# Changing labels on panels in Kibana, but only in the visualization

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-labels-on-panels-in-kibana-but-only-in-the-visualization/361731>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [June 19, 2024, 12:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-labels-on-panels-in-kibana-but-only-in-the-visualization/361731 "2024-06-19T12:18:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![marilena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@marilena](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/marilena)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 12:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-labels-on-panels-in-kibana-but-only-in-the-visualization/361731/1 "2024-06-19T12:18:17Z")

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Hi team,

I am here as a new Kibana user, a functional analyst tasked with creating a dashboard for my project team.

Is there a way I can customize the labels on the visualizations?

ex: "cgsfb2cbasketcalcv1sy" -\> "Basket Calculation"

 ![example labels](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/8/c/8c18ca986bac8fff798e9c3b898c1105bd25451d.png)

Thank you!

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**Author:** ![Marco\_Liberati](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marco_liberati/32/82953_2.png) [@Marco\_Liberati](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marco_Liberati)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 8:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-labels-on-panels-in-kibana-but-only-in-the-visualization/361731/2 "2024-06-20T08:03:40Z")

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Hi @marilena ,

welcome to the Kibana community.  
I think you have two options there:

1. use a runtime field (possibly slow for datasets very very big)
2. use a field formatter (via the static lookup fomatter)

With option 1. some painless code is required to map the raw value into the new one.  
While option 2. is just compiling a UI form with the same information:

 ![Screenshot 2024-06-20 at 10.02.33](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/5/3/538b15d5dd36ef1f88252bc65a131d83ea45fc22.png)
