# How to transform float value to exponential value in Kibana 6.2.4?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-transform-float-value-to-exponential-value-in-kibana-6-2-4/140296>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [July 17, 2018, 9:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-transform-float-value-to-exponential-value-in-kibana-6-2-4/140296 "2018-07-17T09:30:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![tim82](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed655f/32.png) [@tim82](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tim82)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2018, 9:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-transform-float-value-to-exponential-value-in-kibana-6-2-4/140296/1 "2018-07-17T09:30:37Z")

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For example:

- From: 0.000008316878
- To: 8.316878e-6

Tried with "numeraljs - format - exponential" but it is not working in Kibana 6.2.4.  
[http://numeraljs.com/#format](http://numeraljs.com/#format)

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/7/6/76dab4545fa76b0a4a4039fc032d3479d0680426.png)

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![cjcenizal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/cjcenizal/32/11216_2.png) [@cjcenizal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cjcenizal)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2018, 9:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-transform-float-value-to-exponential-value-in-kibana-6-2-4/140296/2 "2018-07-17T21:22:46Z")

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Hi Tim, sorry about that. Kibana uses a fork of numeraljs which doesn't include the exponential format. For a list of supported formats, you can check out the tests in our fork: [https://github.com/elastic/numeral-js/blob/kibana-fork/tests/numeral/format.js](https://github.com/elastic/numeral-js/blob/kibana-fork/tests/numeral/format.js).

Thanks,  
CJ

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**Author:** ![tim82](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed655f/32.png) [@tim82](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tim82)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2018, 1:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-transform-float-value-to-exponential-value-in-kibana-6-2-4/140296/3 "2018-07-18T01:47:40Z")

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Noted and thanks CJ! I will look for work around as for now.  
Btw, will it be supported in the future release?

Regards,  
Tim

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**Author:** ![cjcenizal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/cjcenizal/32/11216_2.png) [@cjcenizal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cjcenizal)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2018, 3:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-transform-float-value-to-exponential-value-in-kibana-6-2-4/140296/4 "2018-07-18T03:39:40Z")

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Yes we definitely want to support this format in the future, but updating our fork (or finding an alternative) will be a tough task and we have a lot of work on our backlog, so I can't say with confidence when we'll be able to add this.

Thanks,  
CJ

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**Author:** ![tim82](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed655f/32.png) [@tim82](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tim82)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2018, 1:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-transform-float-value-to-exponential-value-in-kibana-6-2-4/140296/5 "2018-07-20T01:32:45Z")

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Thanks CJ!

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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 17, 2018, 1:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-transform-float-value-to-exponential-value-in-kibana-6-2-4/140296/6 "2018-08-17T01:32:47Z")

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