# Fields not highlighted in events and Kibana can not identify the field type **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [August 10, 2017, 9:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fields-not-highlighted-in-events-and-kibana-can-not-identify-the-field-type/96679 "2017-08-10T21:50:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shroh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@shroh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shroh)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 9:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fields-not-highlighted-in-events-and-kibana-can-not-identify-the-field-type/96679/1 "2017-08-10T21:50:48Z")
Some of the fields derived from the KV filter are not being highlighted in the events although i can see the fields in the left pane on Kibana console. But those fields are aggregatable and are not visible under fields in index pattern. I am attaching the screenshot of what i am seeing. Also Kibana shows a ? sign infront of the field name in the left pane. ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/b/f/bff0583225fcdea69a64b9407c5184c265084ba1.JPG) The field i am looking for should be a string type . ---
**Author:** ![shroh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@shroh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shroh)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 9:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fields-not-highlighted-in-events-and-kibana-can-not-identify-the-field-type/96679/2 "2017-08-10T21:54:25Z")
i can see a message saying that "No cached mapping for this field" I already refreshed the field mappings on the index pattern but it didnt fix anything ![fieldmapping](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/f/0/f059ca694c3c31727fb8b358a657636065f8183c.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![shroh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@shroh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shroh)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 6:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fields-not-highlighted-in-events-and-kibana-can-not-identify-the-field-type/96679/3 "2017-08-11T18:38:16Z")
Still looking for some help. ---
**Author:** ![bhavyarm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bhavyarm/32/22392_2.png) [@bhavyarm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bhavyarm)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2017, 2:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fields-not-highlighted-in-events-and-kibana-can-not-identify-the-field-type/96679/4 "2017-08-14T14:19:15Z")
Hi, Fields getting highlighted works only on fields of type text and not on numerals. Can you please check what's the type of the field under index pattern? Thanks, Bhavya ---
**Author:** ![shroh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@shroh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shroh)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2017, 5:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fields-not-highlighted-in-events-and-kibana-can-not-identify-the-field-type/96679/5 "2017-08-14T17:17:01Z")
I actually deleted my old index pattern and recreated it. Its fixed now. ---
**Author:** ![bhavyarm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bhavyarm/32/22392_2.png) [@bhavyarm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bhavyarm)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2017, 5:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fields-not-highlighted-in-events-and-kibana-can-not-identify-the-field-type/96679/6 "2017-08-14T17:18:28Z")
Ah. That's great. There was something else happening other than text/number highlight then. Thanks for letting us know. Bhavya ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2017, 5:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fields-not-highlighted-in-events-and-kibana-can-not-identify-the-field-type/96679/7 "2017-09-11T17:18:40Z")
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