# Is it possible to add the 'Fields' sidebar in a Kibana dashboard? **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [August 23, 2017, 10:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-add-the-fields-sidebar-in-a-kibana-dashboard/98137 "2017-08-23T22:08:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nikhilo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nikhilo/32/21230_2.png) [@nikhilo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nikhilo)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 10:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-add-the-fields-sidebar-in-a-kibana-dashboard/98137/1 "2017-08-23T22:08:17Z")
The 'Fields' sidebar that is provided in the Discover section is very powerful. But the Discover section lacks visualizing capabilities. So, with a bunch of visualizations and a saved search I created a dashboard. But I miss the functionality of the 'Fields' sidebar, that lets you explore all the available fields. Is it possible to add/have this side bar in a Kibana dashboard? (If the sidebar is called something else, here is an image for reference) ![Kibana Fields Sidebar](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/d/a/dac074da4a1303489a5ceb6dca54b987c750f1f7.png) ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Fleming](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/joe_fleming/32/3561_2.png) [@Joe\_Fleming](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Joe_Fleming)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 10:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-add-the-fields-sidebar-in-a-kibana-dashboard/98137/2 "2017-08-23T22:49:26Z")
Sidebar is what we call it too 😉 No, there isn't a way to do this on the Dashboard. But I'm curious, what would you even do with it if such a thing did exist? Why do you find it useful to know what fields exist in the Dashboard? ---
**Author:** ![nikhilo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nikhilo/32/21230_2.png) [@nikhilo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nikhilo)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 11:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-add-the-fields-sidebar-in-a-kibana-dashboard/98137/3 "2017-08-23T23:31:32Z")
The sidebar doesn't just show the fields. It also shows percentage distribution of the values of each field (from top 500 records) I have a (sort of all-in-one) dashboard which has a bunch of visualizations to help see trends. I feel the only thing that's makes me go back to discover mode, is the sidebar. ![All_Logs_Sample](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/7/b/7bb94b3e1399476fc39079d892699c8421d8171a.png) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 11:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-add-the-fields-sidebar-in-a-kibana-dashboard/98137/4 "2017-09-20T23:31:42Z")
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