# Kibana dashboard by \_type **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [October 20, 2016, 12:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-dashboard-by--type/63498 "2016-10-20T12:06:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![minniek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@minniek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/minniek)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2016, 12:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-dashboard-by--type/63498/1 "2016-10-20T12:06:11Z")
How can I set a chart by field \_type? I am not able to find the field \_type in any options.. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![bevacqua](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bevacqua/32/10312_2.png) [@bevacqua](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bevacqua)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2016, 6:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-dashboard-by--type/63498/2 "2016-10-20T18:30:25Z")
miniek, You can create a Terms aggregation using the `_type` field. ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/2X/6/668c71eac10aeeeaa928c4fbe3e5badec30efc0c.gif) ---
**Author:** ![minniek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@minniek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/minniek)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 9:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-dashboard-by--type/63498/3 "2016-10-21T09:55:28Z")
I followed your video but I dont have the same options. I dont have the option "\_type" in the combobox. How can I add this value ? // I dont have longstash installed thanks ---
**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, 1:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-dashboard-by--type/63498/4 "2017-07-06T13:36:03Z")