gz
I unpack files to /usr/share/kibana/src/ui/public/doc_table/, restarted kibana after that, but nothing happends in my kibana web page :(
What more should I do to get the csv export?

[fbaligand]

Hi @visaversa
You have to follow steps indicated here :
#1992 (comment)

[visaversa]

Hi, @fbaligand
I have seen this post, of cource. I have linux debian jessie with last updates, kibana has been installed from debian repo. In my /etc/passwd:
kibana:x:110:115::/home/kibana:/bin/false
but there is no folder /home/kibana
When I write echo ${KIBANA_HOME} it returns nothing. That's why I unpacked the patch to folder /usr/share/kibana/
Now systemctl status kibana.service returns:
...
Main PID: 29317 (node)
CGroup: /system.slice/kibana.service
└─29317 /usr/share/kibana/bin/../node/bin/node --no-warnings /usr/share/kibana/bin/../src/cli -c /etc/kibana/kibana.yml

May you advice something for my case? Thank you.

[fbaligand]

@visaversa
Indeed, you have to unpack the patch onto kibana install folder. In your case : /usr/share/kibana
Once you did it, you have to delete folder /usr/share/kibana/optimize.
Be assured all kibana core and patch files are owned by the same linux user.
And then restart kibana service.

[visaversa]

@fbaligand After deleting optimize folder and restart everything is ok, export is available.

Thank you!

[fbaligand]

Nice @visaversa :)

[nikhilno1]

Hi,
I want users who have read-only access to Kibana be able to export the Discover results to CSV.
Currently it mandates the user to save the query, which a read-only access user won't be able to do.
What is the reason to necessitate the saving of the query? Can't it be done on the fly? How can read-only users export the search results?
Thank You.

[fbaligand]

csv export patch for Kibana 5.6.5, 5.6.6, 5.6.7 and 5.6.9 are available here :
https://github.com/fbaligand/kibana/releases/download/v5.6.5-csv-export/csv-export-patch.tar.gz
https://github.com/fbaligand/kibana/releases/download/v5.6.6-csv-export/csv-export-patch.tar.gz
https://github.com/fbaligand/kibana/releases/download/v5.6.7-csv-export/csv-export-patch.tar.gz
https://github.com/fbaligand/kibana/releases/download/v5.6.9-csv-export/csv-export-patch.tar.gz

[fbaligand]

csv export patch for Kibana 5.6.10 is available here :
https://github.com/fbaligand/kibana/releases/download/v5.6.10-csv-export/csv-export-patch.tar.gz

[imweijh]

If you install kibana from yum,be careful with the "optimize" folder's ownership

systemctl stop kibana
cd ${KIBANA_HOME}
wget https://github.com/fbaligand/kibana/releases/download/v5.6.10-csv-export/csv-export-patch.tar.gz
tar -zxvf csv-export-patch.tar.gz
rm -f csv-export-patch.tar.gz
rm -rf optimize/*
systemctl start kibana

[gene1wood]

@epixa Could you edit the original question at the top of this stack of 500 comments with the current status of the resolution of this issue, a summary of where we're at? I've read through the 500 comments (it took quite a while) and I've pulled out three themes. If any of these seem like the current status, please edit the original question at the top and add them so nobody else has to read 500 comments.

• CSV export is available in Kibana 6.0.0-alpha2. Since Kibana 6.4.0 is the current release as of last month, I'm assuming that means CSV export is present in 6.4.0.
• A CSV export functionality exists in xpacks. It sounds like xpacks are now called Stack Features and that most likely the Reporting Stack Feature is the one that contains the CSV export feature. I'm assuming this is what someone should use that's not running Kibana 6.0.0-alpha2 or newer?
• @fbaligand is maintaining a patch to Kibana which adds CSV export functionality.

[epixa]

@gene1wood done!

[fbaligand]

I complete a little bit :

• csv export is part of x-pack basic, so it is free to use
• since kibana 6.3, x-pack is included in kibana package, so no need to add a plugin
• I maintain a csv export patch for kibana 5.x

[epixa]

@fbaligand I updated the description to call out your 5.6 plugin as well

[fbaligand]

Thanks @epixa !

By the way, my patch is compatible with kibana 5.3 to 5.6.

[treyd]

any chance that the OSS version gets this? Or is it already there and I can't find it?

[fbaligand]

It is included in default distribution (that contains xpack), but not in oss distribution.
That said, it is free to use, because included in Basic license.

[fbaligand]

csv export patch for Kibana 5.6.10, 5.6.11, 5.6.12, and 5.6.13 are available here :
https://github.com/fbaligand/kibana/releases/download/v5.6.10-csv-export/csv-export-patch.tar.gz
https://github.com/fbaligand/kibana/releases/download/v5.6.11-csv-export/csv-export-patch.tar.gz
https://github.com/fbaligand/kibana/releases/download/v5.6.12-csv-export/csv-export-patch.tar.gz
https://github.com/fbaligand/kibana/releases/download/v5.6.13-csv-export/csv-export-patch.tar.gz

[fbaligand]

csv export patch for Kibana 5.6.14 is available here :
https://github.com/fbaligand/kibana/releases/download/v5.6.14-csv-export/csv-export-patch.tar.gz

[fbaligand]

csv export patch for Kibana 5.6.15 is available here :
https://github.com/fbaligand/kibana/releases/download/v5.6.15-csv-export/csv-export-patch.tar.gz

[JosephIND]

Is there a way anyone aware to get the csv export feature in an AWS ES distribution? I am able to setup a Kibana instance and connect to AWS ES. I can install plugins on this Kibana. But i was not able to find a plugin which does this job for me.

[zhtaoit]

可以在此处获得Kibana 5.6.10,5.6.11,5.6.12和5.6.13的csv导出补丁：
https：//github.com/fbaligand/kibana/releases/download/v5.6.10-csv-export/csv -export-patch.tar.gz
https://github.com/fbaligand/kibana/releases/download/v5.6.11-csv-export/csv-export-patch.tar.gz
https://github.com/fbaligand /kibana/releases/download/v5.6.12-csv-export/csv-export-patch.tar.gz
https://github.com/fbaligand/kibana/releases/download/v5.6.13-csv-export/csv-出口patch.tar.gz

Why only 500 pieces of data are exported?

[fbaligand]

@zhtaoit
the size is customizable in Kibana advanced settings.
The setting is: discover:sampleSize

[sabith-th]

If anyone is interested, I've modified fbaligand's csv-export and made it compatible for the kibana OSS 6 versions
https://github.com/sabith-th/kibana-csv-export/

[fbaligand]

Thanks for your 6.x compatibility work @sabith-th!