# Is it possible to display an arbitrary Elasticsearch query result in a datatable?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-display-an-arbitrary-elasticsearch-query-result-in-a-datatable/171960>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [March 12, 2019, 1:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-display-an-arbitrary-elasticsearch-query-result-in-a-datatable/171960 "2019-03-12T13:37:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![BKG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bkg/32/43591_2.png) [@BKG](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/BKG)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2019, 1:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-display-an-arbitrary-elasticsearch-query-result-in-a-datatable/171960/1 "2019-03-12T13:37:10Z")

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Hi,

We're hitting roadblocks with Kibana Discover, it doesn't allow sorting on a secondary field or aggregation on text fields.

Is it possible to write a custom elasticsearch query then display it in Kibana somehow?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![jen-huang](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jen-huang/32/74327_2.png) [@jen-huang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jen-huang)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2019, 8:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-display-an-arbitrary-elasticsearch-query-result-in-a-datatable/171960/2 "2019-03-12T20:38:49Z")

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Hi, this is not currently possible, apart from simply sending the query in Dev Tools and viewing the response. This could be a potential [enhancement request](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/new/choose).

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**Author:** ![BKG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bkg/32/43591_2.png) [@BKG](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/BKG)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 2:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-display-an-arbitrary-elasticsearch-query-result-in-a-datatable/171960/3 "2019-03-13T14:26:01Z")

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Thanks for the response! The most urgent requirement is to hide duplicate messages when viewing a screen full of logs. Is there any workaround for this?

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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:** [April 10, 2019, 2:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-display-an-arbitrary-elasticsearch-query-result-in-a-datatable/171960/4 "2019-04-10T14:37:00Z")

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