# Create Field in field

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-field-in-field/275566>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** kibana-plugin-development\
**Created:** [June 10, 2021, 12:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-field-in-field/275566 "2021-06-10T12:36:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![alipujaistopo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alipujaistopo/32/50791_2.png) [@alipujaistopo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alipujaistopo)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 12:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-field-in-field/275566/1 "2021-06-10T12:36:27Z")

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I have a field called "request header" I want to create another field in this field. what should i do?

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/7/5/7513fd4bdedf78896b808fc7834c6750ca5271fb.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![devon.thomson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/devon.thomson/32/85468_2.png) [@devon.thomson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/devon.thomson)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 8:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-field-in-field/275566/2 "2021-06-10T20:06:20Z")

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It looks like the request header field is mapped as text. I am not sure what you mean by 'creating a field in this field'.

You could look into changing this field into a Nested type.

> **[Nested field type | Elasticsearch Guide \[7.13\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/nested.html)**

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**Author:** ![alipujaistopo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alipujaistopo/32/50791_2.png) [@alipujaistopo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alipujaistopo)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 2:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-field-in-field/275566/3 "2021-06-11T02:04:51Z")

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yes it's field. and i want to make another field with that text inside request header's field

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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 9, 2021, 2:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-field-in-field/275566/4 "2021-07-09T02:05:05Z")

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