# Geo\_Point Field Exists, But Kibana Can't Find It

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-point-field-exists-but-kibana-cant-find-it/32776>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [October 22, 2015, 2:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-point-field-exists-but-kibana-cant-find-it/32776 "2015-10-22T14:09:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![lando](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lando/32/5417_2.png) [@lando](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lando)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 2:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-point-field-exists-but-kibana-cant-find-it/32776/1 "2015-10-22T14:09:58Z")

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Hi All,

I'm having a problem similiar to other problems i've seen on the forums here with kibana not seeing the geo\_point field in elasticsearch. I'm using logstash to ship IIS log data to ES:

```
filter {
     ...
    geoip {
        source => "clienthost"
        database => "C:/logstash/GeoLiteCity.dat"
    }
 }
 output {
   elasticsearch {
       host => "es.domain"
       protocol => "http"
       index => "logstash-iis-%{+YYYY.MM.dd}"
    }
 }

```

The location field IS being stored as "geo\_point" as shown from my mappings:

```
"geoip" : {
        "properties" : {
          "area_code" : {
            "type" : "long"
          },
          "city_name" : {
            "type" : "string"
          },
          "continent_code" : {
            "type" : "string"
          },
          "country_code2" : {
            "type" : "string"
          },
          "country_code3" : {
            "type" : "string"
          },
          "country_name" : {
            "type" : "string"
          },
          "dma_code" : {
            "type" : "long"
          },
          "ip" : {
            "type" : "string"
          },
          "latitude" : {
            "type" : "double"
          },
          "location" : {
            "type" : "geo_point"
          },
          "longitude" : {
            "type" : "double"
          },
          "postal_code" : {
            "type" : "string"
          },
          "real_region_name" : {
            "type" : "string"
          },
          "region_name" : {
            "type" : "string"
          },
          "timezone" : {
            "type" : "string"
          }
        }
      }

```

The template I am using is as follows:

```
    {
    "template" : "logstash*",
    "mappings" : {
      "iis" : {
         "properties": {
            "geoip":{
               "properties":{
                  "location":{"type":"geo_point"}
               }
            }
      }
    }
  }
}

```

The issue that i am having is that when I go into kibana to select the data, i get the " No Compatible Fields: The "logstash-iis\*" index pattern does not contain any of the following field types: geo\_point" error. I'm not sure where to begin troubleshooting from here. Any help would be appreciated!

Logstash: 1.5.4 (windows)  
ElasticSearch: 1.7.2 (windows)  
Kibana: 4.1.2 (windows)

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**Author:** ![lando](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lando/32/5417_2.png) [@lando](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lando)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 6:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-point-field-exists-but-kibana-cant-find-it/32776/2 "2015-10-26T18:46:34Z")

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Solved: Kibana did not see the change to the field type until I refreshed the index fields under "Settings".

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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 6, 2017, 2:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-point-field-exists-but-kibana-cant-find-it/32776/3 "2017-07-06T14:10:37Z")

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