# Change field names in kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-field-names-in-kibana/126185>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [March 30, 2018, 5:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-field-names-in-kibana/126185 "2018-03-30T05:51:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kaviya\_Rawat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d07c76/32.png) [@Kaviya\_Rawat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kaviya_Rawat)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2018, 5:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-field-names-in-kibana/126185/1 "2018-03-30T05:51:29Z")

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Is it possibl to change the names of field that come from elasticsearch, in kibana ??  
Also in the filters I dont want to see \_index, \_type can we remove it?

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**Author:** ![rcowart](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rcowart/32/88091_2.png) [@rcowart](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rcowart)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2018, 7:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-field-names-in-kibana/126185/2 "2018-03-30T07:47:20Z")

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You should be able to hide `_type`, `_index` and a few others by editing the following advanced setting.  
 ![55](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/7/3/73e3c6aef7f6d6a4d61617f5bc5b97dd42066c95.png)

You cannot rename fields, but it is possible is some cases to create a scripted field (configured under the Index Pattern) which serves as an alias of the original field. Note, that scripted fields are not available in Timelion or Visual Builder.

Ideally it would be possible to define a "Display Name" for each field in the Index Pattern configuration. However that is not possible at the moment. It would however allow for visualizations and dashboards to be much more user friendly, especially when displaying a saved search.

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**Author:** ![Kaviya\_Rawat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d07c76/32.png) [@Kaviya\_Rawat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kaviya_Rawat)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2018, 11:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-field-names-in-kibana/126185/3 "2018-03-30T11:53:28Z")

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Thanks so much Robert for the quick reply.  
Just started using the product and it seems amazing.

The scripted field thing does not seem to take effect. can you share an example please?

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**Author:** ![Kaviya\_Rawat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d07c76/32.png) [@Kaviya\_Rawat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kaviya_Rawat)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2018, 12:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-field-names-in-kibana/126185/4 "2018-03-30T12:01:31Z")

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I think with scripted fields the suggestions in drop down dont work?

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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:** [April 27, 2018, 12:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-field-names-in-kibana/126185/5 "2018-04-27T12:01:54Z")

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