# How to use json input

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-json-input/159848>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [December 7, 2018, 5:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-json-input/159848 "2018-12-07T05:43:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 10:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-json-input/159848/2 "2018-12-07T22:22:17Z")

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Per the [Kibana 4 blog post](https://www.elastic.co/blog/kibana-4-beta-2-get-now):

> ...JSON input which allows you to specify additional aggregation parameters to send with your request. For example, maybe you want to pass `shard_size` in a `terms` agg, or increase the `precision_threshold` in a cardinality agg.

Here is another concrete example of using a scripted field in this input: [Visualize: JSON Input: how to use?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualize-json-input-how-to-use/75513)

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