# Kibana visualization separates values with dashes

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-visualization-separates-values-with-dashes/61785>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [September 29, 2016, 8:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-visualization-separates-values-with-dashes/61785 "2016-09-29T08:18:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![elasticheart](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/elasticheart/32/65189_2.png) [@elasticheart](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elasticheart)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 8:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-visualization-separates-values-with-dashes/61785/1 "2016-09-29T08:18:26Z")

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Hi,  
I have an entry in elasticsearch index field like  
gdj45dew-53gf-gd2f-g5g5-hd4hd3gks27f-32df6432  
When i create a pie chart and add the field as aggregation - terms, field - field name, order by - metric count, order - descending, size - 0, it is creating separate entries for each string separated by dash. For example, the string i showed slices the pie chart into 6 pieces. But in kibana discover, i can see it as a single entry. How can i fix this?

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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:** [September 30, 2016, 5:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-visualization-separates-values-with-dashes/61785/2 "2016-09-30T05:25:30Z")

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This is not a Kibana problem, but something that Elasticsearch does by default.

You need to create a mapping/template in ES for the index and make sure the field is set to `not_analyzed` - [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/2.4/mapping-index.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/2.4/mapping-index.html)

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 1:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-visualization-separates-values-with-dashes/61785/3 "2017-07-06T13:37:46Z")

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