# The \`\_ignored\` Meta Field Not Available in Table View

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-ignored-meta-field-not-available-in-table-view/230212>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [April 28, 2020, 3:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-ignored-meta-field-not-available-in-table-view/230212 "2020-04-28T15:55:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Alsheh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alsheh/32/36799_2.png) [@Alsheh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alsheh)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 3:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-ignored-meta-field-not-available-in-table-view/230212/1 "2020-04-28T15:55:56Z")

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[The `_ignored` meta field](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.8/mapping-fields.html#_indexing_meta_fields) is available in the JSON view but not in the table view on Kibana. Is this a bug or expected? If not a bug, is there a way to make it available in table view?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Marius\_Dragomir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marius_dragomir/32/42087_2.png) [@Marius\_Dragomir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marius_Dragomir)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-ignored-meta-field-not-available-in-table-view/230212/2 "2020-05-04T14:25:03Z")

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Fields that start with \_ are not available in Kibana to use: [https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/14856](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/14856) It is an open 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:** [June 1, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-ignored-meta-field-not-available-in-table-view/230212/3 "2020-06-01T14:25:04Z")

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