# Missing field "File"

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-field-file/192494>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 26, 2019, 7:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-field-file/192494 "2019-07-26T19:53:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![JGT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58956e/32.png) [@JGT](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JGT)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2019, 7:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-field-file/192494/1 "2019-07-26T19:53:33Z")

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I am using logstash to feed elasticsearch various log formats. One of them has a field "File". When I look in Kibana, I don't see that field.

Is "File" a reserved word?

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**Author:** ![JGT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58956e/32.png) [@JGT](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JGT)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2019, 2:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-field-file/192494/2 "2019-07-28T14:50:37Z")

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Seems I changed the field definition and the parse was failing. Duh!

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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:** [August 25, 2019, 2:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-field-file/192494/3 "2019-08-25T14:50:37Z")

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