Merge pull request #1591 from kkirsche/exampleIndexPattern-patch

[Fixes #1562] Add example index pattern to Settings > Indices
elastic · Oct 10, 2014 · 46a0815 · 46a0815
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commit 46a0815
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diff --git a/src/kibana/apps/settings/sections/indices/_create.html b/src/kibana/apps/settings/sections/indices/_create.html
@@ -24,10 +24,11 @@ <h1>Configure an index pattern</h1>
           </div>
           <div class="form-group">
             <label>
-              Index name
-              or pattern &mdash;
-              <small><a href="http://momentjs.com/docs/#/displaying/format/">docs</a></small>
+              Index name or pattern
             </label>
+            <p class="help-block" ng-if="!index.nameIsPattern">Patterns allow you to define dynamic index names using * as a wildcard. Example: logstash-*</p>
+            <p class="help-block" ng-if="index.isTimeBased && index.nameIsPattern">Patterns allow you to define dynamic index names. Static text in an index name is denoted using brackets. Example: [logstash-]YYYY.MM.DD &mdash;
+              <small><a href="http://momentjs.com/docs/#/displaying/format/">Date Format Documentation</a></small></p>
             <input
               ng-model="index.name"
               ng-attr-placeholder="{{index.defaultName}}"