New fied and visualizations

[Fred59 (Fred)]

Hello,

On Kibana 6.8.14

Is it possible to rename a field to all visualizations already created with an old one?

Is it possible to rename a field and that all visualizations linked to it are updated?

Thanks !

[flash1293 (Joe Reuter)]

There's no automated way to do so. Two things I can think of:

• Use the saved objects API to export your saved objects, change them in bulk using a script and import them again Saved Objects API | Kibana Guide [6.8] | Elastic
• Use an alias field instead of renaming - old visualizations will depend on the old field name, but in discover and for new visualizations, you can use the new one: Alias datatype | Elasticsearch Reference [6.8] | Elastic

[Fred59 (Fred)]

Great, thanks for the tips