# Kibana search appearing as json object?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-search-appearing-as-json-object/255289>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 13, 2020, 5:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-search-appearing-as-json-object/255289 "2020-11-13T05:40:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![sandeep1-0](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sandeep1-0/32/64651_2.png) [@sandeep1-0](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sandeep1-0)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 5:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-search-appearing-as-json-object/255289/1 "2020-11-13T05:40:38Z")

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Hi,  
I have metricbeat data indexing to kibana but the same is appearing as json object object instead of showing it as different field. Is this due to some template issue or missed any setting.

Currently coming in the below format.

```auto
 system 	
	{
  "memory": {
    "actual": {
      "used": {
        "pct": 0.9058,
        "bytes": 7440117760
      },
      "free": 773660672
    },
}

```

Instead of

```auto
system.memory.actual.used.pct : 0.9058
system.memory.actual.used.bytes : 7440117760
system.memory.actual.free : 773660672

```

Can anyone help me with this?  
Also im having ES 6.8 and metricbeat version 7.9.

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 8:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-search-appearing-as-json-object/255289/2 "2020-11-20T08:17:50Z")

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Dot are used to denote nesting in Elasticsearch field names so what you are seeing is expected.

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**Author:** ![sandeep1-0](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sandeep1-0/32/64651_2.png) [@sandeep1-0](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sandeep1-0)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-search-appearing-as-json-object/255289/3 "2020-11-20T14:16:35Z")

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Yes but in kibana search im seeing the json itself instead of this dotted field names.

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 2:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-search-appearing-as-json-object/255289/4 "2020-11-20T14:28:57Z")

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Even if you view it in JSON mode?

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-search-appearing-as-json-object/255289/5 "2020-11-20T14:48:30Z")

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> [@sandeep1-0](#):
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> Also im having ES 6.8 and metricbeat version 7.9.

Sorry but this is not supposed to work. You must make sure that you are using the same version for the whole stack.

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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 18, 2020, 2:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-search-appearing-as-json-object/255289/6 "2020-12-18T14:49:14Z")

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