# Elasticsearch query in Kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-query-in-kibana/81467>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [April 6, 2017, 12:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-query-in-kibana/81467 "2017-04-06T12:43:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Akaren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@Akaren](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Akaren)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 12:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-query-in-kibana/81467/1 "2017-04-06T12:43:13Z")

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Hi, I have created nested aggs query but I would like to execute it in Kibana and create a chart (heat map from the data). Where should I paste my query? To JSON input? External script file?  
Thanks, Kibana 5.3 version.

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**Author:** ![Joe\_Fleming](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/joe_fleming/32/3561_2.png) [@Joe\_Fleming](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Joe_Fleming)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 8:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-query-in-kibana/81467/2 "2017-04-06T20:54:17Z")

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Unfortunately, Kibana doesn't support nested aggregations. You don't be able to use the query you've created in Kibana.

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**Author:** ![Akaren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@Akaren](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Akaren)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 6:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-query-in-kibana/81467/3 "2017-04-07T06:01:02Z")

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Oh, ok. Thanks.  
One more question. If I want to use file script what should I set as Aggregation metrics? When i set "count" it ignores JSON input.  
When I set something else, I think it mix results together. Why it can't just use the result of my script?

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**Author:** ![Joe\_Fleming](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/joe_fleming/32/3561_2.png) [@Joe\_Fleming](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Joe_Fleming)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 11:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-query-in-kibana/81467/4 "2017-04-07T23:45:24Z")

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I think the syntax is `{ "script": "name-of-your-script-file" }`. I think you also need to include `"lang": "painless"`, or whatever language your script is written in. And if you are using something other than painless or lucene expressions, you'll also have to enable the syntax in elasticsearch.

All together:

`{ "script": "name-of-your-script-file", "lang": "painless" }`

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**Author:** ![Akaren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@Akaren](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Akaren)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2017, 11:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-query-in-kibana/81467/5 "2017-04-08T11:14:12Z")

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Ok, thank but how will results mix? The aggregation of field above will return one value and my script second one...

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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:** [May 6, 2017, 11:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-query-in-kibana/81467/6 "2017-05-06T11:18:07Z")

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Closed on May 6, 2017, 11:18am UTC

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