# Kibana 4.1.1 Range query in BYTE Format

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-4-1-1-range-query-in-byte-format/29841
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [September 23, 2015, 1:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-4-1-1-range-query-in-byte-format/29841 "2015-09-23T13:11:29Z")
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### Author: ![ankmathur14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7feea3/32.png) [@ankmathur14](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ankmathur14)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2015, 1:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-4-1-1-range-query-in-byte-format/29841/1 "2015-09-23T13:11:29Z")

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Hi All,

I have formatted one of my field (FileSize) which was initially in "integer" format to "BYTE" format in kibana 4.1.1.  
Now, i do have filesizes from 1KB to 500MB in my documents.

How do i search in kibana search bar for files ranging from 5KB to 5MB.

FileSize: [5120 To 5242880] WORKING FINE  
FileSize: [5KB To 5MB] NOT WORKING

How to make the later query work??

Thanks,  
Ankur Mathur

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### Author: ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2015, 1:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-4-1-1-range-query-in-byte-format/29841/2 "2015-09-24T01:21:12Z")

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Because the search doesn't know about your formatted fields, it only applies to the visualisation part.

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### Author: ![ankmathur14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7feea3/32.png) [@ankmathur14](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ankmathur14)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2015, 5:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-4-1-1-range-query-in-byte-format/29841/3 "2015-09-24T05:39:44Z")

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Hey thanks for the info.  
I thought may be some kind of reverse process (formatted field to original field) would apply in kibana itself while searching.  
Anyways thanks a lot.

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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, 2:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-4-1-1-range-query-in-byte-format/29841/4 "2017-07-06T14:12:36Z")

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