# Even after reindexing Field Type in kibana is not changing

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/even-after-reindexing-field-type-in-kibana-is-not-changing/83186
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [April 21, 2017, 9:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/even-after-reindexing-field-type-in-kibana-is-not-changing/83186 "2017-04-21T09:32:57Z")
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### Author: ![FardinBehboudi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/fardinbehboudi/32/14906_2.png) [@FardinBehboudi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/FardinBehboudi)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2017, 9:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/even-after-reindexing-field-type-in-kibana-is-not-changing/83186/1 "2017-04-21T09:32:57Z")

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Hi  
i have a table and one of its field is KPI\_success.  
this field was saved as var char in my oracle DB and by default mapping in elastic it saved a keyword.  
but i have changed the type in DB to number and today i re-indexed the index in elasticsearch. when i get the mapping of the index it shows that the type is float:  
"kpi\_success": {  
"type": "float"  
},  
but still in kibana the type is text!!  
how can i fix it?

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### Author: ![FardinBehboudi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/fardinbehboudi/32/14906_2.png) [@FardinBehboudi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/FardinBehboudi)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2017, 9:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/even-after-reindexing-field-type-in-kibana-is-not-changing/83186/2 "2017-04-21T09:34:53Z")

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got the answer :

mapping is on elastic side  
but kibana have stored old mapping so it's necessary to refresh kibana tools

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### Author: ![Brandon\_Kobel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/brandon_kobel/32/14829_2.png) [@Brandon\_Kobel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Brandon_Kobel)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2017, 10:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/even-after-reindexing-field-type-in-kibana-is-not-changing/83186/3 "2017-04-21T10:30:20Z")

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@FardinBehboudi I'm glad to hear that you figured out your problem! Just in-case others come across this question, the Kibana Index Pattern should be refreshed when the underlying mapping in Elasticsearch changes. This is done by going to Management -\> Index Patterns, and then you'll click the "Refresh" button highlighted below by the red rectangle.

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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 19, 2017, 10:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/even-after-reindexing-field-type-in-kibana-is-not-changing/83186/4 "2017-05-19T10:35:08Z")

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