# Saved "field" parameter is now invalid. Please select a new field. .... Visualize: "field" is a required parameter

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/saved-field-parameter-is-now-invalid-please-select-a-new-field-visualize-field-is-a-required-parameter/70034>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [December 27, 2016, 5:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/saved-field-parameter-is-now-invalid-please-select-a-new-field-visualize-field-is-a-required-parameter/70034 "2016-12-27T05:13:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stacey\_Gammon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stacey_gammon/32/14025_2.png) [@Stacey\_Gammon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Stacey_Gammon)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2017, 5:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/saved-field-parameter-is-now-invalid-please-select-a-new-field-visualize-field-is-a-required-parameter/70034/21 "2017-01-05T17:29:09Z")

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Okay, I may have a solution to fix your dashboards. Try re-running the metricbeat import script, and this time **do not** refresh the field list. This should bypass the field\_stats api and hopefully preserve the correct information for the field.

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