# Scripted Fields in Kibana cannot be used for filtering purpose in control visualization

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scripted-fields-in-kibana-cannot-be-used-for-filtering-purpose-in-control-visualization/221674
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [March 2, 2020, 12:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scripted-fields-in-kibana-cannot-be-used-for-filtering-purpose-in-control-visualization/221674 "2020-03-02T12:26:53Z")
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### Author: ![Dhruvil\_Doshi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dhruvil_doshi/32/50639_2.png) [@Dhruvil\_Doshi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dhruvil_Doshi)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2020, 12:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scripted-fields-in-kibana-cannot-be-used-for-filtering-purpose-in-control-visualization/221674/1 "2020-03-02T12:26:53Z")

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I have a scripted field (TotalTime) which is of number type which gives me the difference to two timestamps. When i create controls visualization and select range slider option , i choose the above scripted field TotalTime. Although it doesn't work and shows error.  
Unable to fetch min and max error Request to elasticsearch failed ...

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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: [March 30, 2020, 12:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scripted-fields-in-kibana-cannot-be-used-for-filtering-purpose-in-control-visualization/221674/2 "2020-03-30T12:27:05Z")

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