# Kibana change field type to geopoint

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-change-field-type-to-geopoint/96152>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [August 7, 2017, 8:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-change-field-type-to-geopoint/96152 "2017-08-07T20:20:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![zozo6015](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/zozo6015/32/12117_2.png) [@zozo6015](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zozo6015)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2017, 8:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-change-field-type-to-geopoint/96152/1 "2017-08-07T20:20:37Z")

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Hello,

I have parsed the an auth.log via grok and elasticsearch is looking up the IP geo location but the system.auth.ssh.geoip.city\_name field is set as string and not geopoint. Is it possible to change it's type somehow?

Regards,  
Peter

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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:** [August 7, 2017, 10:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-change-field-type-to-geopoint/96152/2 "2017-08-07T22:53:50Z")

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This is better answered in your other thread - [Geo\_point is not getting mapped correctly](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/geo-point-is-not-getting-mapped-correctly/96156)

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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:** [August 7, 2017, 10:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-change-field-type-to-geopoint/96152/3 "2017-08-07T22:53:53Z")

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