# Kibana kql suggestions not working

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-kql-suggestions-not-working/289240>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [November 16, 2021, 12:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-kql-suggestions-not-working/289240 "2021-11-16T00:08:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 12\
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**Author:** ![Tingda\_Du](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tingda_du/32/96433_2.png) [@Tingda\_Du](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tingda_Du)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 12:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-kql-suggestions-not-working/289240/1 "2021-11-16T00:08:26Z")

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Do I need to configure anything to make kibana kql filtering suggestions working?

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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:** [November 16, 2021, 12:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-kql-suggestions-not-working/289240/2 "2021-11-16T00:28:00Z")

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What version of the stack are you using?  
What are you doing when you are applying them?  
What is the outcome of this?  
What are you expecting that isn't happening?

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**Author:** ![Tingda\_Du](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tingda_du/32/96433_2.png) [@Tingda\_Du](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tingda_Du)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 1:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-kql-suggestions-not-working/289240/3 "2021-11-16T01:09:51Z")

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7.10.2  
kibana.yml only contains basic credentials and urls nothing more  
this gives no kql hint/suggestions as in [Kibana Query Language | Kibana Guide [7.10] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/7.10/kuery-query.html)  
The kql suggestions as in the illustration.

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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:** [November 16, 2021, 2:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-kql-suggestions-not-working/289240/4 "2021-11-16T02:57:20Z")

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> [@Tingda\_Du](#):
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> The kql suggestions as in the illustration.

Which illustration do you mean?

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**Author:** ![Tingda\_Du](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tingda_du/32/96433_2.png) [@Tingda\_Du](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tingda_Du)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 5:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-kql-suggestions-not-working/289240/6 "2021-11-16T17:06:25Z")

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![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/7/5/7587c77e33445f8216994105362287be4bf1505e.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Tingda\_Du](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tingda_du/32/96433_2.png) [@Tingda\_Du](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tingda_Du)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 5:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-kql-suggestions-not-working/289240/7 "2021-11-16T17:06:56Z")

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In the link, it should have hint when you type anything.

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**Author:** ![Tingda\_Du](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tingda_du/32/96433_2.png) [@Tingda\_Du](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tingda_Du)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 5:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-kql-suggestions-not-working/289240/8 "2021-11-16T17:45:57Z")

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What I mean is that for this sentence: KQL is able to suggest field names, values, and operators as you type.

This is wrong, not working for my case.

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**Author:** ![Tingda\_Du](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tingda_du/32/96433_2.png) [@Tingda\_Du](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tingda_Du)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 5:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-kql-suggestions-not-working/289240/9 "2021-11-17T17:37:39Z")

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Anyone has any thought here????

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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:** [November 17, 2021, 9:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-kql-suggestions-not-working/289240/10 "2021-11-17T21:38:56Z")

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It might be useful if you show us a screenshot of what you are seeing.

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**Author:** ![Tingda\_Du](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tingda_du/32/96433_2.png) [@Tingda\_Du](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tingda_Du)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 10:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-kql-suggestions-not-working/289240/11 "2021-11-17T22:31:53Z")

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![Screen Shot 2021-11-17 at 5.31.28 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/7/7/77da212b6a44dec28e9dd032cf05d3a0dbe25345.png)

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**Author:** ![Tingda\_Du](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tingda_du/32/96433_2.png) [@Tingda\_Du](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tingda_Du)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 10:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-kql-suggestions-not-working/289240/12 "2021-11-17T22:32:35Z")

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nothing is hinted or suggested (even typing single a)

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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 15, 2021, 10:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-kql-suggestions-not-working/289240/13 "2021-12-15T22:32:58Z")

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