# Column not not shown in visualize

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/column-not-not-shown-in-visualize/237070>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [June 15, 2020, 6:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/column-not-not-shown-in-visualize/237070 "2020-06-15T06:01:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Rgvr\_S](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rgvr_s/32/69872_2.png) [@Rgvr\_S](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rgvr_S)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 6:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/column-not-not-shown-in-visualize/237070/1 "2020-06-15T06:01:56Z")

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I have some data with the following columns.  
 ![m_cvo_query_2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/f/9/f9173712eb537ae0d4971be9531d8f104bf698cf.png)

While I'm able to view them all in Discover, the column 'Position' does not appear as an option when I try to use it a field to visualize.  
I have multiple files with similar data and this problem arises only with this set.  
What could be the cause of this ? How do I solve this ?

Elasticsearch version - 7.7.1  
Kibana version - 7.7.1

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**Author:** ![ming1997](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@ming1997](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ming1997)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 6:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/column-not-not-shown-in-visualize/237070/2 "2020-06-15T06:30:26Z")

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At first,you should refresh your index-pattern in the configure page.  
And take a srceenshot of your index mapping.

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**Author:** ![Rgvr\_S](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rgvr_s/32/69872_2.png) [@Rgvr\_S](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rgvr_S)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 5:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/column-not-not-shown-in-visualize/237070/3 "2020-06-17T05:41:27Z")

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The problem was that the data had some special characters in those columns. Removing these seemed to have solved the problem.  
Thanks for your help.

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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 15, 2020, 5:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/column-not-not-shown-in-visualize/237070/4 "2020-07-15T05:52:25Z")

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