# Kibana field Aliases

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-field-aliases/261588>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [January 19, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-field-aliases/261588 "2021-01-19T19:56:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![griffer98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@griffer98](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/griffer98)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-field-aliases/261588/1 "2021-01-19T19:56:36Z")

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I have two indices that have a field with the same name. I want to join both into one data table. I know I can change the display name in a table but I wont know which index each one is coming from to name appropriately. cahnging the name in logstash is not an option. Is there a way to do something like get field from index as newName?

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**Author:** ![AClerk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aclerk/32/55297_2.png) [@AClerk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AClerk)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 11:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-field-aliases/261588/2 "2021-01-19T23:23:11Z")

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What about re-index? Is that an option?

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**Author:** ![griffer98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@griffer98](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/griffer98)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 9:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-field-aliases/261588/3 "2021-01-20T21:38:37Z")

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Unfortunately it is not.

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**Author:** ![matw](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/matw/32/13913_2.png) [@matw](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/matw)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 5:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-field-aliases/261588/4 "2021-01-26T05:10:36Z")

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Hi John  
Would the use of Elastic search alias field type help in this case?

> **[Alias field type | Elasticsearch Reference \[master\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/master/alias.html)**

Best,  
Matthias

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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:** [February 23, 2021, 5:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-field-aliases/261588/5 "2021-02-23T05:10:41Z")

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