# Unable to change the label in timelion

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-change-the-label-in-timelion/129072>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [April 23, 2018, 10:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-change-the-label-in-timelion/129072 "2018-04-23T10:06:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ganesha\_Venkanna](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ganesha_venkanna/32/30007_2.png) [@Ganesha\_Venkanna](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ganesha_Venkanna)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 10:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-change-the-label-in-timelion/129072/1 "2018-04-23T10:06:00Z")

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I want to change the label to simple string like "  
About to send heartbeat from server to agent 192.168.2.217 21 172.168.1.135 i.e the actual value of ip\_log.keyword,i am trying the below but it doesn't seem to be working,please help

`.es(index="agentlogs30",timefield="log_day",split=ip_log.keyword:19,q="agentIpAddress:192.168.2.217" ).label("my very own static text [$1]","^.* > ip_log.keyword:(\S+) > .*")`

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**Author:** ![Stacey\_Gammon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stacey_gammon/32/14025_2.png) [@Stacey\_Gammon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Stacey_Gammon)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 5:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-change-the-label-in-timelion/129072/2 "2018-04-23T17:11:03Z")

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Hmm, what are you seeing instead? A slight variation on your example worked for me, so I think you are headed in the right direction. I don't see clearly why it isn't working for you.

Here is my test:

 ![52%20PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/5/2/52d99d340718801907e5408b500d364167bafde9.png)

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**Author:** ![Ganesha\_Venkanna](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ganesha_venkanna/32/30007_2.png) [@Ganesha\_Venkanna](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ganesha_Venkanna)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 12:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-change-the-label-in-timelion/129072/3 "2018-04-24T00:59:50Z")

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I am not sure either,why this isn't working for me

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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:** [May 22, 2018, 12:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-change-the-label-in-timelion/129072/4 "2018-05-22T00:59:57Z")

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