# 'Select A field' option is not populating while creating a new alert

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/select-a-field-option-is-not-populating-while-creating-a-new-alert/322794>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-alerting\
**Created:** [January 10, 2023, 7:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/select-a-field-option-is-not-populating-while-creating-a-new-alert/322794 "2023-01-10T07:11:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Narinder\_Tiwari](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/narinder_tiwari/32/48731_2.png) [@Narinder\_Tiwari](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Narinder_Tiwari)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 7:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/select-a-field-option-is-not-populating-while-creating-a-new-alert/322794/1 "2023-01-10T07:11:46Z")

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Hi, i am trying to create a Metric threshold alert for memory usages is \> 90 %. No field is populating in 'Select A field'' option . When I trying to add the field 'system.memory.used.pct'. it's not accepting it. Surprisingly , few alert jobs are working for for some other host for same. field. Please help me to resolve this issue.

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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:** [February 7, 2023, 7:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/select-a-field-option-is-not-populating-while-creating-a-new-alert/322794/2 "2023-02-07T07:12:30Z")

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