# Can we update field datatype after ingestion in kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-update-field-datatype-after-ingestion-in-kibana/177696>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [April 20, 2019, 9:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-update-field-datatype-after-ingestion-in-kibana/177696 "2019-04-20T09:08:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Swati123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@Swati123](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Swati123)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 9:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-update-field-datatype-after-ingestion-in-kibana/177696/1 "2019-04-20T09:08:45Z")

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I want to update date field from string to date and source\_ip field from string to IP datatype but convert\_api is not working for this.  
So do we have any option to convert datatype mapping in kibana UI explicitly?

Please suggest a way for this.

Can we Enable this editing in kibana UI (Please check ScreenShot)

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/3/0/30f4b6670a6cf31da317a80ebe3e99450ecc4bf9.png)

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**Author:** ![bhavyarm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bhavyarm/32/22392_2.png) [@bhavyarm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bhavyarm)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 1:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-update-field-datatype-after-ingestion-in-kibana/177696/2 "2019-04-25T01:35:40Z")

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Hello Swati,

Unfortunately we cannot do it. It needs to happen at the ingestion (in your elasticsearch)

Thanks,  
Bhavya

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**Author:** ![Swati123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@Swati123](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Swati123)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 6:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-update-field-datatype-after-ingestion-in-kibana/177696/3 "2019-04-26T06:35:28Z")

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@bhavyarm Thanks bhavya..

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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 24, 2019, 6:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-update-field-datatype-after-ingestion-in-kibana/177696/4 "2019-05-24T06:35:30Z")

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