# Show latest string in Metric Visual doesn't work well

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/show-latest-string-in-metric-visual-doesnt-work-well/169884>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [February 25, 2019, 5:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/show-latest-string-in-metric-visual-doesnt-work-well/169884 "2019-02-25T17:40:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Jozziej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@Jozziej](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jozziej)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 5:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/show-latest-string-in-metric-visual-doesnt-work-well/169884/1 "2019-02-25T17:40:03Z")

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I want to show alot of different strings in different Metric Visuals, but some work and some don't.

If the keyword I use only has all the same strings, it works fine.  
But when it has 2 or more different strings it looks to the alphabetical order, instead of the latest by Timestamp.  
If it's possible to choose a different "Order By" like timestamp it might work as I want it.

The way I configured it is shown in the picture below

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/5/c/5c1aa410cf145598299f084c6ade6401bbed8241.png)

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**Author:** ![Jozziej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@Jozziej](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jozziej)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 9:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/show-latest-string-in-metric-visual-doesnt-work-well/169884/2 "2019-02-26T21:08:13Z")

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I already found a solution in somebody else it's post

[https://discuss.elastic.co/t/top-hits-for-recent-values-not-working-for-numbers-that-give-floating-point-results/164797/4](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/top-hits-for-recent-values-not-working-for-numbers-that-give-floating-point-results/164797/4)

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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 26, 2019, 9:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/show-latest-string-in-metric-visual-doesnt-work-well/169884/3 "2019-03-26T21:08:13Z")

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