# Set fielddata=true error
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-fielddata-true-error/76376
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [February 24, 2017, 9:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-fielddata-true-error/76376 "2017-02-24T09:44:16Z")
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### Author:  [@Akhilesh\_Anb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Akhilesh_Anb)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2017, 9:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-fielddata-true-error/76376/1 "2017-02-24T09:44:16Z")
After ES 5.0 upgrade we are getting the below error when we do sort in Kibana dashboards.
```
Error:
Fielddata is disabled on text fields by default. Set fielddata=true on [user_name_terr_grp] in order to load fielddata in memory by uninverting the inverted index. Note that this can however use significant memory.
```
> Error: Request to Elasticsearch failed: {"error":{"root\_cause":[{"type":"illegal\_argument\_exception","reason":"Fielddata is disabled on text fields by default. Set fielddata=true on [user\_name\_terr\_grp] in order to load fielddata in memory by uninverting the inverted index. Note that this can however use significant memory."}],"type":"search\_phase\_execution\_exception","reason":"all shards failed","phase":"query","grouped":true,"failed\_shards":[{"shard":0,"index":"dist\_qtn\_master\_data","node":"jUzswJjFQoCnnbb7YPZsxQ","reason":{"type":"illegal\_argument\_exception","reason":"Fielddata is disabled on text fields by default. Set fielddata=true on [user\_name\_terr\_grp] in order to load fielddata in memory by uninverting the inverted index. Note that this can however use significant memory."}}],"caused\_by":{"type":"illegal\_argument\_exception","reason":"Fielddata is disabled on text fields by default. Set fielddata=true on [user\_name\_terr\_grp] in order to load fielddata in memory by uninverting the inverted index. Note that this can however use significant memory."}},"status":400}
> at [http://100.114.117.169:5601/bundles/kibana.bundle.js?v=14458:26:29888](http://100.114.117.169:5601/bundles/kibana.bundle.js?v=14458:26:29888)
> at Function.Promise.try ([http://100.114.117.169:5601/bundles/commons.bundle.js?v=14458:75:22353](http://100.114.117.169:5601/bundles/commons.bundle.js?v=14458:75:22353))
> at [http://100.114.117.169:5601/bundles/commons.bundle.js?v=14458:75:21723](http://100.114.117.169:5601/bundles/commons.bundle.js?v=14458:75:21723)
> at Array.map (native)
> at Function.Promise.map ([http://100.114.117.169:5601/bundles/commons.bundle.js?v=14458:75:21678](http://100.114.117.169:5601/bundles/commons.bundle.js?v=14458:75:21678))
> at callResponseHandlers ([http://100.114.117.169:5601/bundles/kibana.bundle.js?v=14458:26:29500](http://100.114.117.169:5601/bundles/kibana.bundle.js?v=14458:26:29500))
> at [http://100.114.117.169:5601/bundles/kibana.bundle.js?v=14458:26:18075](http://100.114.117.169:5601/bundles/kibana.bundle.js?v=14458:26:18075)
> at processQueue ([http://100.114.117.169:5601/bundles/commons.bundle.js?v=14458:38:23621](http://100.114.117.169:5601/bundles/commons.bundle.js?v=14458:38:23621))
> at [http://100.114.117.169:5601/bundles/commons.bundle.js?v=14458:38:23888](http://100.114.117.169:5601/bundles/commons.bundle.js?v=14458:38:23888)
> at Scope.$eval ([http://100.114.117.169:5601/bundles/commons.bundle.js?v=14458:39:4619](http://100.114.117.169:5601/bundles/commons.bundle.js?v=14458:39:4619))
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### Author:  [@lueneburger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lueneburger)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2017, 10:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-fielddata-true-error/76376/2 "2017-02-24T10:52:45Z")
take a look [here](http://stackoverflow.com/a/38156296)
there someone got the same question and below you see the answer and how you can enable fielddata
But read this too [here](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.0/fielddata.html), for the keyword type, that wont increase the memory usage like fielddata
hope that helps 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2017, 10:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-fielddata-true-error/76376/3 "2017-03-24T10:53:07Z")
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