# Kibana 5 alpha 4 script in JSON Input

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-alpha-4-script-in-json-input/56827>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [July 31, 2016, 2:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-alpha-4-script-in-json-input/56827 "2016-07-31T14:42:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![mrvincnezo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mrvincnezo/32/10829_2.png) [@mrvincnezo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mrvincnezo)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2016, 2:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-alpha-4-script-in-json-input/56827/1 "2016-07-31T14:42:00Z")

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I am trying to add a groovy script for a bucket in the **Advanced** section in **JSON Input** when creating a visualization. It works perfectly well in **Kibana 4** but it doesn't work in **Kibana 5 alpha 4**. Needless to say thay I enabled **groovy** in the `elasticsearch.yml`.

`{"script" : "doc['iteration_duration'].value", "lang": "groovy"}`

I am getting the following error

`Visualize: [parsing_exception] Unexpected token VALUE_STRING [script] in [24]., with { line=1 col=754 }`

The above works well in Kibana 4. Any suggestions?

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**Author:** ![shaunak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shaunak/32/6643_2.png) [@shaunak](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shaunak)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 6:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-alpha-4-script-in-json-input/56827/2 "2016-08-01T18:10:18Z")

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Hi @mrvincnezo,

The syntax for specifying scripts in the aggregation DSL has become stricter in 5.0. Instead of:

`{"script" : "doc['iteration_duration'].value", "lang": "groovy"}`

Try this:

`{ "script": { "inline": "doc['bytes'].value", "lang": "groovy" } }`

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**Author:** ![mrvincnezo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mrvincnezo/32/10829_2.png) [@mrvincnezo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mrvincnezo)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 6:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-alpha-4-script-in-json-input/56827/3 "2016-08-02T06:33:40Z")

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Thanks @shaunak. That worked perfectly.

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**Author:** ![Rajesh\_Jai](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rajesh_jai/32/14160_2.png) [@Rajesh\_Jai](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rajesh_Jai)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 5:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-alpha-4-script-in-json-input/56827/4 "2016-12-27T05:50:33Z")

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Thanks, it's working !

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**Author:** ![mgz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e7dd6/32.png) [@mgz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mgz)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 8:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-alpha-4-script-in-json-input/56827/5 "2017-01-03T08:58:52Z")

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shaunak: your solution works. How come I still see the error message even though the chart shows up? Thanks.

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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, 1:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-alpha-4-script-in-json-input/56827/6 "2017-07-06T13:33:33Z")

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