# Fielddata disabled on text fields **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [April 11, 2017, 2:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fielddata-disabled-on-text-fields/81998 "2017-04-11T14:18:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ariceELK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@ariceELK](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ariceELK)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 2:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fielddata-disabled-on-text-fields/81998/1 "2017-04-11T14:18:25Z")
I'm using Grafana to graph metribeats data and filter by ip address "fields.ipaddr" Is there an entry to enable fielddata on this item in elasticsearch.yml so that its enabled on every newly created index ? This is the panel : ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/9/0/904ebbe614fa911c8218255e85348b378b3eb7a3.png) Thanks Aidan ---
**Author:** ![jkuang](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jkuang/32/72637_2.png) [@jkuang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jkuang)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 7:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fielddata-disabled-on-text-fields/81998/2 "2017-04-11T19:23:39Z")
Enabling field data by default can have a significant toll on memory. Please take a look at the article below: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/fielddata.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/fielddata.html) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 7:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fielddata-disabled-on-text-fields/81998/3 "2017-05-09T19:36:26Z")
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