# How to display a latest string value in Kibana metric visualize widget?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-display-a-latest-string-value-in-kibana-metric-visualize-widget/189767>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [July 10, 2019, 12:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-display-a-latest-string-value-in-kibana-metric-visualize-widget/189767 "2019-07-10T12:36:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![spot62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@spot62](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spot62)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2019, 12:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-display-a-latest-string-value-in-kibana-metric-visualize-widget/189767/1 "2019-07-10T12:36:40Z")

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need vizualize the JSON:

{  
"last\_send\_date": "2019-07-10 12:58:00.0",  
"waiting\_qty": 0,  
"verifying\_qty": 0,  
}

"last\_send\_date" in metric or table widget. Or my field was not listed in fields dropdown list.

Solution for Top Hit work with number only.  
How to display a latest string value in Kibana metric visualize widget?  
Or how to convert string to date or number by filter? Or what?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![spot62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@spot62](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spot62)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2019, 1:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-display-a-latest-string-value-in-kibana-metric-visualize-widget/189767/2 "2019-07-10T13:22:14Z")

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Sorry. Updating Kibana index cache (Kibana's Management \> Index Patterns app and click the refresh button) was resolved my problem

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**Author:** ![Marius\_Dragomir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marius_dragomir/32/42087_2.png) [@Marius\_Dragomir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marius_Dragomir)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 11:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-display-a-latest-string-value-in-kibana-metric-visualize-widget/189767/3 "2019-07-18T11:06:54Z")

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