# Include/exclude fields in Kibana visualization

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/include-exclude-fields-in-kibana-visualization/56032>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [July 20, 2016, 10:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/include-exclude-fields-in-kibana-visualization/56032 "2016-07-20T22:06:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![bishaka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@bishaka](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bishaka)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 10:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/include-exclude-fields-in-kibana-visualization/56032/1 "2016-07-20T22:06:51Z")

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Hi,  
I want to exclude some fields in Kibana when using the visualization tools. I see that there is a Include/exclude pattern and but I am not sure what syntax it uses? I couldn't find any info online. Can someone help?

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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:** [July 21, 2016, 4:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/include-exclude-fields-in-kibana-visualization/56032/2 "2016-07-21T16:38:25Z")

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Here is the documentation: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-aggregations-bucket-terms-aggregation.html#\_filtering\_values\_2](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-aggregations-bucket-terms-aggregation.html#_filtering_values_2)

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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 6, 2017, 1:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/include-exclude-fields-in-kibana-visualization/56032/3 "2017-07-06T13:45:12Z")

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