# Kibana CSV report show '(empty)' word instead of empty value.

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-csv-report-show-empty-word-instead-of-empty-value/290375>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [November 28, 2021, 9:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-csv-report-show-empty-word-instead-of-empty-value/290375 "2021-11-28T21:02:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pitchaya\_Thipkham](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pitchaya_thipkham/32/97680_2.png) [@Pitchaya\_Thipkham](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pitchaya_Thipkham)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2021, 9:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-csv-report-show-empty-word-instead-of-empty-value/290375/1 "2021-11-28T21:02:10Z")

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Hi,I'm using kibana 7.15 and I've created a scripted field that return empty string \> "" Then I create a report and download it, My CSV report show "(empty)" words. How can I do if I want them to be empty value? I've tried return 'null' but it show "-" instead of empty value also.

Here is what I got from the report.  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/3/4/34c0e598c9ef243ff46049862604ca4911abe2bd.png)

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**Author:** ![Nathan\_Reese](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nathan_reese/32/84829_2.png) [@Nathan\_Reese](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nathan_Reese)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2021, 5:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-csv-report-show-empty-word-instead-of-empty-value/290375/2 "2021-11-29T17:13:34Z")

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`(empty)` is written by the regular string field formatter. Have your script return `" "` instead of `""` when there is no value. Then the CSV will contain a single space character instead of `(empty)`.

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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:** [December 27, 2021, 5:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-csv-report-show-empty-word-instead-of-empty-value/290375/3 "2021-12-27T17:13:38Z")

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