# Unable to filter for presence of meta fields

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-filter-for-presence-of-meta-fields/176715>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [April 13, 2019, 2:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-filter-for-presence-of-meta-fields/176715 "2019-04-13T02:54:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![VamPikmin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vampikmin/32/22367_2.png) [@VamPikmin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/VamPikmin)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2019, 2:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-filter-for-presence-of-meta-fields/176715/1 "2019-04-13T02:54:14Z")

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Hi I'm not sure what this means and how should I go about fixing it?

I'm using 6.7.1

The following fields are grayed out

| t \_id | nhqbFGoB7LVKCcAvRMhX |
| --- | --- |
| t \_index | winlogbeat-6.7.1-2019.04.13 |
| # \_score | 1 |
| t \_type | doc |

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**Author:** ![rashmi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rashmi/32/16391_2.png) [@rashmi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rashmi)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 5:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-filter-for-presence-of-meta-fields/176715/2 "2019-04-15T17:22:45Z")

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Hi

Am not too sure of your question. Can you please write the reproduction steps and what are you expecting to see ? Logs and screenshots with steps would help.

Thanks  
Rashmi

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**Author:** ![VamPikmin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vampikmin/32/22367_2.png) [@VamPikmin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/VamPikmin)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 10:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-filter-for-presence-of-meta-fields/176715/3 "2019-04-15T22:59:54Z")

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Hi sorry for not being clear, when I hover over \_id or \_index or \_score or \_type I get the message "Unable to filter for presence of meta fields. Just not sure if this is normal or not  
Thanks

 ![logstash](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/9/5/95d771358e58d74d5ce2d8deb0ff63160d9ebfe3.png)

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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 13, 2019, 10:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-filter-for-presence-of-meta-fields/176715/4 "2019-05-13T22:59:59Z")

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