# Got error in discover: Discover: "field" is a required parameter

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/got-error-in-discover-discover-field-is-a-required-parameter/91942>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [July 5, 2017, 3:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/got-error-in-discover-discover-field-is-a-required-parameter/91942 "2017-07-05T15:12:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![whoami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a9a28c/32.png) [@whoami](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/whoami)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 3:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/got-error-in-discover-discover-field-is-a-required-parameter/91942/1 "2017-07-05T15:12:34Z")

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kibana version: 5.4.0  
Discover: "field" is a required parameter  
what does this mean?

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**Author:** ![lukas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lukas/32/6812_2.png) [@lukas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lukas)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 8:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/got-error-in-discover-discover-field-is-a-required-parameter/91942/2 "2017-07-05T20:03:13Z")

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There are a few things it could mean, and the list of things to try to fix it is here: [https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/9571](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/9571)

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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 2, 2017, 8:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/got-error-in-discover-discover-field-is-a-required-parameter/91942/3 "2017-08-02T20:03:21Z")

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