# Kibana 5.2.0 \[illegal\_argument\_exception\] \[terms\] exclude doesn't support values of type: START\_OBJECT

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-2-0-illegal-argument-exception-terms-exclude-doesnt-support-values-of-type-start-object/74664>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [February 10, 2017, 2:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-2-0-illegal-argument-exception-terms-exclude-doesnt-support-values-of-type-start-object/74664 "2017-02-10T14:08:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![asp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@asp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/asp)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 2:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-2-0-illegal-argument-exception-terms-exclude-doesnt-support-values-of-type-start-object/74664/1 "2017-02-10T14:08:22Z")

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Hi,

using kibana 5.2,  
Got the following error  
Visualize: [illegal\_argument\_exception] [terms] exclude doesn't support values of type: START\_OBJECT

Details:

```
Error: [illegal_argument_exception] [terms] exclude doesn't support values of type: START_OBJECT
    at respond (https://foo.de/kibana5/bundles/kibana.bundle.js?v=14695:14:6928)
    at checkRespForFailure (https://foo.de/kibana5/bundles/kibana.bundle.js?v=14695:14:6156)
    at https://foo.de/kibana5/bundles/kibana.bundle.js?v=14695:1:24563
    at processQueue (https://foo.de/kibana5/bundles/commons.bundle.js?v=14695:38:23621)
    at https://foo.de/kibana5/bundles/commons.bundle.js?v=14695:38:23888
    at Scope.$eval (https://foo.de/kibana5/bundles/commons.bundle.js?v=14695:39:4619)
    at Scope.$digest (https://foo.de/kibana5/bundles/commons.bundle.js?v=14695:39:2359)
    at Scope.$apply (https://foo.de/kibana5/bundles/commons.bundle.js?v=14695:39:5037)
    at done (https://foo.de/kibana5/bundles/commons.bundle.js?v=14695:37:25027)
    at completeRequest (https://foo.de/kibana5/bundles/commons.bundle.js?v=14695:37:28702)

```

here is my viz:

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/2X/c/c9cab0d4cf1b62c19686af53daf6a594b30a7915.png)

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/2X/e/eb525def602560e491ce0d8c6682b9424a77c4a7.png)

I exported the viz from kibana 5.1.2 and imported it to 5.2.0. in 5.1.2 it was fine. Import was done via saved object export / import.

Is this a bug, or how can I fix it?

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**Author:** ![asp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@asp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/asp)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 2:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-2-0-illegal-argument-exception-terms-exclude-doesnt-support-values-of-type-start-object/74664/2 "2017-02-10T14:21:42Z")

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seems as if it is a bug:

> <https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/22933>

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**Author:** ![tsullivan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tsullivan/32/31077_2.png) [@tsullivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tsullivan)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2017, 5:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-2-0-illegal-argument-exception-terms-exclude-doesnt-support-values-of-type-start-object/74664/3 "2017-02-13T17:32:43Z")

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Unfortunately, this is a bug. It looks like Kibana is using an unsupported syntax that happened to work in earlier versions. There will need to be a new patch release to fix this, so stay tuned!

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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:** [March 13, 2017, 5:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-2-0-illegal-argument-exception-terms-exclude-doesnt-support-values-of-type-start-object/74664/4 "2017-03-13T17:33:28Z")

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