# How can split kibana discovery log in column permanently?

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-split-kibana-discovery-log-in-column-permanently/95474
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [August 2, 2017, 7:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-split-kibana-discovery-log-in-column-permanently/95474 "2017-08-02T07:39:59Z")
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### Author: ![abu.sayeed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@abu.sayeed](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/abu.sayeed)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2017, 7:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-split-kibana-discovery-log-in-column-permanently/95474/1 "2017-08-02T07:39:59Z")

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Kibana Discovery logs format:

**host** :VM\_5 **source** :/home/user/user.log **message** :smsStatus : [SENT]

But I wish log format:

**host** : **source** : **message** :  
VM\_5 /home/user/user.log smsStatus : [SENT]

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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: [August 2, 2017, 4:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-split-kibana-discovery-log-in-column-permanently/95474/2 "2017-08-02T16:26:54Z")

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You can add the columns you'd like to see in the discovery table by clicking "Add" next to a field in the field list (which is at the far left of the screen).

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### Author: ![abu.sayeed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@abu.sayeed](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/abu.sayeed)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2017, 5:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-split-kibana-discovery-log-in-column-permanently/95474/3 "2017-08-06T05:19:22Z")

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Yes I have done that. Its a temporary solution. cause adding columns will be vanish after closing the browser. And I have to add after opening Browser. I don't want to add columns. but discovery fields will be display columns by columns.  
How can do that? I wish help of any expert

thanks

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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: [August 7, 2017, 6:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-split-kibana-discovery-log-in-column-permanently/95474/4 "2017-08-07T18:32:45Z")

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There's also an advanced setting, `defaultColumns`, that you can set to the columns you'd like displayed by default when you open Discover. You could set it to `host,source,message`.

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### Author: ![abu.sayeed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@abu.sayeed](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/abu.sayeed)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2017, 6:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-split-kibana-discovery-log-in-column-permanently/95474/5 "2017-08-09T06:00:06Z")

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thanks.

its working well

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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: [September 6, 2017, 6:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-split-kibana-discovery-log-in-column-permanently/95474/6 "2017-09-06T06:00:34Z")

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