# Create Field for Control Visualization

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-field-for-control-visualization/261025>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [January 13, 2021, 4:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-field-for-control-visualization/261025 "2021-01-13T16:50:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![stevezemlicka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stevezemlicka](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stevezemlicka)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2021, 4:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-field-for-control-visualization/261025/1 "2021-01-13T16:50:51Z")

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I am looking at creating a friendly ID for use in the Controls Visualization to aid in filtering dashboard results. For some reason, I can't seem to create a field which is available in the Field selector of that visualization.

I started off by just adding a field and populating the data in the index using update\_by\_query. This created a non-aggregatable string field, however a .keyword field was also created which was aggregatable. I refreshed the index pattern but neither of these was available in the Controls Visualization field drop-down.

So I manually created a keyword field, verified it was aggregatable, and populated some data to that field in the index. I, again refreshed the index pattern but still I cannot see these fields in the Field selector when configuring a controls visualization.

What am I missing? What sort of field should I be creating in order to allow the use of the Controls Visualization?

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**Author:** ![Marta\_Bondyra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marta_bondyra/32/102122_2.png) [@Marta\_Bondyra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marta_Bondyra)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 7:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-field-for-control-visualization/261025/2 "2021-01-14T07:33:53Z")

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Hey @stevezemlicka, interesting. Could you confirm if you see this field when trying to create any other visualization (for example vertical bar chart or lens vis)?

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**Author:** ![stevezemlicka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stevezemlicka](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stevezemlicka)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 10:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-field-for-control-visualization/261025/3 "2021-02-04T22:10:55Z")

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I just finally got back to this and it turns out it is now working. I'm not sure if it just took some time but it seems to be good now.

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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 4, 2021, 10:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-field-for-control-visualization/261025/4 "2021-03-04T22:11:52Z")

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