# Convert Minutes in to hour in Kibana field "TotalDuration"

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/convert-minutes-in-to-hour-in-kibana-field-totalduration/327413>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** painless, kql-kibana-query-language\
**Created:** [March 10, 2023, 4:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/convert-minutes-in-to-hour-in-kibana-field-totalduration/327413 "2023-03-10T04:46:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Vivek\_Nigam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vivek_nigam/32/25094_2.png) [@Vivek\_Nigam](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vivek_Nigam)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 4:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/convert-minutes-in-to-hour-in-kibana-field-totalduration/327413/1 "2023-03-10T04:46:51Z")

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Hi,  
I calulating sum of TotalDuration field in kibana , TotalDuration field is in Minutes.  
i want to convert minutes in to Hours while dispalying in kibana visulization .

I tried json input :  
{  
"script": {  
"inline1":"doc['TotalDuration'].value / 60",  
"lang":"painless"  
}  
}

getting visulization error . Please advise.

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**Author:** ![nickpeihl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nickpeihl/32/112622_2.png) [@nickpeihl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nickpeihl)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 4:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/convert-minutes-in-to-hour-in-kibana-field-totalduration/327413/2 "2023-03-10T16:26:43Z")

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Hi @Vivek_Nigam. "getting visualization error" does not give us enough information. Do you see specific errors in your browser? Maybe you can share a screenshot?

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**Author:** ![Vivek\_Nigam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vivek_nigam/32/25094_2.png) [@Vivek\_Nigam](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vivek_Nigam)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2023, 6:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/convert-minutes-in-to-hour-in-kibana-field-totalduration/327413/3 "2023-03-11T06:05:57Z")

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Thanks , Now i am getting the value using below script but output hours are not correct.  
{  
"script": {  
"inline":"doc['sessionDurationMinutes'].value/60",  
"lang":"painless"  
}  
}

Hours Value getting:  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/a/e/ae4c46d8ba53975d1cdd01df003253e24510739e.png)

But correct Hours value is :  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/9/0/90513fd5e4b635bb7d34252df392d37cd4c9828f.png)

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**Author:** ![nickpeihl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nickpeihl/32/112622_2.png) [@nickpeihl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nickpeihl)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/convert-minutes-in-to-hour-in-kibana-field-totalduration/327413/4 "2023-03-15T17:09:20Z")

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Hi @Vivek_Nigam. What version of Kibana are you using? Also, what is the mapping for the fields you are using?

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**Author:** ![Vivek\_Nigam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vivek_nigam/32/25094_2.png) [@Vivek\_Nigam](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vivek_Nigam)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2023, 12:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/convert-minutes-in-to-hour-in-kibana-field-totalduration/327413/5 "2023-03-16T12:47:31Z")

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Kibana version :7.9.1

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**Author:** ![nickpeihl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nickpeihl/32/112622_2.png) [@nickpeihl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nickpeihl)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 3:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/convert-minutes-in-to-hour-in-kibana-field-totalduration/327413/6 "2023-03-20T15:44:43Z")

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Thanks. Can you also answer this?

> [@nickpeihl](#):
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> Also, what is the mapping for the fields you are using?

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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 17, 2023, 3:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/convert-minutes-in-to-hour-in-kibana-field-totalduration/327413/7 "2023-04-17T15:45:18Z")

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