# Objects in arrays are not well supported

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/objects-in-arrays-are-not-well-supported/122470>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [March 5, 2018, 9:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/objects-in-arrays-are-not-well-supported/122470 "2018-03-05T09:43:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![ahrtr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ahrtr/32/29551_2.png) [@ahrtr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ahrtr)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 9:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/objects-in-arrays-are-not-well-supported/122470/1 "2018-03-05T09:43:00Z")

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The document structure is something as below, then I saw a warning message on kibana UI: "Objects in arrays are not well supported". I wonder what's the impacts? Thanks!

> {  
> "field1": "value1",  
> "field2": "value2",  
> "field3": {  
> "innerfield4": "value4",  
> "innerfield5": [  
> {  
> "type": "type1",  
> "name": "name1"  
> },  
> {  
> "type": "type2",  
> "name": "name2"  
> }  
> ]  
> }  
> }

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**Author:** ![chrisronline](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/chrisronline/32/28230_2.png) [@chrisronline](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chrisronline)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 9:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/objects-in-arrays-are-not-well-supported/122470/2 "2018-03-05T21:54:59Z")

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Hi @ahrtr,

See [this document](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/nested-objects.html) talking more about this. It's recommended to [denormalize your data](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/denormalization.html) if possible.

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**Author:** ![ahrtr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ahrtr/32/29551_2.png) [@ahrtr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ahrtr)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 8:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/objects-in-arrays-are-not-well-supported/122470/3 "2018-03-09T08:43:56Z")

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@chrisronline

Thanks for the info.

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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:** [April 6, 2018, 8:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/objects-in-arrays-are-not-well-supported/122470/4 "2018-04-06T08:44:00Z")

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