# Can we disable displaying "(empty)" string when data is not present in table column - Top Hit Aggregation

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-disable-displaying-empty-string-when-data-is-not-present-in-table-column-top-hit-aggregation/302397>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [April 14, 2022, 7:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-disable-displaying-empty-string-when-data-is-not-present-in-table-column-top-hit-aggregation/302397 "2022-04-14T07:10:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shashankdevaraj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Shashankdevaraj](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shashankdevaraj)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2022, 7:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-disable-displaying-empty-string-when-data-is-not-present-in-table-column-top-hit-aggregation/302397/1 "2022-04-14T07:10:11Z")

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When we use "Top Hit" to display the value in column, in table/enhanced table visualization,  
if the value for the field is not present earlier we used to see just blank now we see a string called "empty" like shown below - any way we can disable this - just see blank like earlier

ELK - 7.17.0

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/4/1464a88f2794e7e21ebb94d69c395d14bd96e46c.png)

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**Author:** ![Marius\_Dragomir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marius_dragomir/32/42087_2.png) [@Marius\_Dragomir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marius_Dragomir)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2022, 5:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-disable-displaying-empty-string-when-data-is-not-present-in-table-column-top-hit-aggregation/302397/2 "2022-04-20T17:21:48Z")

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I think this has happened since the change has been done to the table in order to migrate to the new datagrid. Feel free to add this request as an enhancement in the Kibana Github repo.

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**Author:** ![Shashankdevaraj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Shashankdevaraj](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shashankdevaraj)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 9:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-disable-displaying-empty-string-when-data-is-not-present-in-table-column-top-hit-aggregation/302397/3 "2022-04-21T09:18:41Z")

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> <https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/130772>
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> \*\*Describe the feature:\*\*
> When we use "Top Hit" to display the value in column,… in table/enhanced table visualization,
> if the value for the field is not present earlier we used to see just blank now we see a string called "empty" like shown below
> Can we disable this - just see blank like earlier OR Can we have an option to choose "empty" or "blank" - may be in "https://kibana.habana-labs.com/s/qa/app/management/kibana/settings"
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> !\[image\](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/100823543/164421165-68fb0b7e-10f0-420c-a73b-c9b55ea933f5.png)
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> \*\*Describe a specific use case for the feature:\*\*
> With this we can give user an option to see "blank" or he can put custom string or "empty" string
> By default it will be good if "blank"
> This helps in aesthetic part of the visualization
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> https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-disable-displaying-empty-string-when-data-is-not-present-in-table-column-top-hit-aggregation/302397/1

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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:** [May 19, 2022, 9:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-disable-displaying-empty-string-when-data-is-not-present-in-table-column-top-hit-aggregation/302397/4 "2022-05-19T09:18:58Z")

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