# Size mapper plugin - how to see it in Kibana?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/size-mapper-plugin-how-to-see-it-in-kibana/286247>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 8, 2021, 1:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/size-mapper-plugin-how-to-see-it-in-kibana/286247 "2021-10-08T13:59:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kosodrom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kosodrom/32/99278_2.png) [@Kosodrom](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kosodrom)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 1:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/size-mapper-plugin-how-to-see-it-in-kibana/286247/1 "2021-10-08T13:59:48Z")

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I am going to try that again, since there where already some topics about it:

I have installed: [Mapper Size Plugin | Elasticsearch Plugins and Integrations [7.15] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/current/mapper-size.html) on my 7.13.2 cluster and I have created a new index with this mapping:

```auto
mappings": {
    "_size": {
      "enabled": true
    }
  }

```

I can see the \_size indexed correctly in the json event:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/2/3/2379d319a1408268859856f97ae6b3f69d4ae86c.png)

But I cannot select this field for filtering and I cannot use this field in visualizations:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/a/a/aac4ea11a904737a25a33049390cf98e5af5f957.png)

1. How I can use the \_size field now for filtering and visualization
2. Am I able to enable the \_size field in the index template?

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**Author:** ![Kosodrom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kosodrom/32/99278_2.png) [@Kosodrom](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kosodrom)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2021, 11:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/size-mapper-plugin-how-to-see-it-in-kibana/286247/2 "2021-10-11T11:19:39Z")

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I have set the `_size` in the Metafields in Advanced Settings in Kibana and now I can select this field for visualizations. Thanks to:

> [@Kibana unable to see stored field "\_size"?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-unable-to-see-stored-field-size/119294/2):
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> Hey @AJinkya if you go to Management -\> Advanced Settings, you can add \_size to the metaFields setting, you'll then want to refresh your index pattern by going to Management -\> Index Patterns and clicking the "Refresh" button for the appropriate index pattern. You should now see the \_size field now.

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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:** [November 8, 2021, 11:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/size-mapper-plugin-how-to-see-it-in-kibana/286247/3 "2021-11-08T11:20:02Z")

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