# TypeError: "field" is a required parameter

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/typeerror-field-is-a-required-parameter/84255>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [May 2, 2017, 11:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/typeerror-field-is-a-required-parameter/84255 "2017-05-02T11:59:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Janek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/janek/32/17640_2.png) [@Janek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Janek)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 11:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/typeerror-field-is-a-required-parameter/84255/1 "2017-05-02T11:59:02Z")

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Hi,

After discovering fields in my Elasticsearch cloud trial a few days ago I logged in today and saw this,

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/a/f/afa5c24275dfd9f18f321e02cc56823e57f9dc79.png)

Where do I start figuring this out?

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**Author:** ![Joe\_Fleming](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/joe_fleming/32/3561_2.png) [@Joe\_Fleming](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Joe_Fleming)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 5:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/typeerror-field-is-a-required-parameter/84255/2 "2017-05-03T17:59:58Z")

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Hrm, I've never seen that error before, and I can't find anything in the issues on Github.

What version of the stack are you running in Cloud? And do you have data in whatever time range you're looking at? That shouldn't be a requirement, but maybe it'll help narrow down the cause.

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**Author:** ![tylersmalley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tylersmalley/32/8833_2.png) [@tylersmalley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tylersmalley)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 6:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/typeerror-field-is-a-required-parameter/84255/3 "2017-05-03T18:06:06Z")

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I might have found something related: [https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/9571](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/9571)

For the index pattern which you are on, can you provide the output of this:

`GET <index-pattern>/_field_stats?fields=*&level=cluster&allow_no_indices=false`

and

`GET <index-pattern>/_mapping`

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**Author:** ![Janek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/janek/32/17640_2.png) [@Janek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Janek)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 9:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/typeerror-field-is-a-required-parameter/84255/4 "2017-05-04T09:35:55Z")

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> [@tsmalley](#):
>
> GET \<index-pattern\>/\_field\_stats?fields=\*&level=cluster&allow\_no\_indices=false

Here is an anonymized version of the response to the above request. Below that is the anonymized mapping. Without the names this is possibly of no use but I appreciate the offer of help.

```
{
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    "total": 5,
    "successful": 5,
    "failed": 0
  },
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          "density": 99,
          "sum_doc_freq": 555649,
          "sum_total_term_freq": -1,
          "searchable": true,
          "aggregatable": true,
          "min_value": "D-*",
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          "searchable": true,
          "aggregatable": true,
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        },
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          "max_value": "T-*"
        },

```

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**Author:** ![Janek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/janek/32/17640_2.png) [@Janek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Janek)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 9:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/typeerror-field-is-a-required-parameter/84255/5 "2017-05-04T09:36:24Z")

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```
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        },
```

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**Author:** ![Janek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/janek/32/17640_2.png) [@Janek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Janek)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 9:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/typeerror-field-is-a-required-parameter/84255/6 "2017-05-04T09:36:43Z")

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```
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  }
}
```

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**Author:** ![Janek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/janek/32/17640_2.png) [@Janek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Janek)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 9:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/typeerror-field-is-a-required-parameter/84255/7 "2017-05-04T09:36:52Z")

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Anonymized mapping,

```
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            "analyzer": "standard"
          },
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          },
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          },
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          },
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          },
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          },
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          },
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          },
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          },
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            "type": "keyword"
          },
          "l-ffff": {
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          },
          "m-ffff": {
            "type": "keyword"
          },
          "m-ffff": {
            "type": "keyword"
          },
          "p-ffff": {
            "type": "keyword"
          },
          "p-ffff": {
            "type": "keyword"
          },
          "r-ffff": {
            "type": "keyword"
          },
          "s-ffff": {
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          },
          "s-ffff": {
            "type": "keyword"
          },
          "s-ffff": {
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          },
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          },
          "s-ffff": {
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          },
          "s-ffff": {
            "type": "keyword"
          },
          "s-ffff": {
            "type": "keyword"
          },
          "s-ffff": {
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                  }
                }
              },
              "d-ffff": {
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                  }
                }
              },
              "s-ffff": {
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                  }
                }
              },
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                    "type": "keyword"
                  }
                }
              }
            }
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          "t-ffff": {
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          },
          "t-ffff": {
            "type": "keyword"
          },
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            "f-ffff": {
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              }
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          },
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          },
          "w-ffff": {
            "type": "keyword"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```

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