# Differences between Type and Format in Scripted Fields

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/differences-between-type-and-format-in-scripted-fields/90943>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [June 27, 2017, 10:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/differences-between-type-and-format-in-scripted-fields/90943 "2017-06-27T10:45:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![magerRV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8c91f0/32.png) [@magerRV](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magerRV)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 10:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/differences-between-type-and-format-in-scripted-fields/90943/1 "2017-06-27T10:45:49Z")

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I'm working with Scripted Fields for a while but still didn't really get the difference between the Type and Format. Can someone please explain to me what it means or what I can do with it ?!

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**Author:** ![jbudz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jbudz/32/45922_2.png) [@jbudz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jbudz)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 2:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/differences-between-type-and-format-in-scripted-fields/90943/2 "2017-06-27T14:58:10Z")

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Type tells Kibana what type of field to expect, and changes the selection of formats available. You can think of it as a filter for available formats. Formats are client side transformations (ran in the browser - these never make it elasticsearch) that can help make the field more readable.

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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 25, 2017, 2:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/differences-between-type-and-format-in-scripted-fields/90943/3 "2017-07-25T14:58:19Z")

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