# Adding Lookup field to Kibana dataview

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-lookup-field-to-kibana-dataview/335389
**Category:** Kibana
**Tags:** data-views
**Created:** [June 7, 2023, 4:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-lookup-field-to-kibana-dataview/335389 "2023-06-07T04:35:39Z")
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### Author: ![nitinkapoor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@nitinkapoor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nitinkapoor)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2023, 4:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-lookup-field-to-kibana-dataview/335389/1 "2023-06-07T04:35:40Z")

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I have a data-view build using a transaction details index , I am showing transaction details which also has customer id , Can I also add lookup field to get customer name from customer index on the basis of customer id or there is any other way to achieve this in Kibana

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### Author: ![ppisljar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ppisljar/32/11588_2.png) [@ppisljar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ppisljar)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2023, 9:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-lookup-field-to-kibana-dataview/335389/2 "2023-06-07T09:44:22Z")

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joins are currently not supported in elasticsearch and the best approach is to denormalize your data (all all customer info that you are interested in with connection to transactions into the transaction index)

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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: [July 5, 2023, 9:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-lookup-field-to-kibana-dataview/335389/3 "2023-07-05T09:45:01Z")

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