# Red dot in index data **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [July 17, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/red-dot-in-index-data/241694 "2020-07-17T16:20:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bhumireddy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bhumireddy/32/46274_2.png) [@bhumireddy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bhumireddy)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/red-dot-in-index-data/241694/1 "2020-07-17T16:20:46Z")
![es_error](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/a/4/a4dcc0f961a0e3282f4cac7a80c43651f6e079ef.png) Unable to search based on a field, when i search the field has "red dot" in the suffix. If if copy and paste it is not showing dot. Search on missing is resulting many records. Not sure what is the error. There are two mappings exists for the same name. ![es_error2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/0/d/0dec1f112d36e44338b16ed84cd7a0cb5514bfaa.png) ---
**Author:** ![matw](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/matw/32/13913_2.png) [@matw](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/matw)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 1:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/red-dot-in-index-data/241694/2 "2020-07-21T13:19:10Z")
Hi and welcome to our community! I guess this red dot isn't intended? so you should have a look at your pipeline inserting data into ES. there might be a part of it that prepends this character by accident. Best, Matthias ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 1:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/red-dot-in-index-data/241694/3 "2020-08-18T13:19:31Z")
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