# Change name of fields or Alias

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-name-of-fields-or-alias/91959>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [July 5, 2017, 4:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-name-of-fields-or-alias/91959 "2017-07-05T16:37:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![xavi23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/db5fbb/32.png) [@xavi23](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/xavi23)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 4:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-name-of-fields-or-alias/91959/1 "2017-07-05T16:37:24Z")

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Hello,

I have on eproblem when I create a dashboard with some visualizers.

I have a complex name fields in my index based of standard FHIR (standard of how the information must be structured).

field name example: identifier.assigner.display

When i create a new visualizer I can put a custom label and rename the field:

identifier.assigner.display ==\> Name

The problem is that when I filter in my dashboard i must to filter with "identifier.assigner.display" and not with "Name" because the field "Name" doesn't exist.

How I can do to filter for the name of custom label thai I assigned to "identifier.assigner.display" ? I can put and alias in the field name of my index?

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![lukas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lukas/32/6812_2.png) [@lukas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lukas)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 7:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-name-of-fields-or-alias/91959/2 "2017-07-05T19:41:56Z")

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Unfortunately, this isn't currently possible. Here's the enhancement request on Github: [https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/1896](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/1896)

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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:** [August 2, 2017, 7:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/change-name-of-fields-or-alias/91959/3 "2017-08-02T19:42:03Z")

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