# Filter helper options list always empty

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-helper-options-list-always-empty/192782
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [July 29, 2019, 10:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-helper-options-list-always-empty/192782 "2019-07-29T22:35:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![tomr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tomr/32/48260_2.png) [@tomr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tomr)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2019, 10:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-helper-options-list-always-empty/192782/1 "2019-07-29T22:35:14Z")

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Using the filter helper dropdowns in Kibana is always failing to populate the options list, instead showing `There aren't any options available`

![arent_any_options_available](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/d/7/d7c29f4478d886cf3580cb11b3c75f3abb5b4df4.png)

If I type a value in manually, it works just fine. And creating a `control` viz also works just fine:

 ![control](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/8/c/8c9fff4f669c12340e5fb5e1797833dea004d530.png)

In fact, the control list is populated with values both seen and not seen in the currently picked time period. This is exactly the behaviour I would expect when clicking through the filter helper.

I'm 7.1.1 with a pretty standard metricbeat setup, but I was seeing this issue in 6.x too. I've used `agent.hostname` for all tests here, which is mapped as keyword:

```auto
      "properties" : {
        "@timestamp" : {
          "type" : "date"
        },
        "@version" : {
          "type" : "keyword",
          "ignore_above" : 1024
        },
        "agent" : {
          "properties" : {
            "ephemeral_id" : {
              "type" : "keyword",
              "ignore_above" : 1024
            },
            "hostname" : {
              "type" : "keyword", <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
              "ignore_above" : 1024
            },

```

And the index-pattern shows it as searchable and aggregatable:

 ![index-pattern](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/e/0/e002fcdf04b1aa8dc7516a3c03ba40099c1f85c8.png)

The 'Top 5' values in discover works as expected.

So why are the filter lists not being populated?

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### Author: ![nickpeihl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nickpeihl/32/112622_2.png) [@nickpeihl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nickpeihl)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2019, 11:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-helper-options-list-always-empty/192782/2 "2019-07-29T23:00:44Z")

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This might be a bug. Can you [create an issue on GitHub](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/new/choose)?

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### Author: ![tomr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tomr/32/48260_2.png) [@tomr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tomr)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2019, 12:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-helper-options-list-always-empty/192782/3 "2019-08-01T00:29:35Z")

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Ugh, this was PEBKAC on my end, totally. Feel free to delete this topic!

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### Author: ![nickpeihl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nickpeihl/32/112622_2.png) [@nickpeihl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nickpeihl)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2019, 1:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-helper-options-list-always-empty/192782/4 "2019-08-01T01:21:51Z")

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It happens. Glad you figured it out. 😃

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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: [August 29, 2019, 1:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-helper-options-list-always-empty/192782/5 "2019-08-29T01:21:57Z")

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