# Can't add a number type for a field

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-add-a-number-type-for-a-field/40105>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [January 26, 2016, 9:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-add-a-number-type-for-a-field/40105 "2016-01-26T09:26:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![\_Alexwii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/bbce88/32.png) [@\_Alexwii](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/_Alexwii)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 9:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-add-a-number-type-for-a-field/40105/1 "2016-01-26T09:26:43Z")

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Hello everyone !

After a update of Kibana, the new feature where we can add a color for number is very important for me and my network team.

But where i want a add a field type number Kibana think it's a string...

My config test :

```
if [openViewSeverity] == "Major" {
				mutate {
					add_field => {
						"severity" => "critical"
						severity_level_test => 2
					}
				} 
			}

```

Why kibana says severity\_level\_test is a string not a number ?

Thank you so much for your reply.

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**Author:** ![\_Alexwii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/bbce88/32.png) [@\_Alexwii](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/_Alexwii)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 10:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-add-a-number-type-for-a-field/40105/2 "2016-01-26T10:46:52Z")

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Resolved.

Just add a grok patern like this :

> ```
> grok {
> match => {
> "level_severity" => ["%{INT:number_level_severity2:int}"]
> }
> }
> 
> ```

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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 6, 2017, 5:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-add-a-number-type-for-a-field/40105/3 "2017-07-06T05:14:20Z")

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