# Filter a string value in kibana Timelion
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-a-string-value-in-kibana-timelion/95161
**Category:** Kibana
**Tags:** timelion
**Created:** [July 31, 2017, 9:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-a-string-value-in-kibana-timelion/95161 "2017-07-31T09:43:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@sLuvpreet33](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sLuvpreet33)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2017, 9:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-a-string-value-in-kibana-timelion/95161/1 "2017-07-31T09:43:33Z")
I have a status field.
It has 5 values.
1 - completed
2 - pending
3 - ongoing
4 - cancelled
5 - upcoming
I want to see 5 lines in Timelion over time, giving values corresponding to the status.
But I am not getting on how to do this.
This is the expression I am using for 2 lines,
```
.es(index=vogo-database-2, q='status:cancelled') .es(index=vogo-database-2, q='status:completed')
```
But there is no change in the timelion. I think the filter is not working.
Even this expression does not change anything,
```
.es(index=vogo-database-2)
```
OR
.es(index='vogo-database-2')
How can I achieve what I want ?
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### Author:  [@sLuvpreet33](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sLuvpreet33)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2017, 9:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-a-string-value-in-kibana-timelion/95161/2 "2017-07-31T09:49:29Z")
It is happening only on this index, and not any other.
What can be the reason for this ?
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### Author:  [@weltenwort](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/weltenwort)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2017, 12:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-a-string-value-in-kibana-timelion/95161/3 "2017-07-31T12:32:51Z")
Hi @sLuvpreet33,
here are two points that come to mind:
- If the primary timestamp field of your index `vogo-database-2` is different from `@timestamp`, you can specify it in your query as in: `.es(index="vogo-database-2", timefield="YOUR_TIMEFIELD")`
- You should be able to draw these 5 lines with just one query using the `split` argument to `.es()`: `.es(index="vogo-database-2", timefield="YOUR_TIMEFIELD", split="status:10")`
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2017, 12:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-a-string-value-in-kibana-timelion/95161/4 "2017-08-28T12:33:18Z")
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