# Static text in table visualization

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/static-text-in-table-visualization/365544>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** lens\
**Created:** [August 26, 2024, 11:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/static-text-in-table-visualization/365544 "2024-08-26T11:07:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Bartek\_Kujda](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bartek_kujda/32/137059_2.png) [@Bartek\_Kujda](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bartek_Kujda)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2024, 11:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/static-text-in-table-visualization/365544/1 "2024-08-26T11:07:54Z")

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Hey, i have a table visualization in Kibana (8.12.1) to display some batch job metrics. I have a field that holds batch job name, and i put that onto a table together with some statistics like average execution time, amount of executions etc. All that is good and simple. What i want to do, is add some static text with batch job description in that table, so  
BatchjobA | **my description of batch job A** | executions=15 | avg duration=10s

I was thinking about creating custom formula for that, so if(batchjob\_name=="BatchjobA", "my description of batch job A") but i can't get that to work, can anyone suggest if that's possible and how to accomplish that?

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**Author:** ![Marco\_Liberati](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marco_liberati/32/82953_2.png) [@Marco\_Liberati](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marco_Liberati)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2024, 8:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/static-text-in-table-visualization/365544/2 "2024-08-27T08:55:40Z")

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Hi @Bartek_Kujda

I think your best option here is a runtime field: based on some other document field produce a description for that field, then add a new `Metric` using `Last Value` of that field.  
Lens Formula works only with numeric values, so in this context won't help.

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**Author:** ![Bartek\_Kujda](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bartek_kujda/32/137059_2.png) [@Bartek\_Kujda](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bartek_Kujda)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 1:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/static-text-in-table-visualization/365544/3 "2024-08-29T13:53:34Z")

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Hi Marco! Thanks for the advice, i was able to create runtime field to get what i need 🙂