# Implement an autocomplete search using field pattern

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/implement-an-autocomplete-search-using-field-pattern/121521>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [February 26, 2018, 3:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/implement-an-autocomplete-search-using-field-pattern/121521 "2018-02-26T15:47:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![ekane95](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58f4c7/32.png) [@ekane95](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ekane95)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2018, 3:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/implement-an-autocomplete-search-using-field-pattern/121521/1 "2018-02-26T15:47:54Z")

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I want to implement an autocomplete search-bar on kibana 4.6.  
When I start typing a field name I want a dropdown list of all indexes (fields) I have on the created report so I wont have to type it until the end.  
How can this feature be implemented on kibana 4.6 ?

Don't tell me to upgrade kibana, I can't, I must use this version.  
Don't tell me it can't be done, there must be a way. (ex: i exported search-bar when a vis with iframe is shared but the support team told me it could not be done)

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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:** [February 27, 2018, 6:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/implement-an-autocomplete-search-using-field-pattern/121521/2 "2018-02-27T18:24:05Z")

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4.6 was released almost two years ago, so a lot of the context we have to answer this question does not exist. I would suggest querying the `/elasticsearch` endpoint in Kibana which is a proxy to Elasticsearch. You can create the query and handle the results that you deem necessary.

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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:** [March 27, 2018, 6:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/implement-an-autocomplete-search-using-field-pattern/121521/3 "2018-03-27T18:24:24Z")

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