# Changing column name for search and visualization **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [August 24, 2015, 5:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-column-name-for-search-and-visualization/27921 "2015-08-24T05:43:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rnigam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@rnigam](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rnigam)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2015, 5:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-column-name-for-search-and-visualization/27921/1 "2015-08-24T05:43:51Z")
I have a nested JSON in my EMR that I am trying to visualize using kibana. Because of the nesting the field names are long (format word1.word2.word3.word4 .. upto word 8). I am trying to create a simple search query to search for 5 different values. To make the display more user friendly I want to check if I can change the display names of the column to something more user-friendly. Is that possible using Kibana 4? Also is this possible while creating a table visualization? I can't see an option name to change the names of the data field. Will really appreciate any help and advice. Thanks and Regards, Rajat ---
**Author:** ![tbragin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tbragin/32/45166_2.png) [@tbragin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tbragin)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 4:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-column-name-for-search-and-visualization/27921/2 "2015-08-25T04:06:46Z")
Unfortunately, customizing table header names is not possible at the moment, but it's an enhancement we're targeting to a future release: [https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/4379](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/4379) Please feel free to +1, if this is important to you! ---
**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, 2:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-column-name-for-search-and-visualization/27921/3 "2017-07-06T14:14:18Z")