# Kibana alert on boolean field possible?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-alert-on-boolean-field-possible/252715
**Category:** Kibana
**Tags:** elastic-stack-alerting
**Created:** [October 20, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-alert-on-boolean-field-possible/252715 "2020-10-20T16:05:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Bastian\_Jager](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bastian_Jager)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-alert-on-boolean-field-possible/252715/1 "2020-10-20T16:05:54Z")
Hello,
I would like to know if kibana alerts ([https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/alert-types.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/alert-types.html)) can somehow handle boolean fields.
I have an index pattern with a field "error\_signal" as boolean and would like to create an kibana alert on it. As far as I read before, I thought the **index threshold alert** would be the solution, but I can not filter there for
`if "error_signal" : true`
like I can do it in my usual queries.
Is there a solution to it (with the basic license)?
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### Author:  [@lukeelmers](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lukeelmers)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2020, 7:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-alert-on-boolean-field-possible/252715/2 "2020-10-21T19:35:49Z")
Currently alerts don't yet support filtering, however this is a feature we are working toward. You can follow along with the Github issue if you are interested: [https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/66046](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/66046)
There are also plans to eventually bring alerts to Discover, which would provide the same type of functionality -- allowing you to create an alert based on your current view of Discover, including filters. The issue to follow for that is [https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/71099](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/71099)
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### Author:  [@Bastian\_Jager](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bastian_Jager)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2020, 10:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-alert-on-boolean-field-possible/252715/3 "2020-11-03T10:39:06Z")
Thanks! I hope we will see the feature soon.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2020, 10:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-alert-on-boolean-field-possible/252715/4 "2020-12-01T10:39:10Z")
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