If you are using Watcher via XPack, this sample Kibana dashboard enables you to monitor the watch history and see visualizations of the watches that have executed over time.

For more information about Watcher, see the Watcher Reference. For more information about Kibana, see the Kibana User Guide.

To load the dashboard into Kibana:

1. Download the watch_history_dashboard.json file.
2. In Kibana, configure an index pattern for the watch history indices:
   1. Go to Management > Index Patterns.
   2. Enter the index pattern .watcher-history-*.
   3. For 5.6.x and newer, click advanced options, enter .watcher-history-* as the Index pattern ID
   4. Select trigger_event.triggered_time as the time field.
   5. Click Create.
3. Go to Management > Saved Objects.
4. Click Import and select the downloaded dashboard file.