# Field data is disabled

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/field-data-is-disabled/52329>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 9, 2016, 1:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/field-data-is-disabled/52329 "2016-06-09T13:03:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![briangildea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@briangildea](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/briangildea)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 1:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/field-data-is-disabled/52329/1 "2016-06-09T13:03:20Z")

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Ive upgraded to xpack and now im getting these errors  
Discover: Fielddata is disabled on text fields  
by default. Set fielddata=true on [timestamp] in order to load fielddata  
in memory by uninverting the inverted index.

how do I set field data to true ?

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**Author:** ![Gary\_Bense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/53a042/32.png) [@Gary\_Bense](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Gary_Bense)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2016, 10:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/field-data-is-disabled/52329/2 "2016-07-08T22:42:27Z")

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I've experienced the same issue after upgrading to Alpha4 from Alpha3

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**Author:** ![small-tomorrow](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/small-tomorrow/32/13319_2.png) [@small-tomorrow](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/small-tomorrow)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 12:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/field-data-is-disabled/52329/3 "2016-11-15T12:04:28Z")

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have you solved this problem ?

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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 5, 2017, 10:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/field-data-is-disabled/52329/4 "2017-07-05T22:05:45Z")

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