# How to visualize JSON array in Kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-visualize-json-array-in-kibana/145260>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [August 20, 2018, 11:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-visualize-json-array-in-kibana/145260 "2018-08-20T23:19:43Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 9:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-visualize-json-array-in-kibana/145260/2 "2018-08-21T21:12:26Z")

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Whenever you use objects inside of arrays, it doesn't really play well with Kibana. You'll have a lot more luck if you create a separate `rules` index, and index each of the objects inside `rules` separately. Then you'd easily be able to create a visualization like you've mentioned.

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