# Kibana - Split Json field shows as one long string

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-split-json-field-shows-as-one-long-string/215514>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [January 17, 2020, 8:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-split-json-field-shows-as-one-long-string/215514 "2020-01-17T20:13:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Newtoelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8baadc/32.png) [@Newtoelastic](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Newtoelastic)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2020, 8:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-split-json-field-shows-as-one-long-string/215514/1 "2020-01-17T20:13:32Z")

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Hey there, as the name suggests I am new to elastic search and I am having kind of an odd problem. I have a list of links I am trying to have displayed (later on I need to use these links for alerting) and split in the following manner:  
Links:  
[www.link1.com](http://www.link1.com)  
[www.link2.com](http://www.link2.com)  
[www.link3.com](http://www.link3.com)

Now I split the text in the parsing on the log stash correctly and I am receiving the Json with an arry (pics as proof below) but in the table tab it still shows it as if it were 1 long string.  
Please assist ASAP as this is a pressing issue.

The logs as they are parsed in the logstash:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/b/e/be530e7044321df975a86fa20f4dbf50d7e9913e.png)

The logs as they are shown in the json tab in Kibana

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/0/1/0190f1d39ddf288fcffee6a817faed51ad6f2d9e.png)

The logs as they are shown in the table tab in Kibana

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/c/b/cb1bf836805119237dd4262d625d2e29eede7143.png)

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**Author:** ![Newtoelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8baadc/32.png) [@Newtoelastic](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Newtoelastic)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 2:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-split-json-field-shows-as-one-long-string/215514/2 "2020-01-19T02:14:13Z")

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Found the answer,  
The problem was I wasn't visualizing my data 🙂

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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 16, 2020, 2:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-split-json-field-shows-as-one-long-string/215514/3 "2020-02-16T02:14:18Z")

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