# Create aliace name for fields in discover **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [May 29, 2018, 5:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-aliace-name-for-fields-in-discover/133614 "2018-05-29T05:40:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alah64](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alah64/32/100065_2.png) [@alah64](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alah64)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2018, 5:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-aliace-name-for-fields-in-discover/133614/1 "2018-05-29T05:40:12Z")
my fileds name in index are :category\_code, userdata1,userdata2 ,userdata3 . for events by category\_code= 1 then userdata1 means name ,userdata2 means family ,userdata3 means phone for events by category\_code= 2 then userdata1 means ip ,userdata2 means domain ,userdata3 means mac\_address and many other category\_codes i have to saved discovery for category\_cods , for clarity i need save some alias name for those fields.but there is nothing to do that. i dont like do this in logstash or change data structure. ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2018, 6:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-aliace-name-for-fields-in-discover/133614/2 "2018-05-29T06:01:14Z")
> [@alah64](#): > > i dont like do this in logstash or change data structure. Changing the data structure and use meaningful names sound like the right thing to do. ---
**Author:** ![alah64](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alah64/32/100065_2.png) [@alah64](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alah64)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2018, 9:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-aliace-name-for-fields-in-discover/133614/3 "2018-05-29T09:19:47Z")
are you shore? this is can not apply ,another software create logs and use this structure in mysql database too. ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2018, 1:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-aliace-name-for-fields-in-discover/133614/4 "2018-05-29T13:12:59Z")
I am not sure I understand. ---
**Author:** ![alah64](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alah64/32/100065_2.png) [@alah64](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alah64)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 5:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-aliace-name-for-fields-in-discover/133614/5 "2018-05-30T05:36:30Z")
in sql server reporting service we can do this like a charm . and in kibana discover need something like that ,please make it. ---
**Author:** ![rcowart](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rcowart/32/88091_2.png) [@rcowart](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rcowart)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 8:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-aliace-name-for-fields-in-discover/133614/6 "2018-05-30T08:28:32Z")
The real issue here is that some places in Kibana allow you to specify a display name for a data point, and others do not. Saved searches stand out here as a place where you cannot. It would definitely be a useful feature for creating more user-friendly dashboards. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 8:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-aliace-name-for-fields-in-discover/133614/7 "2018-06-27T08:28:37Z")
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