# Searchable fields not available in Discover tab of Kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searchable-fields-not-available-in-discover-tab-of-kibana/210374>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [December 3, 2019, 2:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searchable-fields-not-available-in-discover-tab-of-kibana/210374 "2019-12-03T14:50:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![maarten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecccb3/32.png) [@maarten](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/maarten)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2019, 2:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searchable-fields-not-available-in-discover-tab-of-kibana/210374/1 "2019-12-03T14:50:21Z")

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Not all fields that are indicated as searchable appear in the Discover tab.

E.g. the following document.\* fields in the index:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/e/3/e3e277982e1af6021f8276a6acf1115ebd17c8a2.png)

Versus then the available fields in the Discover tab, where there is a question mark next to `document`. I would expect the searchable fields to be available here.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/c/9/c94a1a627d65c96e841b7a746939804011f341bd.png)

The aggregatable document fields are however available in the visualisation tab.  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/f/4/f482b6094623e93cb2d000fbfd44d97e08526821.png)

How can I get all searchable fields (or the document.\* fields) in the Discover tab?

We're using ES 6.4.2.

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**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:** [December 5, 2019, 8:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searchable-fields-not-available-in-discover-tab-of-kibana/210374/2 "2019-12-05T08:05:41Z")

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Hi  
Could you try editing the field filter by unchecking "Hide missing fields"?

 ![09](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/4/4/4431dbf15c450484dcff51ea29052b67b8699bfd.png)  
Thanks & Best,  
Matthias

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**Author:** ![maarten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecccb3/32.png) [@maarten](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/maarten)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 8:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searchable-fields-not-available-in-discover-tab-of-kibana/210374/3 "2019-12-05T08:33:09Z")

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That was indeed the solution. Thanks a lot, Matthias!

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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:** [January 2, 2020, 8:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searchable-fields-not-available-in-discover-tab-of-kibana/210374/4 "2020-01-02T08:33:11Z")

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