# Make use of http.request.headers.Origin in kibana visualization

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/make-use-of-http-request-headers-origin-in-kibana-visualization/260671
**Category:** APM
**Tags:** nodejs, server
**Created:** [January 11, 2021, 4:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/make-use-of-http-request-headers-origin-in-kibana-visualization/260671 "2021-01-11T04:47:30Z")
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### Author: ![Venkatesh\_Kumar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/venkatesh_kumar/32/82003_2.png) [@Venkatesh\_Kumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Venkatesh_Kumar)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2021, 4:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/make-use-of-http-request-headers-origin-in-kibana-visualization/260671/1 "2021-01-11T04:47:30Z")

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I need to add http.request.headers.Origin in visualization lens for chart preparation. Those fields are not available for filtering. Any leads on this is much appreciated !!!

Thanks

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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: [January 11, 2021, 4:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/make-use-of-http-request-headers-origin-in-kibana-visualization/260671/2 "2021-01-11T04:50:05Z")

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Welcome to our community! 😃

There's not a lot of information here to effectively help unfortunately.  
What version of the stack are you on?  
Where is the data you are trying to visualise coming from?

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### Author: ![Venkatesh\_Kumar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/venkatesh_kumar/32/82003_2.png) [@Venkatesh\_Kumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Venkatesh_Kumar)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2021, 5:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/make-use-of-http-request-headers-origin-in-kibana-visualization/260671/3 "2021-01-11T05:00:15Z")

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Hi warkolm,

I'm with following versions,  
elasticsearch : "7.10.1"  
kibana : "7.10.1"

I'm getting data from apm-server along with nodejs apm-agent.

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### Author: ![axw](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/axw/32/28197_2.png) [@axw](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/axw)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2021, 8:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/make-use-of-http-request-headers-origin-in-kibana-visualization/260671/4 "2021-01-11T08:25:25Z")

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@Venkatesh_Kumar headers are not indexed by default. You can use the approach in [Searching for a custom made header](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searching-for-a-custom-made-header/200403/2) to index them, so that they can be used for search and aggregation.

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### Author: ![Venkatesh\_Kumar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/venkatesh_kumar/32/82003_2.png) [@Venkatesh\_Kumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Venkatesh_Kumar)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2021, 12:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/make-use-of-http-request-headers-origin-in-kibana-visualization/260671/5 "2021-01-11T12:39:12Z")

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@axw Thanks for the prompt reply. I used custom labels from the headers, and able to index those labels using 'overwrite' feature enabled in apm-server.yml.

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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 8, 2021, 12:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/make-use-of-http-request-headers-origin-in-kibana-visualization/260671/6 "2021-02-08T12:39:15Z")

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