# How to rename a field in Kibana console (6.4.2). Is there a direct GUI level configuration option. Pls help

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-rename-a-field-in-kibana-console-6-4-2-is-there-a-direct-gui-level-configuration-option-pls-help/184573>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 6, 2019, 11:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-rename-a-field-in-kibana-console-6-4-2-is-there-a-direct-gui-level-configuration-option-pls-help/184573 "2019-06-06T11:47:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![premchand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@premchand](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/premchand)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 11:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-rename-a-field-in-kibana-console-6-4-2-is-there-a-direct-gui-level-configuration-option-pls-help/184573/1 "2019-06-06T11:47:08Z")

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![kibana%20snippet](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/6/c/6cad8d3a71e2aea06d77f8786288175a6e4a7110.png)

From the snippet can we change the servername to SERVER.

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**Author:** ![revolve3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3da27b/32.png) [@revolve3](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/revolve3)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 12:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-rename-a-field-in-kibana-console-6-4-2-is-there-a-direct-gui-level-configuration-option-pls-help/184573/2 "2019-06-06T12:03:57Z")

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Kibana is just picking up fields it sees in your index, and in your screenshot it already sees a field called SERVER, so that field is also there in your index already. Use your pipeline filter to make sure servername field content gets put into the SERVER field instead and you can also use such a pipeline to remove the servername field from all future indexes. Though, you should have the source system stop populating such a field. If you're using curator to remove indexes after x days then you can refresh the field list after x days and servername should just drop off.

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**Author:** ![premchand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@premchand](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/premchand)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 12:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-rename-a-field-in-kibana-console-6-4-2-is-there-a-direct-gui-level-configuration-option-pls-help/184573/3 "2019-06-06T12:28:19Z")

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Thanks for your response.  
Could be please elaborate on the below info.

''Use your pipeline filter to make sure servername field content gets put into the SERVER field instead and you can also use such a pipeline to remove the servername field from all future indexes.""

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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 4, 2019, 12:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-rename-a-field-in-kibana-console-6-4-2-is-there-a-direct-gui-level-configuration-option-pls-help/184573/4 "2019-07-04T12:28:19Z")

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