# How to format numbers in Timelion

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-format-numbers-in-timelion/68490
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [December 8, 2016, 10:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-format-numbers-in-timelion/68490 "2016-12-08T22:24:46Z")
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### Author: ![sjivan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c57346/32.png) [@sjivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sjivan)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2016, 10:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-format-numbers-in-timelion/68490/1 "2016-12-08T22:24:46Z")

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I realize that doesn't use Kibana field formatting but is there a way to format numbers (currency) to have commas?

Using Kibana 4.6.1

Thanks,  
Sanjiv

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### Author: ![tylersmalley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tylersmalley/32/8833_2.png) [@tylersmalley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tylersmalley)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2016, 2:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-format-numbers-in-timelion/68490/2 "2016-12-09T02:04:35Z")

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There is currently an open [pull request](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/pull/9065) for this.

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### Author: ![sjivan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c57346/32.png) [@sjivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sjivan)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2016, 2:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-format-numbers-in-timelion/68490/3 "2016-12-09T02:14:26Z")

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Thanks for the pointer.

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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: [January 6, 2017, 2:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-format-numbers-in-timelion/68490/4 "2017-01-06T02:14:36Z")

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