# Grafana 8+ explore logs panel missing

**URL:** <https://community.grafana.com/t/grafana-8-explore-logs-panel-missing/55065>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** observability\
**Created:** [October 20, 2021, 1:41pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/grafana-8-explore-logs-panel-missing/55065 "2021-10-20T13:41:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![michaelcoetzee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/grafana/user_avatar/community.grafana.com/michaelcoetzee/32/19237_2.png) [@michaelcoetzee](https://community.grafana.com/u/michaelcoetzee)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 1:41pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/grafana-8-explore-logs-panel-missing/55065/1 "2021-10-20T13:41:40Z")

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Hi Team

We have a really cool situation in grafana 7 with an elasticsearch datasource, that if you go to explore, and click on the logs button, you can see the logs panel and the logs streaming in. example

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/grafana/original/3X/0/a/0aa63968161a388037c764907b64974dc4a1840c.jpeg)

But ever since grafana 8, that button is missing in explore.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/grafana/original/3X/2/f/2f43d1e2313549fe3ad96ec0a10488b71c86dc29.png)  
Is this by design? and if so, may i get some guidance on the new way seeing logs in explore.

Your guidance will be appreciated.

Michael

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**Author:** ![ivanahuckova1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/aca169/32.png) [@ivanahuckova1](https://community.grafana.com/u/ivanahuckova1)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 11:04am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/grafana-8-explore-logs-panel-missing/55065/2 "2021-10-27T11:04:20Z")

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Hello @michaelcoetzee! We have removed the switch and you can now choose logs query in Query Editor by selecting `Logs` from the `Metrics` dropdown. See this:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/grafana/original/3X/d/b/db6db6b03802a7c8cca8d8d6321dd68aaed4ef0e.png)

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**Author:** ![michaelcoetzee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/grafana/user_avatar/community.grafana.com/michaelcoetzee/32/19237_2.png) [@michaelcoetzee](https://community.grafana.com/u/michaelcoetzee)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 1:45pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/grafana-8-explore-logs-panel-missing/55065/3 "2021-10-27T13:45:19Z")

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Hey Ivana

Fantastic, I tried it now. it works perfectly. Thanks for getting back to me.