# Error: Invalid string. Length must be a multiple of 4

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-invalid-string-length-must-be-a-multiple-of-4/366714
**Category:** Kibana
**Tags:** kql-kibana-query-language, kibana-plugin-development
**Created:** [September 18, 2024, 6:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-invalid-string-length-must-be-a-multiple-of-4/366714 "2024-09-18T06:37:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
**Page:** 1

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### Author: ![lathif\_basha](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lathif_basha/32/137680_2.png) [@lathif\_basha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lathif_basha)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2024, 6:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-invalid-string-length-must-be-a-multiple-of-4/366714/1 "2024-09-18T06:37:38Z")

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Hi Can anyone help to resolve the issue, Any comment is much appreciated.  
kibana version 7.16.2

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/4/1/41afdfcfa0decee6b41e38045a3d5333c03b7ab7.png)

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### Author: ![ashishtiwari1993](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ashishtiwari1993/32/135241_2.png) [@ashishtiwari1993](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ashishtiwari1993)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2024, 6:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-invalid-string-length-must-be-a-multiple-of-4/366714/2 "2024-09-18T06:48:31Z")

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Hi @lathif_basha, could you please share more information? like

1. On which specific page you're getting this?
2. On any specific action ?
3. Any query you performed ?

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### Author: ![lathif\_basha](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lathif_basha/32/137680_2.png) [@lathif\_basha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lathif_basha)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2024, 6:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-invalid-string-length-must-be-a-multiple-of-4/366714/3 "2024-09-18T06:50:55Z")

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Hi @ashishtiwari1993  
When I open my SQL query based dasboards, then it is coming up with this error  
And the same SQL query I ran from DB side, It was able to display some data

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### Author: ![lathif\_basha](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lathif_basha/32/137680_2.png) [@lathif\_basha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lathif_basha)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2024, 8:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-invalid-string-length-must-be-a-multiple-of-4/366714/4 "2024-09-18T08:28:32Z")

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Hi elastic\_team Can someone provide resolutoin for this ??