# Access to different data source in vega-lite

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-to-different-data-source-in-vega-lite/256075
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [November 20, 2020, 7:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-to-different-data-source-in-vega-lite/256075 "2020-11-20T07:53:52Z")
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### Author: ![shin1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@shin1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shin1)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2020, 7:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-to-different-data-source-in-vega-lite/256075/1 "2020-11-20T07:53:52Z")

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Hi,

Is it possible to access fields in different data source from encoding object in vega-lite?

Many thanks in advance,  
Cheers,  
Shin

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### Author: ![markov00](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/markov00/32/33316_2.png) [@markov00](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/markov00)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2020, 11:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-to-different-data-source-in-vega-lite/256075/2 "2020-11-26T11:19:50Z")

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Hi Shin1,  
sure you can allow vega to load from any URL by setting the following  
`vis_type_vega.enableExternalUrls: true` in kibana.yml

> **[Vega reference | Kibana Guide \[7.x\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/7.x/vega-reference.html#vega-url-loading)**

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2020, 11:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-to-different-data-source-in-vega-lite/256075/3 "2020-12-24T11:19:59Z")

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