# Is there a way to merge columns in discover view to occupy less horizontal space? **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [November 21, 2019, 7:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-to-merge-columns-in-discover-view-to-occupy-less-horizontal-space/208969 "2019-11-21T19:30:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nielarshi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/dfb087/32.png) [@nielarshi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nielarshi)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 7:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-to-merge-columns-in-discover-view-to-occupy-less-horizontal-space/208969/1 "2019-11-21T19:30:52Z")
I have a case when a lot of data is spread horizontally and can be just reduced if combined in one column. For ex: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/c/7/c77990930948d92547035a4d8c52af7761f5a7e2.png) Any thoughts on how data could be shown with less white spaces in the discover view? The keywords PASS/IN\_PROGRESS/... could be reduced to just an identifying character. I am using discover view in a dashboard. It would be very nice to have feature to add data to an existing column rather than new column for it. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Gregory](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/larry_gregory/32/34969_2.png) [@Larry\_Gregory](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Larry_Gregory)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 8:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-to-merge-columns-in-discover-view-to-occupy-less-horizontal-space/208969/2 "2019-11-21T20:53:14Z")
The only way I can think to do this is with a scripted field to join these fields together into a single one. That is, unless you're able to reindex your data to combine these fields into a single property at the index level. ---
**Author:** ![nielarshi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/dfb087/32.png) [@nielarshi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nielarshi)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 9:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-to-merge-columns-in-discover-view-to-occupy-less-horizontal-space/208969/3 "2019-11-21T21:52:17Z")
I managed to do this ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/2/2/2265fcf3be4fc30bb5f59a573cd2938852c667ac.png) using Scripted field -\> URL -\> Image where an string array could be provided. But it would have been nice to have a tooltip on hover for the list item. Or an additional field should take what to show on hover over image. It's a Url of type image, but it's not pointing to any link either, just shows an image. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2019, 9:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-to-merge-columns-in-discover-view-to-occupy-less-horizontal-space/208969/4 "2019-12-19T21:52:20Z")
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