# Scripted fields in kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scripted-fields-in-kibana/137893>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [June 29, 2018, 4:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scripted-fields-in-kibana/137893 "2018-06-29T04:05:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![dinesh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7bcc69/32.png) [@dinesh1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dinesh1)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 4:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scripted-fields-in-kibana/137893/1 "2018-06-29T04:05:52Z")

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HI,

how to create scripted field for my logs in kibana. I need to create field for trace.  
MY log example is shown below.

{“@timestamp”:29T03:45:00.000+00:00","severity":"INFO","service":"trackservice"," **trace**":"f83d0eaddee54359","span":"eaddee54359","parent":"","exportable":"false","pid":"1","thread":"pool-4-thread-1","class":"c.m.r.p.trackerService.Tracker","rest":"Now Tracker Service started !!!!!!!!!"}

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 4:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scripted-fields-in-kibana/137893/2 "2018-06-29T04:07:27Z")

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Do you mean you want to extract that field?

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**Author:** ![dinesh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7bcc69/32.png) [@dinesh1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dinesh1)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 4:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scripted-fields-in-kibana/137893/3 "2018-06-29T04:08:11Z")

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yes.

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**Author:** ![dinesh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7bcc69/32.png) [@dinesh1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dinesh1)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 4:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scripted-fields-in-kibana/137893/4 "2018-06-29T04:11:08Z")

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like this i want,with the name trace

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/a/b/ab57ae2dd416cac97d97cbd5be2578ee15484fd9.png)

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 5:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scripted-fields-in-kibana/137893/5 "2018-06-29T05:11:42Z")

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You need to do that before index time, doing it afterwards is super difficult and expensive.

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**Author:** ![dinesh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7bcc69/32.png) [@dinesh1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dinesh1)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 5:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scripted-fields-in-kibana/137893/6 "2018-06-29T05:15:19Z")

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can you please help me how to do it before indexing.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 9:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scripted-fields-in-kibana/137893/7 "2018-06-29T21:26:59Z")

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How are you sending the data to Elasticsearch?

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**Author:** ![dinesh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7bcc69/32.png) [@dinesh1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dinesh1)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 10:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scripted-fields-in-kibana/137893/8 "2018-07-04T10:17:38Z")

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Iam using filebeat and logstash.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 10:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scripted-fields-in-kibana/137893/9 "2018-07-04T10:38:57Z")

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Then it might be worth making a topic in #logstash with your config and a sample doc 🙂

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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:** [August 1, 2018, 10:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/scripted-fields-in-kibana/137893/10 "2018-08-01T10:39:08Z")

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