# Could we add alias (display name only) for field in discover?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/could-we-add-alias-display-name-only-for-field-in-discover/169150>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [February 20, 2019, 7:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/could-we-add-alias-display-name-only-for-field-in-discover/169150 "2019-02-20T07:39:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![whoami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a9a28c/32.png) [@whoami](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/whoami)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 7:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/could-we-add-alias-display-name-only-for-field-in-discover/169150/1 "2019-02-20T07:39:23Z")

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could we add alias (display name only) for field in discover?  
alias is more readable at most time

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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:** [February 20, 2019, 8:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/could-we-add-alias-display-name-only-for-field-in-discover/169150/2 "2019-02-20T20:38:56Z")

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We've got an enhancement request here you can follow for updates: [https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/21705](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/21705)

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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:** [March 20, 2019, 8:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/could-we-add-alias-display-name-only-for-field-in-discover/169150/3 "2019-03-20T20:38:56Z")

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