# Kibana 5.1.2 Visualize drop down short name issue

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-1-2-visualize-drop-down-short-name-issue/78303>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [March 13, 2017, 3:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-1-2-visualize-drop-down-short-name-issue/78303 "2017-03-13T03:21:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ram\_Vittal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@Ram\_Vittal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ram_Vittal)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 3:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-1-2-visualize-drop-down-short-name-issue/78303/1 "2017-03-13T03:21:42Z")

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We are using ELK 5.1.2 with field name set to short name. For example, if the field name in [Person.First.Name](http://Person.First.Name), it gets displayed as [P.F.Name](http://P.F.Name) on the Discover page which is good. However, when we go to Visualize page, the drop down shows P.F.N which makes it very hard to figure out the field name.

Is there a work-around or a fix for this short field name issue in the visualize drop downs?

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**Author:** ![jbudz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jbudz/32/45922_2.png) [@jbudz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jbudz)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 3:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-1-2-visualize-drop-down-short-name-issue/78303/2 "2017-03-15T15:21:15Z")

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I can't think of a current workaround, it's applied globally. Is the entire string showing P.F.N is the visualize dropdown or [P.F.Name](http://P.F.Name)? It sounds like a bug if it's truncating the last property.

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**Author:** ![Ram\_Vittal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@Ram\_Vittal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ram_Vittal)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 8:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-1-2-visualize-drop-down-short-name-issue/78303/3 "2017-03-17T20:26:26Z")

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Entire string is showing as P.F.N in the visualize dropdown. I agree this is a bug. What is the procedure to get it fixed?

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**Author:** ![jbudz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jbudz/32/45922_2.png) [@jbudz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jbudz)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 2:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-1-2-visualize-drop-down-short-name-issue/78303/4 "2017-03-20T14:43:41Z")

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Filing an issue on github, [https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/new](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/new)

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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 17, 2017, 2:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-1-2-visualize-drop-down-short-name-issue/78303/5 "2017-04-17T14:43:42Z")

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